Master programmes

1. How to apply for a Master’s degree programme taught in English language

You can find all information on how to apply for a Master’s degree programme taught in English (see below) in the pdf document “Master programmes in English”.

  • Advanced Materials Analysis
  • Advanced Mineral Resource Development (AMRD)
  • Computational Materials Science (CMS)
  • Geomatics for Mineral Resource Management
  • Geoscience
  • Groundwater Management
  • International Business and Resources in Emerging Markets (IBRE)
  • Mathematics for Data and Resource Sciences
  • Mechanical and Process Engineering (MPE)
  • Metallic Materials Technology (MMT)
  • Sustainable Mining and Remediation Management (MoRe)
  • Sustainable and Innovative Natural Resource Management (SINReM)
  • Technology and Application of Inorganic Engineering Materials (TAIEM)

2. How to apply for a Master’s degree programme taught in German language

2.1. Entry requirements

Higher Education Certificate

A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) is required to apply successfully to a Master’s degree programme. Most of our Masters are consecutive programmes (meaning: they built up on a specific Bachelor’s programme of the TUBAF). The content of our Bachelor’s degree programmes you find in the examination and study regulations as well as in the module handbook of the respective degree programme.

Language proficiency

A) Command of German: B1 to apply, DSH-2 for studies

To be admitted to a Master’s degree programme taught in German language, adequate command of German language is required. The following rules apply:

You are not required to to take the DSH examination if one of the following cases applies to you:

  • You completed your Abitur in Germany
  • You have passed the German language section of the qualification assessment examination (“Feststellungsprüfung“).
  • You have the certificate German Language Diploma (Level II) from the German Standing Conference of Ministres of Education and Culture.
  • You have the certificate “Goethe-Zertifikat C2: Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom” (GDS).
  • You have the certificate “German as a Foreign Language Test” (Test DaF) with  the result intermediate level (TDN 4) in all four sections.
  • You have the certificate “telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule“.

B) Command of English: B2

Individual modules (lectures) in German-language degree programmes are taught in English. Additionally, some of the specialist literature is only available in English. Therefore it is very important that, in addition to the German language skills, a student has also good command of English (at least at level B2).

2.2. Application

The application for a Master’s degree programme takes place via the University portal TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

First you have to register in the system. Then the system will guide you through the application process.

Certified translation

A certified translation into German or English is required for each application document if it is not available in at least one of these languages. To apply, you must submit the document in its original language and in the certified translation.
What a “certified translation” is and who may produce it varies from country to country. In general, however, it is an official translation, since it is produced by an expert translator approved in the country concerned by the relevant association or body.

Certified copy

A certified copy is usually issued by a German diplomatic mission abroad in your country.

2.3. Application periods

Degree programmes taught in ENGLISH

The application deadline for winter semester 2023/’24 for Master programmes taught in English has been extended. Applicants can now apply up to and including 15 May 2023.

This extension does not apply to the following degree programmes:

  • Advanced Mineral Resources Development (AMRD)
  • Sustainable and Innovative Natural Resource Management (SINReM)

Degree programmes taught in German

Application deadlines for the winter semester (start of studies: 1 October) for applicants from abroad in Bachelor, Diplom or Master programmes taught in German language are as follows:

  • 30 April (if you need to attend a preparatory German course before studies)
  • 15 July (if you already fulfill every requirement to study in German language)

3. Academic Evaluation Centres (Akademische Prüfstellen, APS) in India, China and Vietnam

Applicants from India

Since 1 November 2022, prospective students with Indian school or university credits who wish to pursue a preparatory course, Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Germany must submit an APS certificate when applying for their visa.
Prospective students who receive a scholarship financed by European funds and doctoral students whose doctoral supervisor does not require an APS certificate for enrolment are exempt from verification.

The APS application is made online: https://aps-india.de

Contact to the APS office in New Delhi:

Gate No. 3, DLTA Complex, R.K. Khanna Stadium, 1 Africa Avenue, 110029 New Delhi, India

Applicants from China

Applicants from China have to submit the official document issued by the Academic Evaluation Centre (Akademische Prüfstelle, APS) in Beijing as proof of the authenticity of their application documents.
An application cannot be processed without the APS certificate.

Contact:
Akademische Prüfstelle des Kulturreferates der
Deutschen Botschaft Peking
Landmark Tower 2 / Büro 0311
8 Dongsanhuanbeilu Chaoyang Bezirk
100004 Beijing

telephone: +86 10 65 90 71 38
website: https://www.aps.org.cn/zh/verfahren-und-services-deutschland/chinaverfahren

Applicants from Vietnam

Applicants from Vietnam have to submit the official document issued by the Academic Evaluation Centre (Akademische Prüfstelle, APS) in Hanoi as proof of the authenticity of their application documents.
An application cannot be processed without the APS certificate.

Contact:
German Embassy Hanoi, APS
29 Tran Phu, Q. Ba Dinh
Hanoi | Vietnam

telephone: +84 24 3267 3335
e-mail: ku-aps1hano.auswaertiges-amt.de

Telephone enquiries Monday – Thursday from 2:00 p.m. only.