MSc Civil Engineering – Bauingenieurwesen Technical University of Darmstadt

During the study programme MSc in Civil Engineering – Bauingenieurwesen, you will deepen the skills you have learned so far in the field of civil engineering from a perspective of natural and engineering science. The ability to recognise and solve technical problems and tasks in their complexity determines your studies as much as the development of new types of solutions.

In your studies, you will develop the ability for interdisciplinary and international cooperation beyond professional, administrative and political boundaries as well as the ability to weigh different solutions, explain them objectively and understandably, to make decisions and justify them.

Thus, this degree opens up diverse and excellent opportunities in the international professional world or can be the basis for a doctorate and a research career.

Within the programme, you can choose from the following research subjects:

• Construction and maintenance of transport facilities
• Construction technologies and management
• Building construction and building physics
• Structural mechanics
• Geotechnics
• Water management
• Glass and façade technology
• Real estate valuation
• Solid construction
• Numerical methods and computer science in civil engineering
• Planning, design and operation of transport systems
• Sanitary water management
• Steel construction
• Structural analysis
• Structural monitoring and dynamics
• Environmental, spatial and infrastructure planning
• Water engineering
• Materials technology and building maintenance

Benefit from the internationality of the programme, which multiplies your opportunities on the international market and offers students from abroad a perfect entry into the German labour market.

The Master of Science in Civil Engineering – Bauingenieurwesen is a two-year / four-semester programme. To obtain the degree, you need to earn a total of 120 credit points.

The programme is bilingual, while the basic courses for the first two semesters are taught predominantly in English.

The MSc Civil Engineering – Bauingenieurwesen is a study programme that allows students to design their study plan according to their wishes. To arrange your studies flexibly and individually, you can take a variety of options.

Three research subjects are chosen, one of them as the research specialisation subject.

The elective area's modules (42 CP) can be freely chosen and pursued in an interdisciplinary manner. You can use them for subject-related in-depth study or expansion of the range of topics.

In the fourth semester, you chose the topic of your Master's thesis according to your own interests.

The design of your individual study plan is done in consultation with and advised by your assigned mentor.

Please see here for admission requirements.

The semester fee includes a ticket for public transport valid throughout Germany ("Deutschland Semesterticket").

Information about the cost of living in Darmstadt can be found here.

TU Darmstadt offers graduation scholarships for international students.

We offer a career service for TU Darmstadt students.

TU Darmstadt's International Affairs Department assists international students in their search for accommodation through its Housing Assistance Office. A major science hub, Darmstadt is home to multiple research institutions, three universities, and many high-technology companies, all of which attract people from around the world. A wide variety of accommodations that vary in size, furnishing, and rent are available in Darmstadt and its vicinity. As the university does not own or manage student housing, we support students in finding housing in private and public student dormitories or on the private market. In order to improve your chances in finding the optimal place to live, we recommend that you start your search early. We are happy to assist you in this process. Please make sure to register online on the housing assistance website for international students.

Our services include the distribution of an “Accommodation Guide” that includes links to private and public student dormitories, hotels and youth hostels, and a “Housing Guide” that provides tips on how to search for accommodation in Darmstadt.

TU Darmstadt

By choosing TU Darmstadt, you are making an investment in your personal and professional future. Committed to academic rigour, cutting-edge research, and interdisciplinary collaboration, TU Darmstadt provides its community with an environment that sparks innovation. Our challenging 113 academic programmes allow students to gain international experience at an early stage while preparing them for successful careers in research, education, and the private sector.

In addition to its acclaimed strengths in engineering and technology, TU Darmstadt offers prospective students a wide range of study programmes in the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.

Our subject profile:
50% Engineering
35% Natural Sciences
15% Humanities

Founded in 1877, TU Darmstadt is one of Germany's leading universities of technology and a member of TU9, a network of the most distinguished German institutes of technology. TU Darmstadt is also the coordinator of the European University UNITE! (University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering) – an alliance of nine leading European universities of technology.

Our home is the metropolitan region Frankfurt-Rhine-Main. With our partners in the alliance of Rhine-Main universities – Goethe University Frankfurt and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz – we further the development of this globally attractive science location.

TU Darmstadt has a global reputation for outstanding technology transfer through industrial partnerships, award-winning teaching facilities, and highly ranked research output. Its distinct focus on interdisciplinary cooperation works as a catalyst for innovative approaches to technology in research and everyday life applications.

Committed to an international orientation in teaching and research, as well as the promotion of values like open-mindedness and mutual respect, TU Darmstadt is home to a diverse community of students and researchers from 120 countries. With more than 300 partner universities around the globe and 40 double degree programmes as well as a strong network of industrial partners in the region, our alumni are sought-after professionals on the local, national, and international level. The QS Graduate Employability Ranking regularly ranks TU Darmstadt among the best universities in the world.

At TU Darmstadt, it is our priority to support international students in navigating this new environment. The International Student Services (ISS) team is happy to assist you before and during your stay.

With around 160,000 inhabitants and well over 40,000 students (roughly 26,000 of whom are at TU Darmstadt), the science city of Darmstadt offers a high quality of life as well as numerous cultural and tourist attractions in the immediate vicinity. Due to the city’s location in the centre of the dynamic Rhine-Main region and an excellent public transportation system, Darmstadt is well connected to destinations in Germany and around Europe.

A metropolitan high-tech centre in the heart of Europe, Darmstadt is the birthplace of numerous inventions that have changed our daily lives: from the radio-controlled clock, Plexiglas®, and the first enzyme-based washing agent to the liquid crystals in our mobile phones and notebooks. As the home of Art Nouveau, the internationally renowned European Space Agency, and research facilities like Fraunhofer Institutes, Darmstadt offers a creative and innovative milieu for living, studying and conducting research.

• Getting around: All TU students will be equipped with a semester ticket ("Deutschland Semester Ticket" in German). The "Deutschlandticket" entitles students to use all public transport in Germany.
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