RWTH Aachen University

Application route

Directly to the university

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“Our application process runs completely digital via the portal RWTHonline , with no application fee”

www.academy.rwth-aachen.de/en/programs/masters-degree-programs/your-way-to-us · checked 14 November 2026

Every master's application goes straight to RWTH through the RWTHonline portal; uni-assist is not used. The exception is RWTH Business School, which runs its own portal and charges a 50 EUR application fee.

APS certificate (India)

Needed when you apply

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“Attention: Starting with the winter semester 2027/28 international applicants from China, India and Vietnam must include an APS certificate with their master's applications!”

www.academy.rwth-aachen.de/en/programs/masters-degree-programs/your-way-to-us · checked 14 November 2026

For Indian applicants the APS certificate must be inside the application, i.e. obtained before the 1 March deadline, and it is also needed before starting the visa process. RWTH International Academy makes it mandatory from winter 2027/28 and already lists it among the required documents for its engineering master's programmes; RWTH Business School still calls it optional at application. Nothing comparable is published for the free faculty programmes on a page that could be fetched.

Studienkolleg

Not stated by the university

3 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

• www.academy.rwth-aachen.de/en/programs/masters-degree-programs/your-way-to-us
• www.business-school.rwth-aachen.de/en/apply/
• sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/en/studium/master/sse/application-for-admission/

No reachable page states whether RWTH runs or is served by a Studienkolleg. This matters little for this record, which contains master's programmes only.

International office

International Office (Internationale Hochschulbeziehungen), Templergraben 57, 52062 Aachen, international@rwth-aachen.de, +49 241 80-90660

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“International office Internationale Hochschulbeziehungen Address Street Templergraben 57 Zipcode 52062 City Aachen”

www.daad.de/en/studying-in-germany/universities/all-degree-programmes/detail/rwth-aachen-university-transforming-city-regions-w64414/?hec-id=w64414 · checked 14 November 2026

Taken from the DAAD/German Rectors' Conference database because RWTH's own International Office page is on the central CMS, which could not be fetched. The office checks the formal admission requirements for every master's application.

Tuition for non-EU students

No tuition fees for the faculty master's programmes, and no fee that depends on nationality; every student pays the semester contribution. The fee-based exceptions are the eleven programmes of RWTH International Academy (6,000–8,300 EUR per semester), the five of RWTH Business School (5,000–11,666 EUR per semester) and the IDEA League Applied Geophysics master's, where the non-EU rate is higher than the EU rate.

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“Tuition fees per semester None … There is no special additional fee for international students”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/6917 · checked 14 November 2026

North Rhine-Westphalia charges no tuition at its public universities, and RWTH levies no extra fee for international students in the free programmes. Applicants from India, Nigeria and Pakistan should note that the IDEA League Applied Geophysics master's is the only programme here that charges non-EU students more than EU students (8,655 EUR against 1,300 EUR).

Semester contribution

€358 per semester, includes a transport ticket

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“All RWTH students must pay a social contribution to student services, which amounts to approx. 358 EUR per semester. This is not a tuition fee”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/6318 · checked 14 November 2026

RWTH's own DAAD entries quote the contribution inconsistently: 358 EUR on four pages, 'approx. 300 to 350', 320, 350, 360 and 400 EUR on others, and 'approx. 300 EUR' on the Academy page. 358 EUR is the highest-resolution figure and appears most often. It includes a semester ticket for public transport; one entry describes the ticket as covering regional transport in all of Germany, another as North Rhine-Westphalia plus parts of Belgium and the Netherlands. Re-check against RWTH's own re-enrolment page before publishing.

Other compulsory fees

Not stated by the university

3 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

• www.academy.rwth-aachen.de/en/programs/masters-degree-programs/your-way-to-us
• www.business-school.rwth-aachen.de/en/apply/
• www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/6318

No reachable page states an institution-wide fee besides the semester contribution: no service fee for non-EU students and no deposit. The only application fee found is the 50 EUR charged by RWTH Business School, which is recorded on those five programmes. RWTH's own fee pages are on the central CMS, which could not be fetched, so this is not recorded as 'none'.

Tuition per programme is listed with each programme below.