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Master’s · Mechanical Engineering

Computational Methods in Engineering M.Sc.

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg · Magdeburg · Official programme page

21 facts from 8 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

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 No restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 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 No restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)
Source
“Applicants with International Bachelor degree über uni-assist 15 July”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 November 2026

Applicants with a German bachelor's degree have until 15 September.

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
Unrestricted
Source
“Admission restriction No restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 November 2026

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Accepted
Source
“Relevant bachelor's degree (at least 180 CP)”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 November 2026

Subject background
Relevant bachelor's degree of at least 180 CP with at least 25 CP in mathematics and computer science (at least 15 CP mathematics, 5 CP computer science) and 40 CP in engineering fundamentals (including 10 CP engineering mechanics and 5 CP fluid mechanics or thermodynamics)
Source
“Relevant bachelor's degree (at least 180 CP) and an average grade of at least 2.300 determined from the examination results.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 November 2026

Minimum grade
2.300 or better on the German scale
Source
“an average grade of at least 2.300 determined from the examination results”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 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
“Furthermore, sufficient knowledge of the English language at the C1 level must be demonstrated.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 November 2026

An equivalence test can be requested from the examination board 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.

GRE / GMAT / GATE
Required for degrees from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan (GRE General or GATE)
Source
“applicants who have obtained their Bachelor's degree in India, Bangladesh or Pakistan must provide proof of subject-specific knowledge by submitting results from either the "Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test" or the "Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)" with the minimum required score or higher”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 November 2026

Mandatory only for applicants whose bachelor's degree was obtained in India, Bangladesh or Pakistan; IIT and IISc Bengaluru graduates submit their transcript instead. The minimum scores are in an annex to the programme-specific study and examination regulations.

Other required tests
GRE General Test or GATE (applicants with a bachelor's degree obtained in India, Bangladesh or Pakistan; IIT and IISc graduates exempt)
Source
“Graduates from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) or the Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bengaluru) are exempt from the GATE requirement.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 November 2026

Selection
Applications are accepted before graduation if no more than 25 CP are missing, but the subject credits and the 2.300 average must already be proven at application (except for uni-assist applications)
Source
“If the degree has not yet been obtained at the time of application and no more than 25 CP are missing until the completion of the bachelor's degree program, an application is possible.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 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
  • India: Applicants from India must enclose a digital original APS certificate from the Academic Evaluation Centre in New Delhi with their application.
    Source
    “Applicants from India, the People's Republic of China and Vietnam must enclose a (digital) original certificate from the Academic Evaluation Centre (APS) in New Delhi, Beijing or Hanoi.”

    www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/International/Incoming+_+Ways+to+the+University/International+Students/Full_Time+Studies/Applying+via+uni_assist+e_V_-p-107054.html · checked 7 November 2026

    Listed among the documents the application itself must contain, so the certificate is needed at application, not at enrolment. China and Vietnam are named in the same sentence.

  • India, Pakistan: Applicants who obtained their bachelor's degree in India or Pakistan must also submit a GRE General Test or GATE result at or above the minimum score set in the programme regulations.
    Source
    “applicants who have obtained their Bachelor's degree in India, Bangladesh or Pakistan must provide proof of subject-specific knowledge by submitting results from either the "Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test" or the "Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)" with the minimum required score or higher”

    www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 November 2026

    Bangladesh is named in the same sentence. The rule follows the country where the degree was obtained, not the applicant's nationality, and the minimum scores are in an annex to the programme-specific study and examination regulations.

  • India: Graduates of an Indian Institute of Technology or of the Indian Institute of Science submit their academic transcript instead of a GATE or GRE result.
    Source
    “Graduates from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) or the Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bengaluru) are exempt from the GATE requirement. Instead of the GATE/GRE document, they must submit their academic transcript from their respective institution (IIT or IISc).”

    www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Computational+Methods+in+Engineering.html · checked 14 November 2026

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.