KIT expands its range of courses: Three new master's programs are starting soon!

KIT expands its range of courses: Three new master's programs are starting soon!

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has announced that it is expanding its English-language course offerings to include three new master's degree programs. These offers are aimed at the needs of international students and start on April 22, 2025, at the beginning of the summer semester. The new master's programs include “Mechatronics and Information Technology”, “Electrical Engineering and Information Technology” and “Computer Science”.

The first two courses replace the previous German-language master's courses at KIT. “Computer Science” is offered parallel to the existing German-language master’s program “Informatics”. With this expansion, a total of one bachelor's degree program, 15 master's degree programs and five doctoral programs are now available at KIT in English, which makes the university even more attractive for international talent.

Internationalization strategy and student structure

In the 2024/25 winter semester, around 5,250 of the almost 22,750 students at KIT were from abroad. This corresponds to more than a fifth of the total number of students. With its internationalization strategy, KIT is pursuing the goal of attracting more international students. It is a central part of the Helmholtz Association and focuses on global challenges in the areas of energy, mobility and information.

In order to be accepted into the new master's degree programs, proof of sufficient English language skills is required. The details of this are regulated in the admission and admission regulations for the individual study programs. The courses are offered entirely in English, which benefits international students.

Wide range of courses and support

In addition to the new master's degree programs, KIT also offers a variety of other English-language programs, which are grouped together in the Hector School and the School of Optics and Photonics as well as in various doctoral programs. Loud bildungsserver.de There is comprehensive information about international study programs at German universities that provide access to a wide range of educational opportunities.

Programs such as the DAAD program also promote study opportunities at German universities abroad, which enables international students to receive an academic education based on the German model. In combination with the use of platforms such as studienwahl.de When looking for study opportunities, students can specifically search for suitable offers.

Overall, with its focus on internationally oriented study programs and the internationalized student structure, KIT shows that it is actively striving to meet the requirements of the global educational landscape and to address digitalization and fossil fuel mobility as essential topics of the future. Around 10,000 employees make a significant contribution to the successful implementation of these strategies.