Access to the Master's degree program E&IE

Bewerbung Enrolment in the international Master's degree program Electrical and Information Engineering (E&IE) is possible for both the winter semester and the summer semester.

Graduates of the Bachelor's degree program in Electrical and Information Engineering at Kiel University are admitted to the program without any further professional requirements. The Student Services of Kiel University informs you on its pages about the procedure of enrollment for graduates of Kiel University.

Graduates of other Bachelor's degree programs at Kiel University as well as graduates of other universities must prove their professional suitability at the time of enrolment by means of a certificate from the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering. To obtain this certificate, you submit the required documents listed below to the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering. Different deadlines and procedures apply to different groups of prospective students. However, the same documents must be submitted by all prospective students. If you have been certified as qualified, you can enroll in the Master's degree program. Please follow the instructions of the Student Services regarding the enrollment procedure for graduates of Kiel University and the enrollment procedure for graduates of other universities.

Please note the job placement opportunities etc. for international students with admission through the Science and Technology Academy.

Procedure and deadlines for the assessment of professional suitability
The following applies to prospective students from outside the European Union (EU): For this study program you apply centrally via uni-assist in Berlin. Once your documents have been received completely and on time by uni-assist and have been checked by uni-assist, we will receive them via the International Center of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität to determine your eligibility for the Master's program. For admission to the summer semester 2025, it was possible to submit documents to uni-assist from 26 August to 27 September 2024. For admission to the winter semester 2025/26, submission of the documents to uni-assist will be possible from 27 January to 28 February 2025. The following applies to prospective students from within the European Union (EU): Send your application for the assessment of the eligibility requirements for 1-subject Master's degree programs together with the required documents by e-mail (applyeeit@tf.uni-kiel.de) to the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering. For an admission to the winter semester 2024/25 the submission of documents was possible until 31 August 2024. For an admission to the summer semester 2025, please submit your documents as soon as possible, but no later than 28 February 2025.
The following documents are required in German or English language for the assessment of professional suitability: Your Bachelor's degree certificate or - if the degree certificate is not yet available - an official transcript of records. The respective document must contain the titles of the successfully completed modules and the grades achieved and should include information on the scope of the individual modules, for example in the form of credit points. The module catalogue belonging to the Bachelor's degree program or a comparable document showing the time frame, forms of teaching, teaching content and learning objectives of the individual modules. If your university does not provide a module catalogue, you can compile this information yourself. In this case, however, it must be clearly recognisable that your document is not an official one, but one you have created yourself. Proof of English language proficiency at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), for example TOEFL® IBT (at least 72 points), GRE®revised General Tests (percentile of at least at least 22% in the “Verbal Reasoning” section), Cambridge Proficiency, Oxford Higher Certificate, International Certificate Conference ICC Stage 3 (Technical) or IELTS (at least 6.0 points). Important: International applicants with a degree from outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) also need a GRE®revised General Tests with a percentile of at least 64% in the “Quantitative Reasoning” section to apply. Applications from China, India, Mongolia and Vietnam will only be accepted if accompanied by the certificate of the Academic Examination Board.

Procedure and deadlines for the assessment of professional suitability

The following applies to prospective students from outside the European Union (EU):

For this study program you apply centrally via uni-assist in Berlin. Once your documents have been received completely and on time by uni-assist and have been checked by uni-assist, we will receive them via the International Center of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität to determine your eligibility for the Master's program.
For admission to the summer semester 2025, it was possible to submit documents to uni-assist from 26 August to 27 September 2024.
For admission to the winter semester 2025/26, submission of the documents to uni-assist will be possible from 27 January to 28 February 2025.

The following applies to prospective students from within the European Union (EU):

Send your application for the assessment of the eligibility requirements for 1-subject Master's degree programs together with the required documents by e-mail (applyeeit@tf.uni-kiel.de) to the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering.
For an admission to the winter semester 2024/25 the submission of documents was possible until 31 August 2024.
For an admission to the summer semester 2025, please submit your documents as soon as possible, but no later than 28 February 2025.

Documents required for the assessment of professional suitability

The following documents are required in German or English language for the assessment of professional suitability:

Your Bachelor's degree certificate or - if the degree certificate is not yet available - an official transcript of records. The respective document must contain the titles of the successfully completed modules and the grades achieved and should include information on the scope of the individual modules, for example in the form of credit points.
The module catalogue belonging to the Bachelor's degree program or a comparable document showing the time frame, forms of teaching, teaching content and learning objectives of the individual modules. If your university does not provide a module catalogue, you can compile this information yourself. In this case, however, it must be clearly recognisable that your document is not an official one, but one you have created yourself.
Proof of English language proficiency at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), for example TOEFL® IBT (at least 72 points), GRE®revised General Tests (percentile of at least at least 22% in the “Verbal Reasoning” section), Cambridge Proficiency, Oxford Higher Certificate, International Certificate Conference ICC Stage 3 (Technical) or IELTS (at least 6.0 points).
Important: International applicants with a degree from outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) also need a GRE®revised General Tests with a percentile of at least 64% in the “Quantitative Reasoning” section to apply.
Applications from China, India, Mongolia and Vietnam will only be accepted if accompanied by the certificate of the Academic Examination Board.

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Faculty of Engineering

Dept. of Electrical and Information Engineering

Access to the Master's degree program E&IE