Master’s · Manufacturing & Production
Advanced Manufacturing M.Sc.
Chemnitz University of Technology · Chemnitz · Official programme page
21 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
“Lehrveranstaltungen werden in Englisch abgehalten. In den Modulbeschreibungen ist geregelt, welche Lehrveranstaltungen in deutscher Sprache abgehalten werden.”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/studentenamt/abt11/ordnungen/2026/AB_2026_38_2.pdf · checked 7 November 2026
DAAD lists the programme under the longer name 'Advanced Manufacturing – Mechanical Engineering and Production'; no tu-chemnitz.de page or regulation uses that suffix. The regulations index records the former name: Merge Technologies for Resource Efficiency.
- Study mode
- On campus
Source
“the lectures, along with all the exams, can only be attended in-presence at TU Chemnitz. "Engineering Mathematics" is the only online course that takes place in October and November”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/mb/am/studiengang/faq/faq.php · checked 14 November 2026
The university also lists this programme in a hybrid-learning project, but the FAQ is explicit that attendance is required.
- Attendance
- Full-time
Source
“Der Studiengang hat eine Regelstudienzeit von vier Semestern (zwei Jahren), bei einem Studium in Teilzeit von acht Semestern (vier Jahren).”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/studentenamt/abt11/ordnungen/2026/AB_2026_38_2.pdf · checked 7 November 2026
- Length
- 4 semesters
Source
“Der Studiengang hat eine Regelstudienzeit von vier Semestern (zwei Jahren), bei einem Studium in Teilzeit von acht Semestern (vier Jahren).”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/studentenamt/abt11/ordnungen/2026/AB_2026_38_2.pdf · checked 7 November 2026
- Credits
- 120 ECTS
Source
“Das Studium umfasst Module im Gesamtumfang von 120 Leistungspunkten (LP).”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/studentenamt/abt11/ordnungen/2026/AB_2026_38_2.pdf · checked 7 November 2026
- Intakes
- Winter
Source
“Admission is in winter semester only”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/mb/am/studiengang/aprocess/aprocess.php · checked 14 November 2026
- Non-EU deadline
- 15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)EduApplication portal, opens 1 April 2027.
Source
“The application opens at April 1st and is open till July 15th”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/mb/am/studiengang/aprocess/aprocess.php · checked 14 November 2026
- Non-EU tuition
- None
Source
“Students who have already completed a Bachelor's degree are not required to pay tuition fees for a second undergraduate degree or for a consecutive Master's degree programme”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/studierendenservice/studserv/gebuehr.php.en · checked 14 November 2026
- Application fee
- €49.95 one-off Paid to the EduApplication portal; uni-assist is no longer used for this programme.
Source
“There is an application fee to be paid to EduApplication (49,95 EUR)”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/mb/am/studiengang/aprocess/aprocess.php · checked 14 November 2026
The only place TU Chemnitz states the EduApplication fee; the portal itself publishes nothing readable.
- Places
- Unrestricted
Source
“An der Technischen Universität Chemnitz sind im Wintersemester 2026/2027 der Bachelorstudiengang Psychologie, das Lehramt an Grundschulen und die beiden Masterstudiengänge Psychologie sowie Psychologie mit Schwerpunkt Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie zulassungsbeschränkt. … Die Einschreibungen in alle zulassungsfreien Bachelor- und Masterstudiengänge”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/tu/pressestelle/aktuell/13586 · checked 14 November 2026
This programme is not one of the four restricted ones and the winter 2026/27 Grenzwerte lists linked from ncwerte.php name no others, so it is one of the zulassungsfreie programmes. Its own pages do not print 'zulassungsfrei'. German quote because the announcement has no English version.
Admission
What you need to apply
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Case by case
Source
“Über den Zugang anderer Bewerber entscheidet der Prüfungsausschuss.”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/studentenamt/abt11/ordnungen/2026/AB_2026_38_2.pdf · checked 7 November 2026
No total-ECTS or minimum-duration requirement: the 66 LP are about named subject content within the first degree, not its size. A 180-ECTS bachelor's covering those subjects is not excluded.
- Subject background
- An engineering or natural-sciences first degree plus proven subject content: at least 18 LP special engineering mathematics, 12 LP scientific and engineering data processing, 8 LP metrology and control engineering, 8 LP new materials, 12 LP in-depth engineering theory and 8 LP resource-efficient manufacturing (66 LP in total), and completed English B2.
Source
“wer einen ersten berufsqualifizierenden Hochschulabschluss in einem ingenieur- oder naturwissenschaftlichen Studiengang erworben hat und zusätzlich vertiefte wissenschaftliche Kenntnisse in den Gebieten 1. spezielle mathematische Methoden der Ingenieurwissenschaften im Umfang von insgesamt mindestens 18 LP”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/studentenamt/abt11/ordnungen/2026/AB_2026_38_2.pdf · checked 14 November 2026
The gate is subject coverage, not degree volume. The programme page puts it as 'The admission is mainly based on skills, not on a specific previous degree.'
