At a glance

Language: English-taught
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 1 Mar 2026 The window usually repeats next cycle; the full deadline table below shows every route and date.

Focus areas: Mathematical optimization · Operations research · Statistics and data science · Mathematical economics

Research-oriented business mathematics master at Faculty 8, covering mathematical optimization, operations research, statistics and data science, and mathematical economics. Taught in English, with a GRE General Test requirement for non-EU applicants. First cohort started in WS 2024/25.

Admission requirements

Prior degree: First university degree in mathematics or a strongly quantitative subject, per the examination regulations
Minimum grade: Examination-board decision
English: English proficiency required; the official page states the programme is taught in English.No numeric threshold is published.
German: not required (English-taught)
Also required: Non-EU applicants must provide a GRE General Test score. First intake was WS 2024/25. 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. Supporting-document deadline for restricted-admission subjects: 1 August.
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.
Non-EU applicants	Summer semester	1 September 2026	Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants. Supporting-document deadline for restricted-admission subjects: 1 February.
EU / German-degree applicants	Summer semester	15 January 2027	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.

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