At a glance

Language: English-taught
Duration: 4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake: Winter semester
Tuition: €0 public university
Semester fee: €375.19

● Closed for this intake Non-EU applicants · Winter semester 1 Mar 2026 The window usually repeats next cycle; the full deadline table below shows every route and date.

English-taught master addressing geological hazards from an engineering perspective. It joined this shortlist when Media Informatics was discontinued (no new first-semester enrolment); a dedicated research pass on its specifics is still pending, so most fields are shown as not confirmed rather than guessed.

Admission requirements

Prior degree

Initial university degree with the subject-specific background set out in the examination regulations

Minimum grade

Open admission (no NC); examination-board decision

English

English at CEFR B2; the RWTH Language Center placement test at B2 is accepted.Exemption only for degrees from the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, New Zealand or Australia.

German

not required; optional integrated German language courses are offered

Prerequisite credits

At least 45 CP of geoscientific modules (geology ≥10, geophysics ≥5, inorganic geochemistry ≥5, organic geochemistry ≥5, GIS/remote sensing ≥5, plus geodynamics, hydrogeology and sedimentology)
5 CP of geoscientific field training

Also required

Intake conflict: the programme and Studis Online pages imply a winter-only start, while the general RWTH/DAAD catalogue lists winter and summer — confirm on the official page before planning a summer start. Master's applicants — EU and non-EU alike — apply directly via RWTHonline. RWTH verifies foreign documents internally: no uni-assist, no VPD, no application fee. Applicants may apply to at most 10 Master's programmes. APS certificate required for applicants from China, India and Vietnam.

Deadlines & timeline

Deadlines differ by where your degree is from. Dates change every cycle, so always confirm on the official page before planning. Where no fixed calendar date exists or none is confirmed yet, the Details column explains each case.
Who	Intake	Deadline	Details
Non-EU applicants	Winter semester	1 March 2026 closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window	Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants. Winter-only intake.
EU / German-degree applicants	Winter semester	15 July 2026 closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window	EU/EEA applicants, current RWTH students and holders of a German degree. Winter-only intake.

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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