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Master’s · Mechanical Engineering

Biomechanical Engineering M.Sc.

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg · Magdeburg · Official programme page

19 facts from 9 official pages · last checked 14 November 2026

Reviewed by Dennis Maaß, admission and immigration expert
Published 8 November 2026 · Last reviewed 8 November 2026

Key facts

Length, deadlines and costs

Language
English
Source
“Language English”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Biomechanical_Engineering_master-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026

Study mode
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026

No OVGU page states the teaching mode. Only the Studien- und Prüfungsordnung of each programme would, and the 'Examination regulations' links on the English pages are partly wrong (the Visual Computing page links to the Computervisualistik regulations), so nothing is recorded rather than an assumption of on-campus teaching.

Length
4 semesters
Source
“Duration 4 Semesters Enrollment Wintersemester Admission restriction Restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Biomechanical_Engineering_master-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026

Credits
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026

The datasheets and the English-programmes overview give only the standard period of study in semesters. Credit totals appear solely in each programme's Studien- und Prüfungsordnung in the German Verwaltungshandbuch, which is reached through a multi-level index and whose links from the English pages are partly stale, so no figure is recorded.

Intakes
Winter
Source
“Duration 4 Semesters Enrollment Wintersemester Admission restriction Restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Biomechanical_Engineering_master-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 Jun 2027 (winter 2027)uni-assist window 15 April to 15 June. Applicants with a German bachelor's degree have until 15 July.
Source
“Applicants with International Bachelor degree über uni-assist 15 June”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Biomechanical_Engineering_master-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026

A month earlier than OVGU's standard 15 July. The uni-assist page gives the same window ('April 15 to June 15 for the winter semester'); the selection statute names 15 July as the cut-off date at the OVGU student affairs department, which is the internal date for German applicants.

Non-EU tuition
None
Source
“There are no tuition fees and the semester fee already includes the Deutschland-Ticket.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Organization+of+the+Stay/Finance-p-48630.html · checked 14 November 2026

Saxony-Anhalt charges no general tuition and OVGU charges none by nationality. Fees apply only for a second degree (500 EUR per semester), for guest students and for students over 60.

Application fee
€75 one-off uni-assist handling fee for the first chosen course of study in a semester€30 one-off each additional chosen course of study in the same semester
Source
“Cost for the first chosen course of study: EUR 75.00 For each additional chosen course of study: EUR 30.00”

www.uni-assist.de/en/how-to-apply/apply-online/pay-submit/ · checked 7 November 2026

OVGU itself charges no application fee; applicants with a foreign qualification pay uni-assist's handling fee.

Places
Restricted (limited places)
Source
“Admission restriction Restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Biomechanical_Engineering_master-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026

Locally restricted with an internal selection procedure (statute of 19.12.2023). The number of places is set in the annual Zulassungszahlen and is not published on the programme page.

Places for non-EU applicants
Separate quota · At least 30 % of the places · A separate applicant list and ranking list for international applicants (non-EU, UK, Switzerland). Up to 70 points: 50-(final grade-1.0)x10 for the previous degree plus points for the competence portfolio; unused places move to the other group
Source
“Aufgrund des internationalen Charakters des Studiengangs wird ein Anteil von mindestens 30 % der Studienplätze an ausländische Bewerber und Bewerberinnen vergeben.”

www.bekanntmachungen.ovgu.de/media/A_Rundschreiben/1_12+Satzungen+zu+Hochschul+_+Auswahlverfahren/Biomechanical+Engineering_+M_Sc_/01_2024+_+Satzung+zur+Durchf%C3%BChrung+des+hochschulinternen+Auswahlverfahrens+im+Masterstudiengang+Biomechanical+Engineering+vom+19_+Dezember+2023-p-20504.pdf · checked 7 November 2026

German quote: the statute has no English version. § 3 (3) splits applicants into an international list ('nicht EU, England, Schweiz') and a national list (EEA and German nationals); 30 % of places go to the top of the international list.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Accepted
Source
“adequate bachelor degree with at least 180 CP”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Biomechanical_Engineering_master-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026

180 CP is exactly a three-year bachelor's, so a three-year Indian, Nigerian or Pakistani bachelor's with 180 ECTS equivalent meets the credit requirement; the subject-area credits still have to be there.

