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Master’s · Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Micro- and Nanoelectronics (major of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology) 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
Source
“The degree programme is taught in English. If modules are taught in a different language, this is indicated in the corresponding module catalogue. Examinations are to be taken in English (or in agreement with the examiner in another language)”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · checked 7 November 2026

Study mode
On campus
Source
“Course location Aachen”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · 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 4 semesters”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · checked 7 November 2026

Length
4 semesters
Source
“Programme duration 4 semesters”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · checked 7 November 2026

Credits
120 ECTS
Source
“A total of 120 ECTS credits are required for the successful completion”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · checked 7 November 2026

Intakes
Winter, Summer
Source
“Beginning Winter and summer semester”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
1 Sept 2026 (summer 2027)Applications open 1 June. Switzerland and the United Kingdom follow the non-EU dates.1 Mar 2027 (winter 2027)Applications open 1 December. Switzerland and the United Kingdom follow the non-EU dates.
Source
“The following is valid for applicants from: non-EU countries Switzerland United Kingdom For the winter semester: 1 December - 1 March”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · checked 7 November 2026

EU/EEA applicants have 2 May – 15 July (winter) and 2 December – 15 January (summer). 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/4811 · 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/Elektrotechnik-Informationstechnik-und-/~bhgmsa/Elektrotechnik-Informationstechnik-und-/lidx/1/ · checked 7 November 2026

"Open (No NC)" is RWTH's wording for zulassungsfrei: every applicant who meets the requirements is admitted. The page covers the English-taught M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Engineering as a whole; the six majors are specialisations inside it and share these key figures.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Case by case
Source
“These basic studies should fulfil both the subject requirements listed below and those listed in detail on the homepage of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · checked 7 November 2026

The gate is named subject credits, not the size or length of the first degree: no total-ECTS floor and no minimum number of years is stated, so a 180-ECTS three-year bachelor's that covers the listed subjects is not excluded. Missing subjects become additional modules imposed on admission.

Subject background
A bachelor of science or engineering from an internationally recognised university, with at least 28 ECTS in advanced mathematics, 10 ECTS in physics and the physical principles of electronic devices, 34 ECTS in the fundamentals of electrical engineering including circuit technology, and further credits in information technology and informatics. Specialisation: Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics.
Source
“applicants must have completed their basic studies (Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Engineering, or equivalent) at an internationally recognised university”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · checked 7 November 2026

A major (Vertiefungsrichtung) of the English-taught M.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology; the application is made to that M.Sc., not to the major.

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 · Home Edition accepted. Cambridge: C1 Advanced. From 2026 the TOEFL iBT is quoted on the new scale: 4.5 overall, including the Home Edition.
Source
“B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: TOEFL iBT Home Edition (since 2026): 4.5 TOEFL iBT (since 2026): 4.5 TOEFL iBT Home Edition (before 2026): 90 TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 90 IELTS Academic: 6 Cambridge English Qualifications: C1 Advanced”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · checked 7 November 2026

One of the few RWTH entries that names the TOEFL iBT Home Edition as accepted, at the same score as the test-centre iBT. The Duolingo English Test is not mentioned.

German
Not needed when applying. During studies: German courses amounting to 8 ECTS credits are compulsory for international students
Source
“International students are required to take German courses that amount to 8 ECTS credits as part of their degree programme”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4811 · checked 7 November 2026

The only free faculty programmes in this record with compulsory German modules inside the curriculum.

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

No GRE or GMAT is mentioned for the Electrical Engineering and Information Technology majors.

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

No interview or aptitude procedure is stated; the faculty checks the subject credits and may impose additional modules.

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.