The Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen, in English the National Academic Recognition and Information Center, is responsible for collecting information on the recognition of foreign educational insitutions. Detailed information can be found on anabin’s website (only available in German).

The main criteria for applicants outside the EU or EEC are their school grades and the academic grades achieved so far. International applicants applying for an undergraduate course of study (Bachelor or state examination) must have an average grade of 2.5 or better for their university entrance qualification. When applying for a Bachelor's degree program, a lower overall grade can be compensated for by submitting a TestAS result. Submission of a sufficient TestAS result is even mandatory for applicants to the state examination in the medicine model course of study and dentistry. More information on the TestAS requirements is available on ourAdmission Requirements page.

Places in courses of study with restricted admission will be allocated to applicants based on the average grade of their university entrance qualification. For courses of study with open admission, on the other hand, all applicants who have a sufficient average grade or sufficient TestAS score will be admitted.
 

In order to study a Master course of study at RWTH, applicants from countries outside the European Union and EEA need to have a first degree (generally a Bachelor degree) from a recognized university  You can check whether your university is recognized in Germany on anabin’s website (only available in German).

Once you have submitted your complete online application to RWTH, and the International Office has confirmed your formal eligibility for a Master course of study, your application will be forwarded to the respective Examination Board, which will check the relevance of your educational background for the Master subject.

If the content of your Bachelor mostly, or even completely, fulfills the admissions requirements for your chosen Master, you will be admitted to the course of study with or without additional requirement modules.

Please note that the reviewing process may take several months in total.

Please refer to the webpage Courses of Study.

RWTH Aachen University currently does not offer any English language Bachelor's degree programs. There are several English language Master's programs.

"NC" or "numerus clausus" is Latin for "restriction grade". NC courses of study are usually those for which considerably more applications are filed each year than places of study exist, such as human medicine.

Please look at our courses of study. Here courses of study for the upcoming semester are listed along with information about whether or not they have restricted admission. See the column marked NC for First Semester.

Unlike in the Anglo-American university system, Germany universities do not offer full-coverage scholarships. Funding for scholarships is pooled together at German universities and awarded to suitable applicants by the DAAD. There are a number of institutions, such as foundations, that offer scholarships for suitable applicants. You can find a complete overview of available scholarship programs under Scholarships and Funding.

RWTH does not charge international students tuition fees. The Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia assumes the cost of study for this group of students. However, the University does charge a fee for the student body. You can read more about this fee on the page Semester fees and Contributions.

The question what to study you should answer according to your own predilections and abilities. The Student Advice Center will help you with general information about study choices and possibilities.

Additionally RWTH Aachen offers a free Self-Assessment-Test which might help you to find the right study program.

We advise against using the help of agencies or other external parties when writing an application, because this can result in hidden costs. The application at RWTH Aachen University is free of charge and very easy to do. We therefore recommend that you do your own application and thus keep control over your own data. During the application process you can also get advice from the International Office's Division 2.1 - Admissions and Social Affairs.

If you do want to use external help, make absolutely sure that you create your account in RWTHonline yourself. If you are not the owner of the e-mail address required for registration, you may be locked out of your RWTHonline account by the person who created the account for you and that person may demand a large sum of money from you to access your application account.