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Master’s · Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Sustainable Management — Water and Energy M.Sc.

RWTH Aachen University · Aachen · Official programme page

19 facts from 9 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
“This programme is completely taught in English. International students may register for a German course as part of the study plan”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/5229 · checked 7 November 2026

Study mode
On campus
Source
“Course location Aachen”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/5229 · 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.

Length
4 semesters
Source
“Programme duration 4 semesters”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/5229 · checked 7 November 2026

Intakes
Winter
Source
“Beginning Winter semester”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/5229 · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)One date for everybody — four and a half months later than RWTH's standard 1 March non-EU deadline.
Source
“The following is valid for applicants from: all countries For the winter semester: until 15 July”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/5229 · checked 7 November 2026

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.

Places
Restricted (limited places)
Source
“Admission to First Semester restricted (NC for WS 2026)”

www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Vor-dem-Studium/Studiengaenge/Liste-Aktuelle-Studiengaenge/Studiengangbeschreibung/Sustainable-Management-Water-and-Energ/~nmyu/Sustainable-Management-Water-and-Energ/lidx/1/ · checked 7 November 2026

RWTH's key-info block. Because the programme is restricted-admission, the non-EU application deadline is the later NC deadline of 15 July (winter) rather than 1 March.

Places for non-EU applicants
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026

Neither the programme page nor the course-of-study-specific examination regulations mention a share of places reserved for non-EU applicants, and RWTH publishes no separate selection statute for the programme. No quota is recorded either way.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Case by case
Source
“The prerequisites include a previously earned Bachelor's degree prior to entering this programme”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/5229 · checked 7 November 2026

No total-ECTS or minimum-duration floor is set for the first degree; the gate is the three blocks of named subject credits, which a 180-ECTS three-year bachelor's can carry.

Subject background
A bachelor's degree with at least 19 ECTS of scientific fundamentals in at least three of mathematics, statistics, chemistry, physics, ecology and informatics, at least 20 ECTS of engineering fundamentals in at least three of mechanics, hydromechanics, water construction and thermal engineering, and at least 20 ECTS of subject-related fundamentals.
Source
“The applicants should have completed at least 19 ECTS credit points in the scientific fundamentals in at least three of the following topics: maths, statistics, chemistry, physics, ecology, informatics”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/5229 · 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
Source
“B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: UNIcert® English: UNIcert® II TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 90 PTE Academic: 60 IELTS Academic: 6 Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/5229 · 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/5229 · 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
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.

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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.