International Master's in Materials Science & Engineering

Application

Onlineportal: https://vibs.uni-augsburg.de (opens in a new tab)

All applications for the summer term 2025 have to be submitted until 1st November 2024!!

All applications are required to contain the following documents:

Fully completed online application.

Upload all required documents in the online portal.

Fulfill the required Credit Point Equivalents as mentioned above. Typically one ECTS point correponds to 30 hours of study time, i.e. contact hours plus homework. Note: Applicants who graduated from Augsburg University do not have to submit this form.

TOEFL proof of at least 550 (for the paper-based test) or 213 (for the computer-based test) or 80 (for the internet-based test) or

IELTS-test score of 6.5 (of 9)

Note: You will not have to provide a English test score if you are a native English speaker, or graduated from a university where English is the primary language of instruction. In the latter case please provide supporting documentation. Students with a German 'Abitur' need no further proof of their knowledge of English.

Please restrain from attaching any additional material!

1.No tuition fees are charged for the Programme, but EUR 102,05 per semester will be charged as a registration fee and for student services (including unlimited local bus & tram use). (This applies to all courses offered at the University of Augsburg.)

2.Students are responsible for their own housing and living expenses which run, as a minimum, at about EUR 670 (about US$ 770) per month.

Note: All international students have to provide evidence that their studies in Germany are financially secured!

3.During your studies, you are allowed to work for up to 120 days or up to 240 half-days in each calendar year. See Student Union of Augsburg for jobs for students. Support grants from German sources are extremely limited and available only to highly qualified applicants and under exceptional circumstances.

4.You may also want to check for scholarships / stipends etc. with other agencies / institutions (e.g. Federal Training Assistance Act 'BAföG') see also Student Union of Augsburg.

5.Another way of supporting our students is through part-time teaching or research assistantships. There are only a few (!) of these jobs available, but you will have to look for them yourself once you are here. We do not assign teaching and research assistantships beforehand!

Applicants from India

There are special regulations for students from India handled by the Akademische Prüfstelle New Delhi at the German Embassy in New Delhi. Essentially, this institution will check your academic transcripts. Please include the certificate you receive from the 'Akademische Prüfstelle' with your application.