M.Sc. Mechatronics and Information Technology

The requirements for admission to the master's degree program in Mechatronics and Information Technology are based on the current admission regulations (opens in a new tab):

• bachelor's degree
• A Bachelor's degree (or at least an equivalent degree) in Mechatronics and Information Technology (or a degree program with essentially the same content) from a university, university of applied sciences, university of cooperative education or a foreign university. The program must have been completed within a standard period of study of at least three years and with a minimum number of 180 ECTS credits.
• minimum knowledge and minimum achievements:
• Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and/or Information Technology: 6 CP
• Technical Mechanics and/or Thermodynamics: 6 CP
• Advanced Mathematics: 21 CP
• must include: Laplacetransformation, multidimensional analysis, area integral, vector analysis, partial differential equations, Fourier theory, stochastics
• Control Engineering: 6 CP
• must include: investigation of continuous-time and discrete-time signals, control loop elements, analysis of control loops, controller design methods for single-variable systems

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Language requirements and certificates

For the master's degree program in Mechatronics and Information Technology, you need sufficient knowledge of English, which must correspond to at least level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Proof of sufficient English language skills

The following is sufficient proof of your English language skills

• your Abitur certificate, if you have taken English for at least five years up to graduation and your final or average grade of the last two years of English lessons corresponds to at least the German grade 4 (sufficient) or at least 5 points or
• a degree from a university with English as the sole language of instruction and examination, whereby English must be the only and official language of the completed degree program noted in the diploma supplement, the transcript of records or the degree certificate

Otherwise, only the internationally recognized English tests listed in the KIT admission and enrollment regulations are accepted as proof. These are

• Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) with at least 90 points in the internet-based test or
• IELTS with an overall score of at least 6.5 and no section below 5.5 or
• University of Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or
• University of Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) or
• UNIcert at least level II

In addition, proof other than that listed above may be accepted on request in individual cases. In particular, the following may be considered:

• a bachelor's thesis written in English