Video Tutorial Application for Studies at KIT (in German)

Please note: Applications for Bachelor's degree programmes with restricted admission (NC) require registration at Hochschulstart. Information on this can be found on the Bachelor application page.

Application Process

Please note: the application portal for all Bachelor's, Master's and Studienkolleg courses can be found here: https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu/en

Please be aware of differing application deadlines: https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/study-programs.php

In order to facilitate the application process, international students can apply online at KIT.

You can usually apply six weeks before the application deadline of your desired study program.

This means that the portals for the winter semester procedure will open on May 15. You can apply for the Studienkolleg as early as May 1st. You can apply for the Water Science and Engineering M.Sc. and Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics M.Sc. courses from April 1st. The Mechanical Engineering (International) B.Sc. program accepts applications from December 1st of the previous year. Please apply with as complete a set of documents as possible!

The portals for the procedure for the summer semester open on December 1st of the previous year. You can apply for the Studienkolleg from November 1st. You can apply for the Water Science and Engineering M.Sc. and Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics M.Sc. programs from October 15 onwards. Please apply with as complete a set of documents as possible!

Please select the group you belong to:

 

Masters Degree (with or without language course)EU-Applicants for a Bachelors Program*EU-Applicants for a Masters Program*

 

Double DegreeBachelor studies (with or without German language courses and Studienkolleg**)

* Applicants for a Bachelors degree with foreign nationality and German higher education entrance qualification (Abitur, not graduees from Studienkolleg) follow the same application process as German applicants and apply via this portal.

** For all interested (EU and non-EU)

Current information on the application process

The APS office in India is checking all APS applications regularly. There is no need for KIT to contact APS India.

Please make sure to correctly indicate your nationality when applying! When applying via hochschulstart.de (Bachelor’s programs with restricted admission), “German” is usually selected by default. If you are not a German citizen, you must change the field to your nationality before submitting your application to KIT.

International applicants, please leave the fields for grades blank. These are not mandatory fields. The International Students Office team will calculate your grade based on the submitted school reports.

Please make sure that you enter "Foreign school-leaving qualification" under School-leaving qualification and "Other general higher education entrance qualification acquired abroad" under Type!

Please note: The German course at the Studienkolleg, which you can select by checking the box, lasts an entire semester. You cannot start studying at the same time. Therefore, when you apply for admission to the German course, this does not constitute an application for the degree program. Only if you do not check the box next to “German course at the Studienkolleg” are you applying directly for your degree program, in which case you must then provide proof of the required German language proficiency upon enrollment.

Here we explain the individual status of the application:

  • "In preparation" means that the application has not yet been sent. We cannot check your application in this status. Please check all the information in the application and submit it before the respective application deadline.
  • "Complete" means that all your documents are sufficient and that the faculty will check your academic suitability in the next step.
  • "Preliminarily excluded" can mean several things. Either your application has already been reviewed by the faculty and rejected. Or your application is missing documents. Please follow the instructions in the application portal carefully.
  • "Evaluated" is the status of applications for NC subjects before the ranking list is created. You will receive further information in a few days with another status.

 

 

 

Application deadlines

The application deadlines are strict. Applications must also have been submitted to the application portal by the application deadline.  

Please apply as early as possible because getting a visa usually takes at least six to eight weeks.

All deadlines can ba found on the respective page of your preferred study course/subject.

Application deadline winter term
Bachelor:  see details of the course
Preparatory Course (Studienkolleg): July 15
German Language Course (intensive, preparatory course for DSH, 1 semester, before the Bachelor studies): July 15
Master: see details of the course
German Language Course (intensive, preparatory course for DSH, 1 semester, before the Master studies)

July 15

 

Application deadline summer term
Bachelor (first semester): application not possible
Bachelor (higher semester): see details of the course
Preparatory Course (Studienkolleg): January, 15th
German Language Course (preparatory course for DSH, 1 semester): January, 15th
Master: see details of the course