Master’s · Automotive & Mobility

Automotive Engineering M.Sc.

RWTH Aachen University · Aachen · Official programme page

20 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
“The Master's programme in Automotive Engineering (MSc) is an international programme taught in English. German language proficiency is not required”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
Study mode: On campus
Source
“Course location Aachen”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
The DAAD entry names Aachen as the course location and gives no online or hybrid mode of study for this programme.
Attendance: Full-time
Source
“full-time Programme duration 3 semesters”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
Length: 3 semesters
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“The programme duration is three semesters and consists of two semesters of compulsory and elective courses. A 22-week thesis concludes the programme in the third semester”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
Credits: 90 ECTS
Source
“ECTS Credits 90”
www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Vor-dem-Studium/Studiengaenge/Liste-Aktuelle-Studiengaenge/Studiengangbeschreibung/Automotive-Engineering-M-Sc-/~dgcr/Automotive-Engineering-M-Sc-/lidx/1/ · checked 7 November 2026
Confirmed by RWTH's own key-info block, which replaces the earlier derivation.
Intakes: Winter
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“Beginning Winter semester”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
Non-EU deadline: 1 Mar 2027 (winter 2027)Applications open 1 December. EU/EEA and Swiss applicants have 1 May – 15 July.
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“The following is valid for applicants from: non-EU countries For the winter semester: 1 December - 1 March”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
Non-EU tuition: None
Source
“Our programme has no tuition fees, so as a student you can be certain that we did not select you because you have money”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
Application fee: Not stated by the university
2 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/
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.
Places: Unrestricted
Source
“Admission to First Semester Open (No NC)”
www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Vor-dem-Studium/Studiengaenge/Liste-Aktuelle-Studiengaenge/Studiengangbeschreibung/Automotive-Engineering-M-Sc-/~dgcr/Automotive-Engineering-M-Sc-/lidx/1/ · checked 7 November 2026
"Open (No NC)" is RWTH's wording for zulassungsfrei: every applicant who meets the requirements is admitted.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s: Accepted with conditions
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“They are three-semester programmes that follow a seven-semester mechanical engineering Bachelor's programme … To a certain degree, gaps will lead to enrolment conditions , i.e. modules will be added to your studies in Aachen, extending the time to study by up to one semester. If additional modules exceed 30 CP, we unfortunately will reject your application”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
The condition: this is a three-semester master's designed on top of a seven-semester (210-ECTS) German bachelor's. A 180-ECTS three-year bachelor's is not excluded, but the gaps become enrolment conditions and the application is rejected if the additional modules exceed 30 CP.
Subject background: A bachelor's in mechanical or automotive engineering, received by enrolment, covering mechanical-engineering basics (mechanics 18 CP, machine design and CAD 13, thermodynamics 7, heat and mass transfer 6, material science 8, control engineering 6, fluid mechanics 6, mathematics 17) and automotive basics (longitudinal dynamics 6, vertical and lateral dynamics 6, mobile propulsion fundamentals 4, mechatronic systems 6). A 16-week industrial internship is required, but it may be completed after enrolment.
Source
“Required Mechanical Engineering Basics : Mechanics (18 CP), Machine Design & CAD (13 CP), Thermodynamics (7 CP), Heat and Mass Transfer (6 CP), Material Science (8 CP), Control Engineering (6 CP), Fluid Mechanics (6 CP), Mathematics (17 CP)”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
Minimum grade: No minimum GPA; applicants are not ranked against each other
Source
“There is no minimum GPA requirement”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
How your grade is converted: Not stated by the university
2 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/
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 sub-scores: reading 18, listening 17, speaking 20, writing 17.
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“B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: IELTS Academic: 6 TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 90 Reading: 18 Listening: 17 Speaking: 20 Writing: 17”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · 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/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
DAAD's own field for this programme; RWTH asks for no German certificate at application or enrolment.
GRE / GMAT / GATE: Required
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“Non-EU and non-EEA citizen are required to submit a GRE General Test certificate upon application. EU and EEA citizens and students from German universities with any nationality are exempt from this requirement. Your minimum test score must be: Verbal Reasoning 145, Quantitative Reasoning 160 and Analytical Writing 3”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
The course coordinator offers an alternative to the GRE for applicants in countries affected by war, crisis, disaster or sanctions — but not for lack of money or an imminent deadline.
Other required tests: GRE General Test (non-EU/EEA applicants), 16-week industrial internship (may be completed after enrolment)
Source
“In addition to the academic module requirements, an industrial internship of 16 weeks is required before starting in the Master's programme”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026
The page continues that the internship approval does not happen at application, so it can be done after enrolment up to the registration of the master's thesis.
Selection: No ranking of applicants and no interview; gaps in the subject profile become enrolment conditions of up to 30 CP.
Source
“We will not compare your GPA to those of other applicants, i.e. we do not compile a ranking of applicants”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4599 · checked 7 November 2026

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
www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaabpixuo
www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/Studium/Vor-dem-Studium/Zugangsvoraussetzungen/~zwyn/Sprachkenntnisse/lidx/1/
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.

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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.