This information only applies to prospective students with a German university entrance qualification for Master's studies.
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RWTH-Online
- Here you can apply for the winter semester 2023/24 as of May 2, 2023 and view your application status
- Application and Enrollment Deadlines (pdf: 641 kb)
- Step-by-Step Instructions: Registration in RWTHonline (pdf: 1879 kb)
- Step-by-Step Instructions:Application Master (pdf: 2938 kb)
- Step-by-Step Instructions: Status of your Application (pdf: 679 kb)
- Step-by-Step Instructions: Enrollment (pdf: 1537 kb)
It's great that you have decided to pursue a Master's course of study at RWTH Aachen. There is nothing standing between you and your application for a place at RWTH Aachen!
We differentiate between restricted admission Master's courses of study and open admission Master's courses of study. You can find more information about this on our webpages about the Allocation Process for Master's Courses of Study.
Please use the current RWTH Info or our courses of study to determine whether your Master's course of study has restricted or open admission.
Applications for open admission and restricted admission Master's courses of study are submitted through RWTHonline.
What is an entrance qualification for Master's studies?
You must submit an entrance qualification for Master's studies, or MZB for short, to enroll in a Master's course of study. We will only accept a recognized first university degree, such as a Bachelor's degree, Staatsexamen, or Diplom as MZB entrance qualification. This will, furthermore, be reviewed to make sure you fulfill the admissions requirements for your chosen Master's program.
You must first create a user account by registering. Using the "applications" app you can submit one or more applications. Please make note of the application deadlines listed below. All documents required for admission must be upload or submitted by mail or in person by the application deadline. If your application is incomplete after this deadline, it will not be considered.
If the deadline is on a Sunday, federal holiday, or a Saturday, the deadline ends at the end of the corresponding day and is not extended to the next business day.
It is possible to submit additional documentation for restricted admission Master's courses of study for the winter semester till August 1 and till February 1 for the summer semester. There is no deadline for submitting additional documentation for open admission Master's courses of study. For these courses of study, your educational background is reviewed using the documents submitted by January 15 for the summer semester and July 15 for the winter semester.
It is unimportant if you have completed a Bachelor's degree at the time of application.
Particularities for the Selection Process in the Business and Economics Master's Course of Study
The School of Business and Economics has decided that in addition to the preliminary Bachelor's grade, which counts for 51 percent, the result of a subject-specific study aptitude test, the so called TM-WISO, will be counted for 49 percent in the selection process. We highly recommend taking the TM-WISO test. Applicants who do not take the test will have zero points assigned to the test result during the selection process.
This does not apply to applicants, who have already completed Master's or Diplom studies. The regulations for second-degree students apply to these applicants. In this case, a value is created from the final grade of the Master's or Diplom studies and the applicant's reason for the second degree. Second-degree students are thus not required to take the TM-WISO test.
Please note that there a limited number of dates available to take the test. Find out about dates, deadlines, and locations, where the test will be offered, as early as possible at TM-Wiso (de).
Checking the Status of Your Master's Application
You can use the self service function in RWTHonline to view the current status of your application. You will also be informed here of any missing documents.
We recommend regularly checking your application status before the application deadline – January 15 for the summer semester, July 15 for the winter semester (Master's courses) – and before the end of the late document submission deadline for restricted admission Master's courses of study – February 1 for the summer semester and August 1 for the winter semester – to ensure that no documents are missing and you can participate in the allocation process.
The Registrar's Office will only notify you via the self service about any missing documents. It is your responsibility to regularly check your application status.
| Course of Study | Contact |
|---|---|
| Courses of Study offered by the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences | Mister Strang |
| Courses of Study offered by the Faculty of Architecture | Miss Schumacher |
| Courses of Study offered by the Faculty of Civil Engineering | |
| Courses of Study offered by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering | Miss Livora |
| Courses of Study offered by the Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering | Miss Schumacher |
| Courses of Study offered by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology | Miss Röder |
| Courses of Study offered by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Mister Strang |
| Courses of Study offered by the Faculty of Medicine | Mister Strang |
| Course of Study | Contact |
|---|---|
| Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy | Mister Strang |
| Teaching and Research Logopedics M.Sc. | Miss Peters |
| Psychology M.Sc. | Miss Livora |
| Applied Geography M.Sc. | Miss Schumacher |
| Economic Geography M.Sc. | Miss Schumacher |
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Management, Business and Economics M.Sc. |
Miss Röder |
| Sustainable Management – Water and Energy M.Sc. | Miss Röder |
| Nationality | Course of Study | Application Deadline for Winter Semester | Application Deadline for Summer Semester |
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| German X1 | restricted admission (NC) | Till July 15 of every year (final deadline) | Till January 15 of every year (final deadline) |
| open | Till July 15 of every year (final deadline) | Till January 15 of every year (final deadline) | |
| EU/EEA X2 | open |
Till July 15 of every year |
Till January 15 of every year |
| EU/EEA X2 | restricted admission (NC) | Till July 15 of every year (final deadline) | Till January 15 of every year (final deadline) |
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X1 German citizenship or a German Abitur or German university degree |
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X2 EU/EEA citizens with a foreign proof of education. EEA countries include Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. |
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