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Very likely, if you went to school or university abroad. You register in the My assist portal, choose TH Köln and the semester, create your application, pay the handling fee online and upload your documents, which uni-assist must receive by the deadline. Applicants with documents from China, India or Vietnam also upload their APS certificate.

Deadlines differ from programme to programme, and the uni-assist deadline may be earlier than TH Köln's general deadline. Each programme lists its dates in its How to Apply section.

For the summer semester 2027, applicants who are not EU/EEA citizens and earned both their school leaving qualification and their related Bachelor's outside the EU/EEA apply through uni-assist from early September to 31 October 2026.

You need a Bachelor's with at least 80 ECTS credits in set computer or information science fields; if 15 or fewer credits are missing for your specialisation admission may be granted on condition of making them up, and with more missing, admission is not possible. You also need English at B2, for example IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL iBT 80 (4.0 for tests from 21 January 2026). Most specialisations are taught in English; IT Management is in German and English and also needs DSH 2 if your first degree was not taught in German. Admission is restricted.

Applicants are first ranked on their final grade and how well their Bachelor's fits, and the highest-ranked are invited to an interview. As a second step, applicants upload a motivation video. The final ranking weights the Bachelor's grade 50 percent, the fit of the degree 25 percent and the interview 25 percent.

For most programmes, the semester fee for the winter semester 2026/2027 is 352.70 euros, including 110 euros for the Kölner Studierendenwerk and 226.80 euros for the Deutschlandticket, which also covers KVB rental bikes. Some part-time and distance programmes pay a different amount.

Our catalogue lists 24 Master's programmes at TH Köln, for example Automation and IT, Communication Systems and Networks, Digital Sciences and Digital Games, taught in English.

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