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Master’s · Languages, Literature & Writing

Cognitive, Digital and Empirical English Studies M.A.

RWTH Aachen University · Aachen · Official programme page

19 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

Language
English
Source
“Languages of instruction Main language English”

www.daad.de/en/studying-in-germany/universities/all-degree-programmes/detail/rwth-aachen-university-cognitive-digital-and-empirical-english-studies-w64764/?hec-id=w64764 · checked 14 November 2026

Recorded from the DAAD/German Rectors' Conference database, the only source for this programme that could be fetched: RWTH's own programme page sits on the central CMS, whose firewall rejects the verifier's user-agent.

Study mode
On campus
Source
“Location Aachen”

www.daad.de/en/studying-in-germany/universities/all-degree-programmes/detail/rwth-aachen-university-cognitive-digital-and-empirical-english-studies-w64764/?hec-id=w64764 · checked 14 November 2026

The database names Aachen as the location and gives no online or hybrid mode.

Non-EU deadline
1 Sept 2026 (summer 2027)The summer-semester deadline falls in the September before the intake.1 Mar 2027 (winter 2027)
Source
“Deadlines for Applicants from Non-EU/EEA Countries … Open admission March 1 (for exemptions, see below) September 1 (for exemptions, see below)”

www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/dqml/lidx/1 · checked 7 November 2026

RWTH's university-wide master's deadlines for non-EU/EEA applicants, applied because the programme page records this programme as "Open (No NC)". EU/EEA applicants have 15 July and 15 January. Applicants already enrolled at RWTH, and holders of a relevant German degree, also get 15 July / 15 January. A standing annual deadline; no page prints the literal 2027 dates.

Non-EU tuition
None
Source
“Tuition fees per semester None”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/6318 · checked 7 November 2026

North Rhine-Westphalia charges no tuition at public universities; the fee-based programmes of RWTH International Academy and RWTH Business School are the exception and carry their own tuition on the programme.

Application fee
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

RWTH publishes no application fee for its faculty (non-fee-paying) master's programmes and does not use uni-assist; RWTH International Academy states 'no application fee' for its own programmes and RWTH Business School charges 50 EUR. No reachable RWTH page states the position for the faculty programmes.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

No credit or duration floor for the first degree is stated in the only source that could be fetched. The subject-specific examination regulations, which would settle it, are German-only PDFs on RWTH's central CMS. RWTH's own programme page states only "First university degree, required qualifications according to the examination regulations" and refers to the course-of-study-specific examination regulations, which set no credit floor on the page itself.

Subject background
Not stated by the university
1 page checked, 14 Nov 2026

The database entry for this programme carries no admission-requirement text; RWTH's own page is on the unreachable central CMS.

How your grade is converted
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

No admission grade-conversion formula is published on any page that could be fetched; RWTH does not use uni-assist, which would otherwise convert the grade.

English
Level B2. IELTS 6 · TOEFL iBT 90 · TOEFL band 4.5 · PTE 60. Cambridge: B2 First with a grade of at least B, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency. UNIcert II or higher, or the RWTH Language Center placement test at level B2.2.1 or higher.. Exemption: The § 3 Abs. 9 ÜPO list includes a certificate from the school education required by law, but the binding German text accepts it only where the certificate was acquired in a country that is a member of the Council of Europe and expressly certifies English at CEFR B2, which rules out school certificates from India, Nigeria and Pakistan. The exemption from any certificate is narrower still: a study qualification or English-language degree earned in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the United States. Citizenship alone is never an exemption.
Source
“Cognitive, Digital and Empirical English Studies English - § 3 Abs. 9 ÜPO … English § 3 Abs. 9 ÜPO a) Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) Internet-based Test (IBT) with a result of at least 90 points or a total score of 4,5 b) IELTS test with a score of at least 6.0 c) Cambridge Test -B2 First with a grade of at least B d) Cambridge Test - C1 Advanced e) Cambridge Test - c2 Proficiency f) Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic with a result of at least 60 points g) UNIcert II or higher h) a certificate that was acquired as part of the school education required by law in the respective country and that shows English language skills at level B2 of the "Common European Framework of Reference of Language (GeR)"1 i) Placement test of the RWTH Language Center with the level B2.2.1 or higher”
“ein Zeugnis, das im Rahmen der in einem Land, welches Mitglied im Europarat ist … vorgeschriebenen Schulbildung erworben wurde und das ausdrücklich englische Sprachkenntnisse auf dem Niveau B2 … akademischen Abschluss in Großbritannien, Irland, Australien, Neuseeland … Kanada oder den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika erworben haben, sind vom Erbringen des Nachweises befreit” page

www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaabpixuo · checked 8 November 2026

Level § 3 Abs. 9 ÜPO, RWTH's standard B2 requirement for its English-taught master's programmes. The school-certificate option (h) is narrower than this English table shows: the binding German text (Amtliche Bekanntmachung 2026/172, § 3 Abs. 9 h) accepts such a certificate only where it was acquired in a country that is a member of the Council of Europe and expressly certifies English at B2, which excludes India, Nigeria and Pakistan; the table leaves that condition out. RWTH-wide rule: Please also note that RWTH does not accept TOEFL MyBest scores. The required minimum TOEFL score must be achieved in a single test session. The Duolingo English Test appears nowhere in RWTH's language-requirement table.

German
Not needed when applying
Source
“Cognitive, Digital and Empirical English Studies English - § 3 Abs. 9 ÜPO”

www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaabpixuo · checked 7 November 2026

RWTH's language-requirement table is the authoritative per-programme list, and for the M.A. Cognitive, Digital and Empirical English Studies it records an English requirement only, with no German entry. The table also sets out the German exemptions, none of which is needed here.

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 8 Nov 2026

The only exemption RWTH publishes covers a high-school diploma or academic degree obtained in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the United States, and the same page adds that citizenship alone never exempts, so it reaches no applicant from India, Nigeria or Pakistan. The § 3 Abs. 9 ÜPO list does include a certificate from the school education required by law, but the binding Übergreifende Prüfungsordnung (Amtliche Bekanntmachung 2026/172, § 3 Abs. 9 h) accepts it only where it was acquired in a country that is a member of the Council of Europe and expressly certifies English at B2, which rules out school certificates from India, Nigeria and Pakistan; the central table's English wording leaves that condition out. RWTH publishes the table "ohne Gewähr", and § 3 Abs. 9 Satz 4 ÜPO lets a programme's own examination regulations add a route — the examination board checking a bachelor's thesis or seminar paper written in English, as the Data Science regulations do — so without that programme-specific PDF the position stays not stated rather than "none".

Rules that name these countries
None named on the pages checked

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.