M.Sc. Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics

Entry requirements

The prerequisites for access to the Master's degree programme Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics are based on the current access statute (opens in a new tab):

• Bachelor's degree
• a passed bachelor's degree (or at least equivalent) in a subject-related physical-scientific, engineering-information technical, especially geodesy or geoinformatics-related degree programme (e.g. Environmental, geoinformatics, geosciences, geodesy, remote sensing, meteorology, geoecology or similar) at a university, university of applied sciences or vocational academy or Dual university or at a foreign university. The degree programme must have been completed within a minimum of three years of study and with a minimum number of 180 ECTS points.
• Minimum knowledge and minimum benefits in the areasMathematics, statistics, physics and/or mechanics totalling 25 CP
• Geoinformatics, image processing, remote sensing, photogrammetry, geosciences, geodesy and/or cartography totalling 30 CP
• Letter of motivation, in which you explain on a maximum of one DIN A4 page in English, how the degree programme in the Master's programme Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics will connect with your previous career and how it will be useful for your further career path.

Language requirements and proofs

For the Master's programme in Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics you need sufficient knowledge of the English language. Your English skills must at least correspond to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Proof of sufficient English language skills

As proof of your English language skills are sufficient

• your Abitur certificate, if you have taken English for at least five years until graduation and your final or average grade of the last two years of English teaching at least corresponds to the German grade 4 (sufficient) or at least 5 points, or
• a university degree with English as the only language of instruction and examination, whereby English must be the only and official language of the completed degree programme in the Diploma Supplement, the Transcript of Records or the degree certificate

Otherwise, the internationally recognised English tests listed in the admission and enrolment regulations of KIT are accepted as proofs. These are:

• Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) with at least 90 points in the internet-based test or
• IELTS with an overall result of at least 6.5 and no section under 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, the following proof is also accepted:

• a secondary education at a school in the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand

Please note:

Language certificates are extremely important application documents that can prevent your enrollment if you do not submit them in due time. Therefore, it be mortised early in the application process whether you have the necessary language certificates for your degree programme and if necessary plan to participate in one of the above-mentioned language tests. The deadline within which you must present language style corresponds to the enrolment period, which is mentioned in your admission offer. In justified cases, you can request an extension of this period. The extension can be granted at most until the beginning of the lecture period.