Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, and Computer Engineering, B.Sc.
The Bachelor's degree program "Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Engineering" provides students with the necessary knowledge of mathematics, electrical engineering, information technology and physics to successfully perform their tasks as electrical engineers in their future workplace.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €375.19 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
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Electrical engineering develops devices and processes that make modern life safer and easier.
The field of electrical engineering directs its interest to a broad spectrum of topics including energy supply, information transmission, robotics, medical technology, and automatization technology.
In order to do this spectrum justice, RWTH has unified three disciplines into a single course of study: Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, and Computer Engineering.
The combination of these three fields opens up a variety of possibilities to students and offers them a high degree of both field-specific and cross-disciplinary flexibility.
Students receive a technical foundation comprised of thorough and demanding basic training in mathematics, physics, computer science, and key electrical engineering topics. They can call upon these later when faced with specific tasks.
After their concentrated, fundamental studies, students select one of five specializations offered:
- Energy Engineering focuses on safe, ecological energy supply, creating the technical prerequisites needed for the energy transition.
- Computer Engineering focuses on intelligent grids, processors, robots, and automata. It forms the bridge between programming and technical implementation.
- Information and Communication Technology optimizes signal processing and transmission, mobile information systems, and their functional interconnection.
- Micro- and Nanoelectronics takes into account the need for smaller and smaller building components and coatings. The field is currently conducting research on two-dimensional storage elements.
- Biomedical Engineering develops solutions for problem areas in medicine with the help of techniques or machinery, for example improving medical imaging or cardiac pacemakers.
What you study
During the first four semesters students acquire fundamental skills. The challenging mathematics courses, in particular, provide them with the understanding needed for technical principles, structuring concepts, and complex processes. An institute internship offers a look at current research methods and fields of application in their chosen elective. An industry internship is not required but can be completed on students' own initiative.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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Electrical engineers possess advanced skills and are highly sought after in both the national and international job market.
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This is particularly true for RWTH graduates, who possess not only oustanding fundamental training but refined skills in research and development. They work in research and development departments in automation engineering; telecommunications; mobile communications; the energy sector; image, sound, and speech processing; microsystem engineering, nanotechnology, and medical technology. They may develop new electronic systems or sustainable products that save energy. They work in cleanrooms on the smallest two-dimensional storage materials and optimize the effectiveness of large energy-saving facilities.
Due to their broad foundation of knowledge, methodological skills, and problem-solving skills electrical engineers are also valued as generalists. They can implement their skills in project management, communication, and consulting.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (North Rhine-Westphalia), international students | €0 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €375.19 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | Electrical engineering has the highest percentage of mathematics courses of all the engineering disciplines. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
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 C1 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 directly to the university until 15.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 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 15.07.2027 (274 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.