- Minimum grade
- Not stated by the university
- How your grade is converted
- Not stated by the university
- English
- Level B2. IELTS 5.5 · TOEFL iBT 72 · PTE 59. Cambridge: First Certificate in English grade B or C (FCE); Preliminary English Test with Result Distinction (PET); Business Vantage (BEC Vantage), Legal (ILEC) or Financial (ICFE); IGCSE 1st or 2nd Language B2. Also accepted: TOEFL ITP Level 1 543, TOEIC 785/160/150, telc B2, UNIcert II. The university-wide list accepts the TOEFL iBT Home Edition; the Duolingo English Test is not mentioned.. Exemption: A completed degree with English as the language of instruction, or a degree in English or American studies; applicants from countries with English as official or native language need no proof
Source
“Proof of English language proficiency (any of the following documents): IELTS from 5.5 TOEFL iBT (Internet Based Test):72 points TOEFL ITP Level 1: 543 points Cambridge Preliminary English Test + Result Distinction (PET) Cambridge First Certificate in English: Grade B or C (FCE)”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/mb/am/studiengang/aprocess/aprocess.php · checked 14 November 2026
- German
- When applying: German A1, from the Goethe-Institut, a telc examination centre, ÖSD or TUCed (TU Chemnitz Education) only. During studies: German A2 by no later than the end of the third study term
Source
“Applicants applying for a degree programme offered in English language need to show a German language proof at minimum level A1 (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - CEFR) at the time of application. By no later than the end of their third study term at TU Chemnitz, they have to submit a German language proof at level A2 according to CEFR … Language certificates for German language proof at level A1 are only accepted from the Goethe-Institut, telc examination centres … ÖSD or TUCed (TU Chemnitz Education). German language attendance certificates will not be accepted.”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/studierendenservice/studserv/bewerbung/bew_bamala.php.en · checked 13 November 2026
TUCed (TU Chemnitz Education) was added to the accepted A1 examination bodies in the November 2026 revision of the page, which also advertises a fee-based A1 intensive course at TUCed.
- GRE / GMAT / GATE
- Not stated by the university
- Selection
- Document upload and fee payment only; no interview or aptitude procedure. Without the German A1 certificate the admission is conditional until the certificate is produced at enrolment.
Source
“APPLICATION IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT CERTIFICATE, the certificate must be shown when enrolling”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/mb/am/studiengang/aprocess/aprocess.php · checked 14 November 2026
The faculty also states it works with no agencies or consultants.
- How to apply
- Directly to the university
Source
“been revised as part of a pilot project. Applications are now submitted directly via the EduApplication Portal”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/studierendenservice/studserv/bewerbung/bew_bamala.php.en · checked 7 November 2026
Applications go to the EduApplication portal instead of uni-assist. The printed Application Guide (March 2026) still lists only four pilot programmes, and the ETIT faculty pages for Information and Communication Systems and Design and Test for Integrated Circuits still name uni-assist.
India, Pakistan, Nigeria
Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria
- English test waiver
- Possible for applicants from India, Nigeria, Pakistan, because English is an official language there
Source
“Applicants from countries with English as official, educational or native language are not required to submit a proof of English language proficiency within their application. However, different requirements apply to certain countries. In such cases, additional proof of English language proficiency may be required.”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/studierendenservice/studserv/bewerbung/bew_bamala.php.en · checked 8 November 2026
TU Chemnitz reserves different requirements for certain countries but never names them: no page, programme page, application guide or regulation lists the countries, so an applicant from India, Nigeria or Pakistan cannot tell from any published source whether the waiver really applies to them and should expect to be asked for a certificate. English is an official language and a language of education in all three countries, so the wording covers them on its face. The caveat sentence appears on the central application page only; the Application Guide and Bewerbungsguide PDFs, the Business & Economics language page, the Automotive Software Engineering page and the Mechanical Engineering applicant PDF state the same waiver without any exception, so the central page is the strictest source and the one cited here. Independently of the country rule, the accepted-certificate list itself counts a "completed degree with English as the language of instruction", and the Advanced and Computational Mathematics and Automation, Robotics and Control pages say explicitly that a Medium of Instruction certificate is accepted. The German embassy's visa section may still require a certificate even where the university does not.
- Rules that name these countries
- India: Applicants from India must submit an original APS certificate, or a digitally verifiable equivalent, with their application.
Source
“original APS-certificate or digital verifiable document (only for Chinese, Vietnamese and Indian applicants)”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/studierendenservice/studserv/bewerbung/bew_bamala.php.en · checked 7 November 2026
One of the documents that have to be submitted "For application via uni-assist or EduApplication Portal", so it applies on both routes and at both degree levels. China and Vietnam are named in the same line; the Application Guide writes "or Indian applicants".
- India: Applicants from India must submit an original APS certificate, or a digitally verifiable equivalent, with their application.
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
- All English-taught programmes at Chemnitz University of Technology
- Master’s programmes in Manufacturing & Production at other universities
- The university’s own page for 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.