Subject background
An adequate bachelor's degree with at least 180 CP, including at least 10 CP mathematics, 10 CP natural science, 15 CP engineering science (mechanical engineering) and 5 CP materials science
Source
“adequate bachelor degree with at least 180 CP and a minimum average grade of 2.5 (as averaged result of all provided examination performances)”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Biomechanical_Engineering_master-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026

A conditional admission can cover up to 15 missing CP. Proof of a measles vaccination is a further admission requirement.

Minimum grade
2.5 on the German scale (average of all examination performances)
Source
“a minimum average grade of 2.5 (as averaged result of all provided examination performances)”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Biomechanical_Engineering_master-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026

English
Level C1. IELTS 7 · TOEFL iBT 95 · TOEFL band 5 · Home Edition accepted · PTE 76. Cambridge: Cambridge First Certificate in English + Grade A (FCE), or Certificate of Advanced English + Grade B or C (CAE). Also accepted: TOEIC (Listening and Reading 865, Speaking 170, Writing 160 at B2; 945/180/180 at C1 — all three tests required), telc B2/C1, UNIcert II (B2) or III (C1). The IELTS online version is accepted. The Duolingo English Test does not appear anywhere in OVGU's list.. Exemption: No certificate is needed with a secondary school certificate from Australia, Canada (except Quebec and New Brunswick) or the USA, with British or international GCE A-Levels, an Irish Leaving Certificate, a New Zealand NCEA, a Scottish Qualifications Certificate, an IB Diploma (Language A or Language B HL) or a European Baccalaureate (L1 or L2); with a university degree from Australia, Canada (same exception), Ireland, Great Britain, New Zealand or the USA; with a qualification equivalent to a German degree from Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Overseas Territories, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Malta, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines or Trinidad and Tobago; or with the German Abitur.
Source
“English language skills on the C1 level need to be attested.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Biomechanical_Engineering_master-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026

An equivalence assessment of a different certificate can be requested from the examination committee of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Scores are read from the OVGU framework of reference (senate decision of 28.01.2026), which every programme datasheet links as 'OVGU Framework of reference'; the programme pages themselves state only the CEFR level. The framework prints both TOEFL iBT scales (0-120 and the 1-6 scale valid from 2026) and a footnote says the faculties may recognise further tests, references or levels.

German
Not needed when applying
Source
“International students can pursue a degree without learning German first. OVGU offers a wide range of bachelor and master degree courses of study that are taught in English completely.”

www.ovgu.de/en/International/Incoming+_+Ways+to+the+University/International+Students.html · checked 7 November 2026

No German certificate is asked for in this programme's admission requirements, and no page sets a German level for graduation.

Selection
Points for the previous degree's grade and for the competence portfolio (up to 70); conditional admission for up to 15 missing CP; proof of a measles vaccination
Source
“A provisional admission on conditions can be made to a maximum extent of 15 CP.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Biomechanical_Engineering_master-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver
No waiver stated for India, Nigeria or Pakistan: plan for an English test
Source
“Some applicants are exempt from showing an additional proof of their English proficiency. This is the case for the following … All other applicants must submit official language certificates with their application.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/International/Incoming+_+Ways+to+the+University/International+Students/Full_Time+Studies/General+Requirements.html · checked 7 November 2026

The exemption list covers secondary school certificates from Australia, Canada (except Quebec and New Brunswick) and the USA, British and international GCE A-Levels, the Irish Leaving Certificate, the New Zealand NCEA, the Scottish Qualifications Certificate, the IB Diploma (Language A or B HL), the European Baccalaureate (L1 or L2), university degrees from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Great Britain, New Zealand and the USA, a qualification equivalent to a German degree from 14 Caribbean and Commonwealth states, and the German Abitur. India, Nigeria and Pakistan appear nowhere in it, and no OVGU page accepts a medium-of-instruction letter or an English-taught degree earned in those countries, so applicants from the three always submit a certificate. An applicant from one of them who happens to hold a listed qualification (most plausibly international GCE A-Levels) is exempt on that qualification, not on their country.

Rules that name these countries

The rules for your country across all universities, and the visa rules on English tests, are on the India, Pakistan and Nigeria pages.

More on this programme

Every value was read on an official page and is stored with a verbatim quote; open “Source” to see it. “Not stated by the university” means none of the pages we checked says, and lists those pages. Rules change: confirm with the university before you apply or pay.