Master’s · Economics
Business & Economics M.Sc.
Chemnitz University of Technology · Chemnitz · Official programme page
20 facts from 10 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/2025/AB_2025_18_2.pdf · checked 7 November 2026
The faculty key-facts page gives 'Course Language: English'; DAAD says the programme can be completed entirely in English. First intake winter 2025/26.
- Study mode
- On campus
Source
“designed as a full-time on-campus study”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/tu/pressestelle/aktuell/12995/en · checked 14 November 2026
- Attendance
- Full-time
Source
“designed as a full-time on-campus study”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/tu/pressestelle/aktuell/12995/en · checked 14 November 2026
The regulation also allows part-time study of eight semesters on grounds of employment, family commitments or health.
- 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/2025/AB_2025_18_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/2025/AB_2025_18_2.pdf · checked 7 November 2026
- Intakes
- Winter
Source
“Please note that there will be no enrollment for the summer semester of 2027!”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/wirtschaft/studium/master/be/keyfacts.html · checked 14 November 2026
The regulation calls winter the regular start and allows a summer start with the examination board's approval, but the faculty rules out summer 2027 outright. DAAD still advertises winter and summer.
- Non-EU deadline
- 15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)uni-assist, opens 1 April 2027. There is no summer 2027 intake.
Source
“winter semester: April 1st to July 15th”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/wirtschaft/studium/master/be/application_process_UA.html · 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
- €75 one-off uni-assist handling fee for the first chosen course of study in a semester€30 one-off each additional chosen course of study in the same semester
Source
“Cost for the first chosen course of study: EUR 75.00 … For each additional chosen course of study: EUR 30.00”
www.uni-assist.de/en/how-to-apply/apply-online/pay-submit/ · checked 7 November 2026
- 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
“gänge inhaltlich gleichwertig ist, sowie über den Zugang anderer Bewerber entscheidet der Prüfungsausschuss.”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/studentenamt/abt11/ordnungen/2025/AB_2025_18_2.pdf · checked 7 November 2026
No credit-point or minimum-duration floor anywhere in the regulation. The official English version renders § 3(2) as 'The Examinations Committee shall take the final decision in respect of the admission of applicants with a university degree in a course of study equivalent in content to one of the courses referred to in paragraph 1 as well as the admission of other applicants.' The quote begins mid-word because the PDF hyphenates 'Studiengänge' across a line break.
- Subject background
- A bachelor's in Wirtschaftswissenschaften from TU Chemnitz; or one of three other named TU Chemnitz degrees with specified extra examinations (Europa-Studien with an economics focus, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen, Wirtschaftsinformatik); or a degree equivalent in content. Plus English B2.
Source
“Die Zugangsvoraussetzung für den Masterstudiengang Business & Economics erfüllt, wer an der Technischen Universität Chemnitz im Bachelorstudiengang Wirtschaftswissenschaften einen berufsqualifizierenden Hochschulabschluss erworben hat.”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/studentenamt/abt11/ordnungen/2025/AB_2025_18_2.pdf · checked 7 November 2026
Applicants with a foreign degree always go through the equivalence route in § 3(2).
- 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 · Home Edition accepted · 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 with B2. Also accepted: TOEFL ITP Level 1 543, TOEIC (Listening and Reading 785, Speaking 160, Writing 150), telc B2 certificate, UNIcert II, state-examined interpreter/translator qualification. The Application Guide additionally lists TOEFL PBT 543.. Exemption: Applicants from countries with English as official, educational or native language need no proof, though TU Chemnitz reserves different requirements for certain countries that it never names; a completed degree taught in English, or a degree in English or American studies, also counts
Source
“must be proven by one of the following language certificates: IELTS 5.5 TOEFL iBT (Internet Based Test, Home Edition) 4.0 (72 points) TOEFL ITP Level 1: 543 points … Pearson PTE Academic: 59 points … 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”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/studierendenservice/studserv/bewerbung/bew_bamala.php.en · checked 13 November 2026
The page now writes the TOEFL entry as "TOEFL iBT (Internet Based Test, Home Edition) 4.0 (72 points)", so the Home Edition is accepted; until the November 2026 revision it read "(Internet Based Test)" only. The Duolingo English Test still appears nowhere in the university's accepted-certificate list, so duolingoAccepted is left undefined rather than set to false. The minimum is written on the new scale as "4.0 (72 points)".
- German
- When applying: German A1 for applicants from outside German-speaking countries; without the certificate by the deadline only a conditional admission letter is issued, and the certificate must follow before the end of September. During studies: German A2 by no later than the end of the third study term
Source
“must provide 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 … If you do not submit an A1 certificate by the application deadline, you can only receive a conditional letter of admission”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/wirtschaft/studium/master/be/application_requirements_lang.html · checked 14 November 2026
- GRE / GMAT / GATE
- Not stated by the university
- Selection
- No interview, motivation letter or aptitude procedure; the examinations committee decides on equivalence. The faculty states it places no applicants through agencies.
Source
“TU Chemnitz does not cooperate with commercial agencies in Germany and abroad that place applicants at TU Chemnitz”
www.tu-chemnitz.de/wirtschaft/studium/master/be/application_process_UA.html · checked 14 November 2026
Admission-free: the programme is absent from the official winter 2026/27 master's Grenzwerte list, which names only the Psychology programmes. The programme pages themselves do not print 'zulassungsfrei'.
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 Economics at other universities
- Master’s programmes in Business & Management 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.