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M.Eng. Water Engineering

University of Magdeburg-Stendal Magdeburg

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  • Summer intake
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  • English
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  • 30 Nov
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About the programme

Water Engineering at Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal is an international, English-language Master of Engineering on the Magdeburg campus. It is a consecutive programme with a standard period of 3 semesters, starting each summer semester, with no restricted admission. You build the professional knowledge and scientific working methods to handle the changing tasks of an engineer in water management, whether in practice, research or teaching. The programme covers national and international water management planning, drinking water supply and waste water disposal, hydrology, hydraulic engineering and experimental hydraulics, restoration ecology, biotechnology, river morphology, and flow and process modelling. First-semester modules include global water resources management, water supply, statistical methods and artificial intelligence, and groundwater, followed in the second semester by hydraulic engineering, hydrology and GIS, and computational fluid dynamics. Requirements include a degree with a German grade of 2.0 or better.

Fields of study

Ecology & Climate(Earth & Environmental)
Civil Engineering(Engineering)

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Requirements

What you need to apply for Water Engineering at University of Magdeburg-Stendal

English language

IELTS Overall
5/ 9.0
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Evidence of the necessary English language skills can be provided in the form of:

IELTS exam - 5 points or

Cambridge exam - First Certificate in English FCE (A-C) or

TOEIC - 541 points or

TOEFL iBT - 87 points (computer based) or

UNIcert II or

ALTE level - Level 3 or

equivalent tests

German language

Maximum German grade(lower is better)
2

Academic requirements

Minimum ECTS credits
210

ECTS are study credits. One year of full-time study is about 60 ECTS.

MOI accepted as English proof
Accepted
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required

no information

Tests and documents

Statement of Purpose (SOP)
Required
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Required
Letters of Recommendation
Required
GRE
Not required
GMAT
Not required
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Yes

required

3 LORs

APS verification

APS certificate
Required for Application

APS checks your degree papers. You need it if your degree is from India, China or Vietnam.

Prerequisites

Admission to the Master‘s programme in Water Engineering requires a good or excellent university degree (minimum 2.0 in German grading system) completed over a standard course duration of at least 7 semesters or at least 210 credits in the subjects of Water Management, Civil Engineering or a strongly related field.

Applicants who cannot meet the requirement for 210 credits but can provide evidence of at least 180 credits will be given the opportunity to obtain the missing 30 credits over one semester of a Bachelor‘s programme before the start of the Master‘s course.

Admission to the Master‘s programme in Water Engineering requires a good or excellent university degree (minimum 2.0 in German grading system) completed over a standard course duration of at least 7 semesters or at least 210 credits in the subjects of Water Management, Civil Engineering or a strongly related field.

Applicants who cannot meet the requirement for 210 credits but can provide evidence of at least 180 credits will be given the opportunity to obtain the missing 30 credits over one semester of a Bachelor‘s programme before the start of the Master‘s course.

Evidence must be provided of knowledge of the English language to level B2 of the Common European Framework. Evidence of the necessary English language skills can be provided in the form of:

  • IELTS exam - 5 points or
  • Cambridge exam - First Certificate in English FCE (A-C) or
  • TOEIC - 541 points or
  • TOEFL iBT - 87 points (computer based) or
  • UNIcert II or
  • ALTE level - Level 3 or
  • equivalent tests

In cases of doubt, the Board of Examiners will decide whether sufficient evidence of English language skills has been demonstrated.

Applicants may be exempt from providing evidence of their English language skills if they were taught in a bilingual school (to at least the end of year 10), they are native speakers, or can show evidence of a period of at least half a year spent at an English-speaking school, university or other institution.

Documents checklist

What to prepare for your application to Water Engineering

Programme-specific documents

Application documents

Certificate of higher education entrance qualification and its translation (including the overview of subjects and grades)

Proof of having passed a university entrance exam (If you have passed an university entrance exam in your country of origin, please submit the relevant certificate.)

Proof of study periods and translation and ist translation

Evidence of the necessary language skills

Curriculum vitae (complete, chronological)

Passport (The copy only needs to contain the page with your picture and your personal data.)

The application via uni-assist is an online application. Upload your certificates in their original language and as a translation into German or English. Translations must be carried out by a certified translator and must be stamped and signed.

This programme applies directly or via uni-assist. Submit your documents through the correct channel before the deadline.

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Apostille and notarization

Requirements vary by nationality and issuing country. Many German universities require certified translations and, in some cases, document apostilles. Verify current requirements directly with the admissions office, or use our document services for guided preparation.

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How to apply

Step-by-step guide to applying for Water Engineering at University of Magdeburg-Stendal

Application procedure

Uniassist

Selection process

No

Application quick facts

APS

Required for Application

APS checks your degree papers. You need it if your degree is from India, China or Vietnam.

Application fee

75 EUR

Complexity

Medium

Address

House 2, Room 0.07.2, Breitscheidstraße 2, 39114 Magdeburg

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Costs

Tuition

FREE

No tuition fees

Semester contribution

N/A

per semester

Application fee

75 EUR

per application

Estimated year-1 total cost

11,904 EUR

Includes tuition, semester contribution, and estimated living costs.

Additional fee information

Studies at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences are free of tuition fees, except for some postgraduate courses of study.

[An overview of all study courses including information on the liability to fees is available here (DE).

Please note that the university is legally obligated to charge a fee of € 500 per semester if you exceed the regular course duration (Regelstudienzeit; specified in the study regulations for the course) by more than 4 semesters. More information can be found here: Langzeitstudiengebühren (DE)]

Nevertheless, you will need to pay the so-called semester fee (Semesterbeitrag) before each semester for the services of the Studentenwerk (see below), your membership in the student body and for the semester ticket (discount public transportation ticket for students).

On enrolling, you are required to provide proof that you have paid the fee of currently EUR 126,40 in Magdeburg resp. EUR 77 in Stendal (no semester ticket for busses in Stendal available).

Please bear in mind that the semester fee needs to be paid every semester.

The Studentenwerk is an organisation that is independent of the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences and supports students in various ways. Among other things, the Studentenwerk runs most student residences, the student canteens and several student cafés and offers other services such as legal advice.

With your semester ticket you can use all buses and trams in Magdeburg without further costs.

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Admission outcomes

Community-reported data from MS in Germany students (2018-2025)

Acceptance rate

43%

3 accepted out of 7 total applications

Grade distributionGerman scale (1.0 = best, 4.0 = passing)

AdmittedRejected
1.02.03.04.0

Based on 7 applications from MS in Germany students 2018-2025.

Based on 7 applications from MS in Germany students 2018-2025.

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