Digital Engineering, M.Sc.
The use of digitally networked systems is progressing in all industrial sectors. The developments that can currently be observed under the buzzword Industry 4.0 are essentially based on the continuous digital mapping of all steps of the value chain of industrial production. From the planning phase through design/draft and the production process to the lifecycle monitoring of the products (e.g. also buildings), virtual product and process models are networked with each other in order to accelerate development processes, increase the quality of the products and optimize production processes. These developments therefore require well-trained specialists who work at the interface between computer science and engineering. The course created jointly by civil engineering and media informatics at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will provide you with flexible and interdisciplinary training for the challenges of tomorrow's professional world. In the Digital Engineering Master’s degree, we attach great importance to introducing you to current research questions early on, which are defined and supervised together with industrial partners, via projects accompanying your studies. The Digital Bauhaus Lab, as a state-of-the-art research facility of the university, offers the best conditions for this.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €195.27 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
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
Study location Weimar
Despite its small size and its picture-book character - Weimar is not a sleepy provincial town. Whether for art and culture lovers, night owls or gourmets - in addition to Goethe, Schiller and the Bauhaus, Weimar has a lot more to offer. And all this in a city center where nothing is more than a 10-minute walk from one another. And the two largest Thuringian cities, Erfurt and Jena, are each only 15 minutes by train.
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The many small and large initiatives - temporary showrooms, project workshops, university gallery marke.6, the soap box race SpaceKidHeadCup initiated by students - expand the cultural spectrum of the large institutions Klassik Stiftung Weimar, German National Theater, Buchenwald Memorial, Goethe House, Bauhaus Museum and ACC Gallery. Four cinemas, several cabaret stages, more than 20 other museums and various student clubs and concert events still impressively underline Weimar's importance as the European Capital of Culture in 1999.
And there are also many opportunities for student initiatives: For example, you can support the interests of your fellow students in the student council. Or you can become part of the Maschinenraum - the initiative for programming, soldering, discussing and repairing computers.
What you study
The master’s degree in Digital Engineering comprises 120 ECTS and is completed after four semesters of standard study time. In the first two semesters, all students are brought to a uniform level of knowledge as part of the fundamentals. You will be offered compulsory and elective courses that cover the two core areas of computer science and (civil) engineering. Depending on your previous knowledge, we will put together an individual module plan for you, which is either more engineering or IT-based.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
As a graduate of the English-language Digital Engineering master's program, you will be specifically prepared for a job in the field of virtual product and process modeling and optimization. Your diverse fields of activity include technical administration, model management, engineering analysis and consulting, technical data analysis, as well as software and product development for digital networking in industry.
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With a degree in digital engineering, you can work in industry and science, for example as
- Model manager
- Engineering Analyst
- System integrator
- Technical Manager
- Consultant for digitization concepts
- Software developer
- Engineer product development
- Research and Development
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Thuringia), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €195.27 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | At least a good bachelor's degree in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, applied computer science or a comparable degree. |
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| Language | English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07, 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.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application via uni-assist until 15.01uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 4Admission, 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.
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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.