Applicants from Non-EU/EEA Countries

 

Application Process

Steps For Master build on Bachelor Mechanical Engineering, Business Administration & Engineering: Mechanical Engineering and Computational Engineering Science For Automation Engineering and Simulation Science
1

Online application in the database of the Registrar's Office for non-restricted courses of study

Online application in the database of the Registrar's Office for non-restricted courses of study
2

Online registration in the Database of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Supplement for verification of the admission Requirements)

Completion of the Excel sheet for AT or SISc
3

Preparing and finishing your online application:

  • Supplement for verification of the admission Requirements of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Degree certificate and/or transcript of record
  • Recommended: Language Certificate B2 for application (only for nur german-language master programs)
  • GRE General Test
  • Internship/placement certificates
  • the relevant excerpts of the module handbook of your previous course of study (or internet sources)
 Preparing and finishing your online application:​
  • Excel Sheet of the master program
  • Degree certificate and/or transcript of record
  • Recommended: Language certificate B2 for application (only for AT)
  • GRE General Test (only for AT)
  • the relevant excerpts of the module handbook of your previous course of study (or internet sources)
4

Feedback to your application

 Feedback to your application
 

1. Online Application in the database of the International Office for non-restricted courses of study

Please fill out the Application tool, which is available at the International Office. Use therefore the manual on the website of the International Office.

 

2. For Master based on Bachelor Mechanical Engineering, Business Administration & Engineering: Mechanical Engineering and Computational Engineering Science

Online Registration in the Database of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Supplement for verification of the admission Requirements)

As soon as you have registered your data with the International Office online (see above), you will be automatically directed to our database. If you are not automatically redirected (or want to complete an unfinished application), please log in to or register with our database fill out the online application form and subsequently print out the generated web page ("Beiblatt auf Überprüfung der Zugangsvoraussetzungen" - Supplement for verification of the admission requirements). Please sign this print-out an enclose it as part of your application documents.

Completing the "Beiblatt auf Überprüfung der Zugangsvoraussetzungen":

To generate the supplement for verification of the admission requirements, please proceed as follows when entering your data in our database:

  • Register with the database
  • Specify your prior university and prior course of study
  • Upload the module handbook of your Bachelor's course or provide a link
  • List all relevant subjects taken as part of your Bachelor's course
  • Provide information on internships/placements completed

Subsequently please print out our the generated web page, sign it, and enclose in in your application

For Automation Engineerung and Simulation Science

Completion of the Excel sheet for AT and SiSc

Please download and fill in the following documents and upload the Excel sheet to the database of the Registar’s Office

Simulation Science
Automation Engineering

 

3. Preparing and finishing your online application

Please compile the following documents for your application and upload them to the application tool:

  • Supplement for verification of the admission requirements“ of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering or Excel sheet of the master program Automation Engineering or Simulation Science
  • a copy of your degree certificate and a transcript of records from your university's Examinations Office in German or English
    • the curriculum of your prior degree program, which must show how many contact hours (hours of instruction) you had in each course. This specification can bei direct ("the Linear Algebra course had 45 hours of teaching") or indirect ("Linear Algebra" was a 16-week course with 2 contact hours per week"). Moreover, it must become clear how many number of minutes each course hour or lesson comprised, e.g. 1 contact hour = 45 minutes of instruction. If this specification is missed, a duration of 45 minutes is assumed for each contact hour.
    • an academic calendar, which shows the length of each semester in weeks
  • NEW: GRE General Test with at least the following values (for SiSc not necessary):
    • Verbal Reasoning: 145 Points
    • Quantitative Reasoning: 160 Points
    • Analytical Writing: 3 Points
  • For German-language Master's programs only: If German is not your native language, we recommend that you provide proof of language proficiency at the Goethe-Institut level C1, at least level 4 in all four examination areas of the TestDaF, DSH level 2, or telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule when applying. (Comprehensive examination regulations)

    The following certificates are accepted:
  • Certificate of the Goethe-Institut: Goethe-Zertifikat C1, Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom (KDS), Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom
  • ​TestDaF with at least level 4 in all four examination areas
  • DSH, level 2
  • telc German C1 University
  • German Language Diploma of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs - Second Level (KMK II)
  • ​German Language Examination II of the Language and Interpreting Institute Munich
  • Certificates on completed internships at engineering companies (or engineerings divisions of a company). For further information on internships, please refer to the pages of the Internship Office.
  • Excerpts of the module handbook, which provides descriptions of the content of the courses you completed

Please note

These documents must be submitted in German or English. Documents in other languages can not be taken into account. You can find the translation requirements in our FAQ.

Please note

Applications that are sent to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering can not be taken into account.

The online application form is available between June 1st and March 1st of the following year (application for the winter semester) and between December 1st and September 1st (application for the summer semester).

Applications after the above named application periods will not be taken into account.

 

4. Feedback on Your Application

After we have processed your application, you will receive a notification from the Registrar's Office which tells you whether you have been admitted to to the Master's course. It is possible that you are admitted, but must complete some additional requirements. These additional requirements are listed in this letter of admission.

If you have been admitted to the course by the relevant Examination Board of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, you can enroll for the course at the International Office during the enrollment period, which is mentioned on the letter of admission. For information on enrollment, deadlines, and required documents, please check your RWTH online profil.

Due to the large number of applications and fair treatment considerations, we cannot provide information on the status of applications before May 1 st for the winter semester and December 1 st for the summer semester.

We would like to inform our international students about the BeBuddy program, a support program offered by the International Office, and of the services and events offered by INCAS, who assist international students in finding their way in Aachen and organize events.