Pharmaceutical Engineering, M.Sc.
The program’s objective is to convey extensive knowledge and skills in the areas of producing and monitoring medicine and cosmetics as well as synthetic and biotechnological ingredients and those produced using genetic engineering. Graduates are able to ensure the quality of starting substances, products, and finished medicinal products according to international standards, apply scientific methods and insights specific to their professional field, and solve cross-sectional problems such as qualifying factories and validating processes in the pharmaceutical industry. Another program objective is to teach basic social, economic, and working competences that enable graduates to work cooperatively and solve management tasks.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 3 semesters, 90 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| 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 | €76 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 →What you study
Pharmaceutical technology is a specialization within the intersection of process engineering and life sciences. The deployment of these engineers is focused on the industrial health economy, especially here on the pharmaceutical industry. Why? Medicinal substances are very special products. Their ingredients, called active ingredients, interact selectively with parts of the human body. Therefore, these active ingredients must have special quality features in terms of content, purity and overall application. And that begins with the raw material and its first processing stage and continues through special dosage forms to the packaged product, which is delivered to patients and consumers via pharmacies.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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The master's degree in pharmaceutical technology is research-oriented. This enables the graduates to perform tasks in research, development and management in scientific institutes, research facilities and commercial enterprises in the following sectors:
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- Pharmaceutical industry,
- Cosmetics industry,
- Medical device industry and
- Environmental protection
perceive.
With the master’s degree, the ability and authorization to do a doctorate is acquired, so that further qualification in this regard is possible. In addition, access to higher service careers will be opened.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Saxony-Anhalt), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €76 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | The prerequisite for admission is a qualified university degree in pharmaceutical engineering or a comparable course of study worth 7 semesters (210 credits). |
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| Language | German C1 — 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.
- 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 via uni-assist 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.
Questions about this programme
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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.