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Master’s · Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Renewable Energy and Electrical Power Engineering (Power Engineering track, double degree) M.Sc.

Leibniz University Hannover · Hannover · Official programme page

20 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
“Language of Instruction English Language Requirements Required: English C1 Not required but recommended: German or Finnish language skills.”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/renewable-energy-and-electrical-power-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

Taught in English; German and Finnish are recommended but not required. The track leads to a double degree with LUT University (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology), Finland.

Study mode
On campus
Source
“International The 1st year takes place in Lappeenranta, the 2nd year in Hannover.”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/renewable-energy-and-electrical-power-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

Two years on two campuses: the first year at LUT University in Lappeenranta (Finland), the second in Hannover. LUH flags its two distance-learning master's programmes as "Fernstudium" in the course type and charges additional fees for them; this programme is neither, and the page presents a stay abroad as the exception, so teaching takes place at the university in Hannover. No LUH page uses the words "on campus".

Length
4 semesters
Source
“Standard Course Duration 4 semesters”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/renewable-energy-and-electrical-power-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

Intakes
Winter
Source
“Course Start Winter semester Language of Instruction English”
“Die Vertiefungsrich- tung Renewable Energy and Electrical Power Engineering des Masterstudiengangs Energietechnik kann nur zum Wintersemester begonnen werden.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/renewable-energy-and-electrical-power-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 Jan 2027 (winter 2027)Same date for everyone; the window opens on 1 December 2026.
Source
“First-year students 1 December of the previous year - 15 January of the year for the following winter semester First-year students from non-EU countries ( VPD from uni-assist is required ) 1 December of the previous year - 15 January of the year for the following winter semester”
“Die Frist für die Vertiefungsrichtung Renewable Energy and Electrical Power Engineering endet am 15. Januar für das darauffolgende Wintersemester.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/renewable-energy-and-electrical-power-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

Nine months before the start, and the same date for applicants from non-EU countries as for everyone else. The uni-assist VPD has to be applied for at least eight weeks earlier (mid-November), and Indian applicants need the APS certificate before that.

Non-EU tuition
None
Source
“Although tuition fees are no longer charged in Lower Saxony, it goes without saying that costs are incurred at university, such as the semester fee, accommodation and living costs, and costs for learning materials.”
“Long-term tuition fees of €500 are due as soon as students exceed the standard period of study plus six "tolerance semesters".” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/finanzierung-foerderung/studienfinanzierung · checked 14 November 2026

No tuition fee, whatever the nationality; students pay the semester fee of 453.16 EUR (winter semester 2026/27). Long-term study fees of 500 EUR per semester start only after the study credit is used up - for master's students whose bachelor's degree was earned abroad, at a private or at a non-state-funded institution that is usually after 8 semesters.

Application fee
€75 one-off uni-assist handling fee for the first VPD application in a semester; 30 EUR for each further application in the same semester.
Source
“Pay the processing fee (€75 for the first application, €30 for each additional application in the same semester).”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/vorpruefungsdokumentation · checked 14 November 2026

LUH itself charges nothing for the application in its own portal, but applicants from non-EU countries cannot apply without the uni-assist VPD, so the uni-assist fee is unavoidable. One VPD can be used for several master's applications in the same semester.

Places
Restricted (limited places)
Source
“Admission Restricted admission”
“For master's degree programmes with restricted admission , places shall be allocated according to the university's own selection procedure, if there are more applicants fulfilling the admission requirements than there are places available.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/renewable-energy-and-electrical-power-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

Places are limited, and admission also depends on a special selection under the cooperation agreement with LUT University.

Places for non-EU applicants
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

The admission regulations set no quota or separate ranking for applicants from non-EU countries. LUH states a 5% non-EU quota only in the section of its central page that explains the selection procedure for restricted-admission bachelor's programmes (NC), which it says applies to applicants from Germany and the EU only.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Case by case
Source
“(2) Wenn der Studienabschluss zum Bewerbungszeitpunkt noch nicht vorliegt, ist abweichend von Absatz 1 erforderlich, dass 83,33% der insgesamt erforderlichen Leistungen erfolgreich erbracht wurden (d.h. min- destens 150 Leistungspunkte vorliegen im Falle eines Studiengangs mit einer Gesamtpunktzahl von 180 ECTS-LP).”
“Students are welcome to apply if they have completed an international accepted (at least 3-year) Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Technology or related fields.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/master/zo_m_energietechnik_elektrotechnik_und_informationstechnik.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

The programme page invites applications with an internationally accepted bachelor's degree of at least three years, and the regulations set no minimum length for the first degree and treat a 180-credit bachelor's programme as the normal case. It stays an individual decision because a degree from outside the Bologna area is measured against the ZAB/anabin assessments and the admissions committee decides; the subject credits of appendix 1 must be met, the bachelor's mark should be "good or excellent", and LUT's own selection applies on top.

