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Electrical Engineering (MEng)

Access requirements and application Electrical Engineering (MEng)

Prerequisites

The prerequisite for admission to the Master's programme in Electrical Engineering is a first professionally qualifying university degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering or Sustainable Engineering with a minimum grade of 2.5.

If the previous university degree was not obtained in a course of study in electrical engineering, admission requires proof of a total of at least 15 credit points from at least two of the following subject areas:

  • Digital technology
  • Dynamic systems, signal processing (analogue and digital)
  • Microcomputers

In addition to the minimum grade, at least 210 credit points according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) are required for the first professionally qualifying university degree.

Applicants with fewer than 210 credit points can have relevant professional experience credited towards the missing credit points. The professional experience must have been gained at least six months after the first professional university degree.
 

German language skills

If you do not have a secondary school or university degree in German, you must demonstrate the German language skills required for the programme by passing the telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule or the DSH 2 (German language test for university admission for foreign applicants) or the TestDaF (Test for German as a Foreign Language) with a level of TDN 4 in all four test areas.
 

Application deadline

This Master's programme can be started in the summer or winter semester.

The application deadline for the summer semester is from 15 November to 15 March.

The application deadline for the winter semester is from 15 May to 15 September.
 

Documents required for application

Before you start entering your details in the online application form, please check that you have all the necessary documents that you need for your application and that you need to upload in the online application:

  • University degree certificate including transcript of grades (for foreign certificates with German or English translation);
  • Transcript of grades without university degree certificate, if the university degree has not yet been obtained but will be obtained this semester;
  • APS certificate, if you obtained your university degree in China, India or Vietnam;
  • Proof of sufficient German language skills (telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule or TestDaF with a result of 4,4,4,4 or DSH 2) if you obtained your university degree abroad.

Please note the application and enrolment deadlines. Applications received after the deadline or incomplete applications cannot be considered!

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