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Master’s · Healthcare Management

Applied Health Informatics and Digital Medicine M.Sc.

RWTH Aachen University · Aachen · Official programme page

22 facts from 6 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
“All courses are held in English”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

Study mode
Blended
Source
“Mode of study Hybrid”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

Attendance
Part-time
Source
“part-time (study alongside work)”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

Length
4 semesters
Source
“Programme duration 4 semesters”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

Intakes
Winter
Source
“Beginning Winter semester”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)Applications open 1 December. One date for everybody, unlike the Academy's other master's programmes.
Source
“The following is valid for applicants from: all countries For the winter semester: 1 December - 15 July”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU tuition
€6,650 per semester
Source
“The following tuition fees apply for applicants from: all countries 6,650 EUR”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

Scholarship holders may be exempt.

Application fee
None
Source
“with no application fee”

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

RWTH International Academy charges no application fee; tuition is charged after admission.

Places
Selection procedure
Source
“All our applicants are evaluated on a competitive basis, considering the overall impression as well as the academic grades … Moreover, it depends on the number of applicants for that particular year”

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

RWTH International Academy runs a competitive selection on the whole application — grades, home university, work experience, extra-curricular activities, references and statement of purpose — and says the outcome also depends on how many people apply that year. No fixed number of places and no grade cut-off is published, so this is recorded as a selection procedure rather than as restricted places. RWTH's own key-info block records the programme as "Admission to First Semester Open (No NC)", i.e. there is no numerus clausus and no fixed number of places — which is why this is a selection procedure rather than restricted places.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Case by case
Source
“First academic degree e.g. Bachelor of Science (BSc) in computer science, mathematics or natural sciences”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

No credit or duration floor is stated for the first degree; the post-graduation work experience is the harder gate.

Subject background
A first academic degree, e.g. a B.Sc. in computer science, mathematics or the natural sciences, or completed medical studies, plus at least one year of work experience in medicine or computer science after graduation.
Source
“First academic degree e.g. Bachelor of Science (BSc) in computer science, mathematics or natural sciences or completed medical studies At least one year of work experience in the field of medicine or computer science after graduation”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

Minimum grade
No minimum GPA; applications are ranked on the overall picture
Source
“There is no minimum GPA to get admission. All our applicants are evaluated on a competitive basis, considering the overall impression as well as the academic grades”

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

The page adds that selection also depends on the home university, work experience, extra-curricular activities, letters of recommendation and the statement of purpose.

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 · PTE 60. Cambridge: B2 First. UNIcert II
Source
“B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: UNIcert® English: UNIcert® II PTE Academic: 60 TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 90 IELTS Academic: 6 Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

The TOEFL iBT Home Edition and the Duolingo English Test are not mentioned.

German
Not needed when applying
Source
“German language skills No minimum language level required”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

DAAD's own field for this programme; RWTH asks for no German certificate at application or enrolment.

GRE / GMAT / GATE
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

No GRE or GMAT is mentioned for this programme, and it is not among the engineering master's for which the Academy requires the GRE.

Other required tests
At least one year of post-graduation work experience in medicine or computer science
Source
“At least one year of work experience in the field of medicine or computer science after graduation”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/9198 · checked 7 November 2026

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

No interview or aptitude procedure is stated for this programme.

How to apply
Directly to the university
Source
“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

Applications go directly to RWTH through the RWTHonline portal; uni-assist is not used.

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

RWTH International Academy answers the question itself: exemptions cover only a school-leaving qualification or first degree in English issued by an institution in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the US, and it stresses that citizenship of an English-speaking country does not exempt, so no applicant from India, Nigeria or Pakistan is exempt on those grounds. The central § 3 Abs. 9 ÜPO list also names 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; and this programme is not one of those the central table marks with footnote 3 (bachelor's thesis in English). § 3 Abs. 9 Satz 4 ÜPO still lets a programme's own examination regulations add that thesis route, so without the programme-specific PDF the position stays not stated rather than "none".

Rules that name these countries
  • India: Applicants from India must include an APS certificate with their master's application, which RWTH International Academy makes mandatory from the 2027/28 winter semester.
    Source
    “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! … The APS certificate is a mandatory application requirement for students from India, China, and Vietnam who want to pursue higher education in Germany”

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

    RWTH's central master's application page for international applicants lists the required documents without mentioning the APS, so this requirement is published by the Academy for its own master's programmes; the DAAD entries of some Academy programmes repeat it, those of Applied Health Informatics and Periodontology do not.

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.