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Master’s · Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Circular Engineering and Economy M.Sc.

RWTH Aachen University · Aachen · Official programme page

19 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 and German
Source
“The courses and Master's thesis of the specialisation are offered in English. Additional compulsory subjects, which are a condition of admission, are offered exclusively in German”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/11072 · checked 7 November 2026

The specialisation itself is English-taught, but the compulsory make-up subjects imposed as an admission condition are German-only — which is why German B2 is an admission requirement.

Study mode
On campus
Source
“Course location Aachen”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/11072 · 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 / part-time full-time”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/11072 · checked 7 November 2026

Length
4 semesters
Source
“Programme duration 4 semesters”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/11072 · checked 7 November 2026

Intakes
Winter
Source
“Beginning Winter semester”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/11072 · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
1 Mar 2027 (winter 2027)Applications open 1 December. EU applicants have 1 May – 1 September.
Source
“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/11072 · checked 7 November 2026

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

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/11072 · checked 7 November 2026

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.

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/Circular-Engineering-and-Economy-M-Sc/~bsfmig/Circular-Engineering-and-Economy-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
Case by case
Source
“To meet the academic prerequisites, applicants must demonstrate the competencies required for successful completion of the Master's programme in Circular Engineering and Economy in the following subject areas”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/11072 · checked 7 November 2026

No credit or duration floor for the first degree; the gate is 50 CP of named subject content.

Subject background
At least 50 CP in engineering and subject-specific fundamentals: at least 36 CP from the fundamentals of engineering (mechanics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, thermal engineering, process engineering, transport phenomena, mathematics) and at least 14 CP from specialised fundamentals.
Source
“A total of 50 CP in engineering and subject-specific fundamentals”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/11072 · checked 7 November 2026

Minimum grade
Not stated by the university
1 page checked, 7 Nov 2026

No minimum grade is stated.

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. TOEFL sub-scores: reading 20, listening 20, speaking 30, writing 20.
Source
“B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: UNIcert® English: UNIcert® II PTE Academic: 60 Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First IELTS Academic: 6 TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 90 Reading: 20 Listening: 20 Speaking: 30 Writing: 20”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/11072 · checked 7 November 2026

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

German
When applying: German B2 — the only programme in this record that requires German to be admitted. During studies: The compulsory make-up subjects imposed as an admission condition are taught in German only
Source
“German language skills B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: telc Deutsch: telc Deutsch C1”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/11072 · checked 7 November 2026

DAAD records the level as B2 while listing C1 certificates (telc C1, ÖSD C1, Goethe C1) as examples, alongside the Feststellungsprüfung German part and the DSD II; the sub-score line that follows gives B2 for reading, listening and speaking. Treat B2 as the floor and expect C1 certificates to be what is shown in practice.

GRE / GMAT / GATE
Not stated by the university
1 page checked, 7 Nov 2026

No GRE or GMAT is mentioned.

Selection
Not stated by the university
1 page checked, 7 Nov 2026

No interview or aptitude procedure is stated.

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.