Civil Engineering, M.Sc.
The master's program in Civil Engineering builds on the bachelor's program in Civil Engineering, broadening the knowledge acquired of the discipline and its methods in accordance with the individual student's priorities.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German, English |
| Required German | B2 |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time, Double Degree |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 31.05, summer semester until 15.01 |
| Tuition fee | Set by the university for international students — the amount is on the programme's official page |
| Semester contribution | €97 per semester |
| Campus | Munich: City Campus |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
The activity of the civil engineer can be described mainly as designing and calculating the structural elements and entire assemblies as well as the implementation of the plan in reality. Environmental technology is also a rapidly growing area of application for civil engineers. In principle, the tasks of the civil engineer are the most diverse of all engineering professions, both for ecological and economic reasons.
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The master's degree in civil engineering deepens the existing technical and methodological knowledge that was acquired in the bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a related degree. Civil engineers work as employees, freelancers and civil servants in construction companies, public administrations, engineering offices, transport companies, in the real estate industry and in many interdisciplinary fields of work. You work in teams and often organize cooperation between different disciplines.
What you will learn
Civil engineers deal with the conception, planning, manufacture and operation of buildings and infrastructure (traffic, supply and disposal) on an engineering basis. Designing, planning, calculating, constructing and organizing are important job characteristics. In particular, they deal with:
- Concrete, steel, wood and glass structures (e.g. buildings, dams, bridges and tunnels)
- Infrastructure systems (e.g. water supply and disposal, traffic systems)
- Environmental protection and regenerative energies (e.g. energetic renovation, geothermal energy and hydropower)
- safety from natural hazards (e.g. flood protection and earthquake-proof construction, fire protection)
- The management of demanding processes (e.g. approval procedures, construction site management, building in existing stock, building while maintaining traffic flows)
- optimization in terms of safety, comfort, energy requirements, comfort, sustainability, costs
What you study
The students choose four of the specializations offered. The fourth subject can be replaced by an individual interdisciplinary specialization that includes content from architecture, mechanical engineering or computer science, for example. One of the selected fields of study serves as a main subject in order to structure the course content in a meaningful way towards a specific job profile. Each specialization consists of mandatory and freely selectable modules. Modules from the entire range of TUM, for example in the area of languages and communication, supplement the content.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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Civil engineers find employment in permanent positions, on a freelance basis and as officials in: construction companies, public administration, engineering consultancies, transportation companies, real estate markets, the building material industry, as well as in a variety of interdisciplinary fields of work. #
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Civil engineers work in teams and often coordinate cooperation among different disciplines.
Cost of study
| Semester contribution | €97 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | Required language skills for admission: You need sufficient German or English language skills if you wish to apply for this program. |
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| Language | German B2, English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 31.05, summer semester until 15.01 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to B2 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application uni-assist (VPD) + the university until 15.01uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.01.2027 (93 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.