At a glance

Language: English-taught
Duration: 4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake: not confirmed
Tuition: €0 public university
Semester fee: €375.19

RWTH is one of the global centres of battery and energy engineering (the PEM production-engineering chair, Helmholtz institutes); this timely master covers battery science and production technology and is not duplicated at TU Dortmund or TUM. Admission runs via a specialized entrance test.

Admission requirements

Prior degree: Bachelor in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science or a closely related field (not confirmed on the programme page this pass)
Minimum grade: not confirmed
English: IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL iBT 90 (RWTH working standard; exact score for this programme not confirmed).MOI certificates are not accepted; exemption only for degrees from UK/IE/US/CA/NZ/AU.
German: not required for admission
Also required: Specialized entrance test REQUIRED - confirmed on RWTH's official master-application page; this is not plain open admission. Admission also involves the Module Matching Form against RWTH's required modules. Master's applicants apply directly via RWTHonline - uni-assist is NOT used. No application fee. APS certificate required for applicants from India, China and Vietnam. RWTH framework deadlines: non-EU ~1 March (winter) / ~1 September (summer); EU/EEA 15 July / 15 January - intake and exact dates for this programme not confirmed.

Deadlines & timeline

Deadlines are not yet confirmed for this programme. They likely follow the university's general Master's deadlines. Verify with the faculty before planning your application.

Fees & funding

Tuition: €0 per semester
Semester contribution: €375.19
Semester ticket: included (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

€0 tuition for all students including non-EU/EEA — RWTH is an NRW public university and states it does not charge tuition to international students from non-EU countries. Semester contribution €375.19 for WS 2026/27 (Mobilitätsbeitrag €234.57 including the Deutschlandsemesterticket plus the Zuid-Limburg/NL extension, Sozialbeitrag €128.00, Studierendenschaftsbeitrag €12.62). This WS 2026/27 total is reconstructed from official components rather than published by RWTH as a single figure; the fully confirmed figure is €338.05 for WS 2025/26 (RWTH Amtliche Bekanntmachung 2025/177). Semester ticket included: the mobility component funds the Deutschlandsemesterticket plus Arriva buses and regional trains in South Limburg (NL).

Scholarships are listed per university: see RWTH Aachen scholarships.

How to apply

uni-assist: not required
Application portal: online.rwth-aachen.de
Official page: www.rwth-aachen.de

EU applicants and holders of German degrees usually apply directly via the university's Campusportal instead of uni-assist; the deadline table above says which route applies to you.

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