Subject background
A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in power engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or another suitable programme with at least 15 ECTS credits in mathematics, 10 in engineering mechanics and design, 10 in energy and process engineering, 15 in the fundamentals of electrical engineering and 10 in electrical power engineering, plus the special selection under the LUT cooperation agreement, English at C1 and a letter of motivation.
Source
“(7) Fachlich geeignete vorangegangene Studiengänge für den Master-Studiengang Energietechnik/ Rene- wable Energy and Electrical Power Engineering sind folgende: - Bachelorabschluss in Energietechnik, Maschinenbau, Elektrotechnik oder einem fachlich geeigneten vorangegangenen Studiengang”
“Zusätzlich sind für die Vertiefungsrichtung Renewable Energy and Electrical Power Engineering die Teil- nahme an einer besonderen Auswahl gemäß Kooperationsvereinbarung mit der Lappeenranta-Lahti Uni- versität in Finnland (LUT), ausreichende Kenntnisse der englischen Sprache gem. § 2 Abs. 3 sowie ein Motivationsschreiben nachzuweisen.” page
“An undergraduate degree in a related field of study, such as Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (Bachelor of Science) Power Engineering (Bachelor of Science)” page

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/master/zo_m_energietechnik_elektrotechnik_und_informationstechnik.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

Minimum grade
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

No minimum grade is published; selection follows the final or average mark and the joint selection with LUT University.

How your grade is converted
Foreign grades are converted into the German grading system by uni-assist in the Vorprüfungsdokumentation (VPD); LUH's selection then uses that converted grade. LUH publishes no conversion table or formula of its own.
Source
“For applicants from non-EU countries , grades will be converted by uni-assist and listed in the VPD.”
“In addition, your grades are converted into the German grading system.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/zulassungsarten · checked 14 November 2026

Applicants from Germany and the EU have their grades converted by LUH's own admissions team instead. The converted grade is what the ranking list is built on.

English
Level C1. IELTS 7 · TOEFL iBT 95 · TOEFL band 5 · Home Edition accepted · PTE 76. Cambridge: C1 Advanced (previously CAE). telc English B2/C1 University, UNIcert III and the Leibniz Language Centre's Pathway to Master's are also accepted. TOEFL, IELTS, PTE and Pathway to Master's certificates are valid for two years; telc, Cambridge and UNIcert certificates have no expiry date.
Source
“Test of English as a Foreign Language ( TOEFL® , iBT or Home Edition ) with a result of 5.0 or 5.5 (previously at least 95 points) International English Language Testing System ( IELTS Academic, paper-based, digital or online) with a result of at least 7.0 C1 Advanced (previously CAE ) Pearson Test of English ( PTE Academic, paper-based or digital) with a result of at least 76 points telc English B2⋅C1 University UNIcert ® III Pathway to Master's (LLC)”
“Bewerberinnen und Bewerber für den Double Degree Renewable Energy and Electrical Power Enginee- ring müssen statt der ausreichenden Kenntnisse der deutschen Sprache ausreichende Kenntnisse der englischen Sprache, mindestens der Stufe C1 GER, nachweisen.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/sprachnachweise · checked 14 November 2026

English at C1 is compulsory instead of German. In justified exceptional cases the admissions committee can accept the language certificates that the partner university requires for enrolment instead. The minimum is the CEFR level in the admission regulations; the accepted certificates and scores come from LUH's central list of language certificates (edition 02/2026). TOEFL iBT Home Edition is accepted and the TOEFL minimum is given on both scales (old 0-120 score and the 1-6 band scale of January 2026). The Duolingo English Test appears on no LUH page, so it is not among the accepted certificates, but LUH does not say it is refused either; the central page warns "The information provided here is not exhaustive." TOEFL scores can be sent electronically, for which the web page gives DI code 7122 and the PDF list DI code 7211 - ask the Admissions Office which is current.

German
When applying: None: English at C1 is required instead of German
Source
“Language Requirements Required: English C1 Not required but recommended: German or Finnish language skills.”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/renewable-energy-and-electrical-power-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

German and Finnish are recommended, not required.

Selection
A joint selection with LUT University under the cooperation agreement, plus a letter of motivation and proof of English at C1. Students admitted to the track at either university are admitted to the third semester in Hannover once they have completed the LUT study plan.
Source
“Zum Studium im 3. Semester der Vertiefungsrichtung Renewable Energy and Electrical Power Enginee- ring an der Leibniz Universität Hannover werden alle Studierenden zugelassen, die an der Leibniz Uni- versität Hannover oder an der Lappeenranta-Lahti Universität zur Vertiefungsrichtung Renewable Energy and Electrical Power Engineering zugelassen worden sind und alle Studienleistungen erbracht haben, die in der Vertiefungsrichtung Renewable Energy and Electrical Power Engineering an der Lappeenranta- Lahti Universität im Studienplan vorgesehen sind.”

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/master/zo_m_energietechnik_elektrotechnik_und_informationstechnik.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

The first year is spent in Finland, so the Finnish residence rules apply first and the German student visa only becomes relevant for the second year.

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

The regulations name no exemption from the English certificate; they only allow the admissions committee to accept, in justified exceptional cases, the language proof that the partner university requires for enrolment. Applicants from India, Nigeria and Pakistan should expect to need one of the accepted test certificates.

Rules that name these countries
  • India: Applicants with Indian school or university transcripts must submit an individual APS certificate with their application, and need it before they can apply for the uni-assist VPD; group APS certificates are not accepted.
    Source
    “Applicants with school or university transcripts from Vietnam, India, and China (excluding Macao and Hong Kong) must submit an individual APS certificate or an APS certificate with their application. This is required in order to apply for the VPD .”

    www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/aps-bescheinigung · checked 14 November 2026

    China and Vietnam are named in the same rule. LUH exempts applicants from India who already live in Germany without a visa procedure, who earned their highest relevant university degree outside India, who passed a Studienkolleg assessment test, or who hold a German or EU scholarship. No rule on LUH's pages names Nigeria or Pakistan.

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.