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Master’s · Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

Data and Knowledge Engineering M.Sc.

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg · Magdeburg · Official programme page

18 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 Winter and summer semester Admission restriction No restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Data+and+Knowledge+Engineering.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, Summer
Source
“Duration 4 Semesters Enrollment Winter and summer semester Admission restriction No restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Data+and+Knowledge+Engineering.html · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
26 Nov 2026 (summer 2027)The uni-assist page gives 15 November instead of 26 November for the same intake; the later date is the programme page's.15 May 2027 (winter 2027)uni-assist window opens 15 April.
Source
“Applicants with International Bachelor degree über uni-assist Winter Semester: 15 May … Summer Semester: 26 November”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Data+and+Knowledge+Engineering.html · checked 7 November 2026

Two months earlier than OVGU's standard 15 July for the winter semester. Conflict: the uni-assist overview says 'Master Data and Knowledge Engineering April 15 to May 15 for the winter semester October 15 to November 15 for the summer semester', i.e. 15 November rather than 26 November. Applicants with a German bachelor's degree have until 15 July and 15 January.

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/Data+and+Knowledge+Engineering.html · checked 7 November 2026

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Accepted
Source
“The duration of the Bachelor degree must be at least 3 years (six semesters)”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Data+and+Knowledge+Engineering.html · checked 7 November 2026

Explicitly three years, so a three-year Indian, Nigerian or Pakistani bachelor's in computer science qualifies if the course requirements are met.

Subject background
Bachelor's degree in computer science or a closely related field lasting at least three years (six semesters), including one databases course and either 10 CS courses (60 ECTS) or 6 CS courses (40 ECTS) plus 4 applied-statistics courses (20 ECTS); exercises and labs do not count
Source
“The grade must be strictly better than 2,3 on the German scale. The duration of the Bachelor degree must be at least 3 years (six semesters)”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Data+and+Knowledge+Engineering.html · checked 7 November 2026

Minimum grade
Strictly better than 2.3 on the German scale
Source
“The grade must be strictly better than 2,3 on the German scale.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Data+and+Knowledge+Engineering.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
“The Master DKE can be studied in English. Thus candidates must prove knowledge of English on level C1.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Data+and+Knowledge+Engineering.html · checked 7 November 2026

The page warns that the framework also maps B2 and that this programme needs the C1 column. 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
At least 10 points in the additional prerequisites set out in the programme-specific study and examination regulations (sSPO)
Source
“Students must also demonstrate that they have earned at least 10 points in additional prerequisites”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Data+and+Knowledge+Engineering.html · checked 7 November 2026

The faculty publishes an application checklist that summarises the requirements.

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.