- Bilingual
- Winter & summer intake
Human-Technology Interaction and Communication (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: Communication Science · Fundamentals of Computer Science · Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering · Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
Faculty 7 master pairing communication science with the fundamentals of computer science, mechanical engineering or electrical engineering in two equally weighted subjects. It replaces the discontinued Technical Communication M.Sc. Officially German and English, and the description stresses that applicants must speak and write German fluently.
Admission requirements
- Prior degree
- First university degree; lateral entry from adjacent subjects is possible
- Minimum grade
- Examination-board decision
- English
- Proof of English proficiency; the official page states the languages are German and English.
- German
- Fluent spoken and written German is essential — the programme description stresses this explicitly. No specific certificate level is published.
- Prerequisite credits
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- Two equally weighted subjects: Communication Science, plus fundamentals of computer science, mechanical engineering or electrical engineering
- Also required
- Replaces the discontinued Technical Communication M.Sc. 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
| 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
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Where graduates go
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External resources
- Official Official programme page (opens in a new tab)
- Official Apply via RWTHonline (no uni-assist) (opens in a new tab)
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