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Georesources Management (M.Sc.)

at RWTH Aachen in Aachen

At a glance

Language
Bilingual
Duration
4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake
Winter & summer
Tuition
€0 public university
Semester fee
€375.19

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

Focus areas: Raw Materials and Energy Management · Umweltmanagement (Environmental Management) · Hydrogeology · Renewable and conventional energy tracks

Interdisciplinary master combining classical geosciences with economics, law and engineering to develop and conserve water, mineral, energy and soil resources sustainably. Embedded in the Aachen/Jülich (ABC-J) research ecosystem. Language is mixed: the core and the Raw Materials and Energy Management path run in English at B2, while the Umweltmanagement specialization is German-oriented.

Admission requirements

Prior degree
Recognised first university degree comparable to RWTH's Georesources bachelor
Minimum grade
Credit-profile gated rather than NC-based; admission is denied if more than 30 additional CP would be needed
English
English at CEFR B2.Test exemption only for degrees earned in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, New Zealand or Australia — an English-taught degree earned elsewhere does not waive testing.
German
Not required for the core programme or the Raw Materials and Energy Management path; German is required for the Umweltmanagement (Environmental Management) specialization, which carries no formal English requirement and is German-oriented.
Prerequisite credits
  • 20 CP mathematics, chemistry and physics
  • 45 CP geosciences
  • 5 CP geoscience field work
  • 5 CP business and economics
Also required
A subject-specific self-assessment is required for enrolment. Requirements follow the Course-Specific Examination Regulations dated 3 July 2023; the examination board decides eligibility. 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 closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants. Supporting-document deadline for restricted-admission subjects: 1 August.
EU / German-degree applicants Winter semester closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window EU/EEA applicants, current RWTH students and holders of a German degree.
Non-EU applicants Summer semester Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants. Supporting-document deadline for restricted-admission subjects: 1 February.
EU / German-degree applicants Summer semester EU/EEA applicants, current RWTH students and holders of a German degree.

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.

What students say

Via StudyCheck · 2024-2026: an aggregated rating, not our own assessment, paraphrased in our own words and never quoted.

4 /5

Three master-level reviews average 4.0 out of 5 with everyone recommending the programme; the strongest sub-scores are organisation, study content and courses. Students value the breadth across geoscience, economics and law and the career relevance that breadth brings, and note small groups with approachable staff. The recurring criticism is the flip side of that breadth: a little of everything, deep expertise in nothing in particular.

Liked

  • Wide choice of specializations and electives
  • Stronger career and industry relevance than the bachelor
  • Strong study organisation
  • Small groups with approachable staff

Criticised

  • Breadth comes at the cost of depth in any single area
  • Some instructors underuse digital tools
  • Limited pure-research focus

Where graduates go

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