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Master’s · Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Sustainable Resources and Energy Supply – Specialisation in Repository Safety M.Sc.

RWTH Aachen University · Aachen · Official programme page

19 facts from 7 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 courses and Master's thesis of the specialisation are offered in English. Additional subjects can be offered in German”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/8462 · checked 7 November 2026

Conflict: RWTH's own page for the parent M.Sc. gives the language as "German and English" and requires "Proficiency in German and English" at enrolment, while DAAD's entry for the Repository Safety specialisation says the courses and master's thesis of the specialisation are in English. The specialisation is recorded as English after DAAD; the German requirement of the parent programme is a real risk and is flagged in germanRequired.

Study mode
On campus
Source
“Course location Aachen”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/8462 · 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/8462 · checked 7 November 2026

Length
4 semesters
Source
“Programme duration 4 semesters”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/8462 · checked 7 November 2026

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

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/8462 · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
1 Sept 2026 (summer 2027)Applications open 1 May.1 Mar 2027 (winter 2027)Applications open 1 December.
Source
“The following is valid for applicants from: non-EU countries For the winter semester: 1 December - 1 March The following is valid for applicants from: non-EU countries For the summer semester: 1 May - 1 September”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/8462 · checked 7 November 2026

EU applicants have 15 March – 15 July (winter) and 15 September – 15 January (summer). A standing annual deadline.

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
Unrestricted
Source
“Admission to First Semester Open (No NC)”

www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Vor-dem-Studium/Studiengaenge/Liste-Aktuelle-Studiengaenge/Studiengangbeschreibung/Rohstoffingenieurwesen-Mineral-Resource/~beknhg/Rohstoffingenieurwesen-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
“The proven achievements must be comparable to those of the Bachelor's degree programmes in raw materials engineering, sustainable raw materials and energy supply and applied geosciences or georesource management at RWTH Aachen University”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/8462 · checked 7 November 2026

No total-ECTS or minimum-duration floor is set for the first degree: the gate is 75 CP of named subject content, which a 180-ECTS three-year bachelor's can carry.

Subject background
At least 75 CP in total: at least 55 CP of engineering fundamentals (mathematics, mechanics, chemistry, electrical engineering, heat engineering, machinery, thermodynamics, process engineering, informatics, technical drawing) and at least 20 CP of technical basics (raw-materials technology and extraction, raw-materials and energy law, processing methods, recycling technology, geology and mineralogy, surveying, environment and sustainability).
Source
“For the specialisation of "Repository Safety", a total of at least 75 CP are required”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/8462 · 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. TOEFL sub-scores: reading 20, listening 20, speaking 30, writing 20; UNIcert II.
Source
“B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 90 Reading: 20 Listening: 20 Speaking: 30 Writing: 20 UNIcert® English: UNIcert® II PTE Academic: 60 Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First IELTS Academic: 6”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/8462 · checked 7 November 2026

The speaking sub-score of 30 is the maximum on the pre-2026 TOEFL speaking scale; it is reproduced as the page states it. 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/8462 · checked 7 November 2026

DAAD's own field for this programme; RWTH asks for no German certificate at application or enrolment. Conflict: RWTH's page for the parent M.Sc. Sustainable Resources and Energy Supply lists "Proficiency in German and English" among the admission requirements and says proof is needed for all languages of instruction at enrolment. DAAD's entry for this specialisation states no German requirement. Verify with the faculty before relying on "no German".

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.