E.M.B.A from RWTH Aachen University [RWTH-AACHEN], Aachen - Fees & Admission Details 2025

• Usually the master's courses in RWTH are a little bit tough for the mechanical-based courses. It is a mix of theory and practical subjects. It is always based on research; it is a results-orientated university. Usually the classes are based on the subjects selected for each semester. Class timings start from 8:30 in the morning up to 7:30 in the evening. There are a lot of Indian students enrolled here in my class.

• Currently I am doing free education here at RWTH Aachen, but there is a semester contribution that needs to be paid every semester between 290 and 320 euros approximately. That covers the semester ticket, which helps to travel all of Germany for free and also covers a state in the Netherlands called south limburg. Can travel by bus, train, tram and other public transport except express trains like ICE.

• Difficulty level is high. Course is a very basic touch of all areas, which is positive if you don't want to deep dive into tech but at the same time it is negative if you want to get good knowledge. there will be one, two or three classes in a day depending on availability, but this is decided prior to the semester , it is growing day by day, but when I was there, there were 35 student , where indian student are 20 .

• 27000 Euro, and and I got a 3000 euro scholarship. fees is charges semester-wise; monthly expenses depend on the city. if you are living in munich than 1000 euro is the minimum (including everything) if you don't get the student dormitory, but if you get that, then 700 euro (including everything). In Aachen, it's 500-600 Euro if you get the private dormitory and 400-500 euro if you get the student dormitory.

• The courses are moderately difficult and the exams are difficult as well. The subjects that have seminars are relatively easier to finish. The classes are scheduled on a weekly basis and sometimes twice a week as well.
• The number of students can range from 20 to 1000 depending upon the course being offered, with subjects from the computer science stream having more attendance. In my course there are almost 6 Indian students in a total strength of 30 plus students.

• The university offers courses for 300 euros per semester, which includes free travel passes in the North Rhine region. For a student the monthly estimate comes to about 1000 euros for a comfortable stay and can be squeezed if limited resources are consumed. Also with a hiwi job, one can also save to travel. It also includes a social contribution fee but the tuition fee component is zero.

• The curriculum was challenging enough based on the depth of the concepts covered in few of the discipline courses. It was more theoretical than practical. Also, due to COVID the practical part was nearly zero during my study period.
• Some of the positive aspects for my course was that it was fairly distributed among the mechanical, controls and software part of robotics. On an average there were around 3-4 classes scheduled each day and the usual timings are 10am to 6 pm in the day. We had around 155 students in our class and among which 100 of them were indian

• Tuition fees (charged every semester) - 4500 Euros / Semester for 4 semesters
• Social contribution fees - 200 Euros/ Semester (included free transportation)
• Monthly expenses ~ 800 euros/ month
   a. No hostels as such, normal rent ~ 400 euros/ month
   b. Groceries/ Food ~ 200 euros/ month
   c. Other leisures ~ 100-150 euros/ month
   d. Radio Tax/ Electricity bill ~ 50 euros/ month

• You can use the university website to apply for student dorms, WG-Gesucht, and other relevant apps. Challenges would be that the process is highly time-consuming and fake ads. Make sure you pay the amount in person after coming here if you don't find the opportunity to be reliable.
• One suggestion would be to make friends in Aachen through LinkedIn who will be your senior so that he can assist you, guide you, recommend you, and possibly check the accommodation options if it's genuine.

• The course was very hard such that it might take 2 additional semesters to clear the exams. The course focuses on more mathematical derivations since it works more on research.
• The positive aspects is content in course, is upto date and negative aspects is the content is not much relevant to practical point of view.

• The tuition Fee was almost free for most common courses, but for some English taught programs the fee will be 24000 EUR for 2 years. And social contribution of 298 EUR per semester need to be paid. The living expenses are 700 to 850 EUR per month and insurance will be 139 EUR.
• The fee will be charged semester wise.
• Transportation will be covered in Semester tickets, Rent of mine will be 480 EUR, Food will be 150 EUR, Insurance will be 139 EUR, and other things will be 100 EUR.

• I have mentioned my opinion about the learning front of my course earlier.
• But to talk specifically about the course difficulty, I would say it is balanced; I would call it more hectic than difficult. And yes, it is a mix of both theory and practice and sometimes more practice than theory, which is a great part of our course.
• Typically, there would be at most 2 lectures scheduled for a day.
• Usually one subject would have one lecture per week, which seems less at first but is not.
• At average, there are 30 students in a class and unfortunately, in terms of diversity, there are a majority of Indians in our class.

• As far as the fees is concerned, it can be broken down in two bits:
  • 1. The tuition fees, which are about 30.000 euros and are paid in equal installments per semester (3 semesters).
  • 2. The other thing is the semester contribution, which is around 350 euros, paid per semester and is basically a charge for your semester ticket- that allows you to travel through Germany without any ticket.
• Talking about the monthly expenses, one can live in Aachen comfortably with around 1000 euros per month, inclusive of rent, food, insurance, outings, etc. ( This could sometime be more or less depending if you're taking any external paid classes, for instance language classes.)

• The course curriculum is very difficult especially for my course robotics in growth it is one of the most difficult courses. The course is completely theoretical which is like most of the courses in RWTH as it is a research based university.
• A positive aspect is that the course is technical and upto date with modern technology and findings which is very good. Negative aspects are that there are a lot of subjects to be completed, about 10 technical compulsory courses and 5-6 elective courses that can be technical and non technical both.
• Classes are about 2-3 on avg per day, usual timings differ from course to course, subject to subject which can be sometimes from morning 8:30am to 4pm or from 10:30am to 12pm.
• Average number of students per class ranges from 40 to 100.
• Indian students are about 30-40% of the class population.

• The tuition fees for my course is 6000 euros per semester, so accounts to 24000 euros for the course duration. The fees is charged semester wise.
• Apart from this there is another semester contribution fees of about 300 euros per semester which is to be paid. If we extend the duration of the course, the fees for additional semesters is 750 + the 300 euros semester contribution fees.
• My monthly expense along with the rent, health insurance and everything goes upto 800-900 euros.

• Difficulty level - On a scale of 1-10, the course was 8 difficult.
• The course was 30% theoretical and 70% practical. Students were graded on their in class activities, presentations etc and not just the final examination.
• Hands-on experience instead of just a theoretical approach was positive.
• The lack of AI usage regulation was negative.
• Average number of students - 45
• Indian students - 30

• Tuition fees - 30000 EUR. 10000 EUR per semester.
• Accommodation - 10000 EUR - to be sent to a blocked account before coming to Germany
• Fees are charged semester-wise. To be paid before the start of each semester
• Monthly expenses - 934 EUR apart from university fees.
• The amount is disbursed from the blocked account by the government. 420 EUR - Rent. 125 EUR - Health Insurance. 100 EUR - Groceries.
   

My course has been discontinued and replaced by a renewed syllabus under the name 'MSc Networked Production Engineering'. This course has more flexibility and verticals to choose from. Industrial or hands-on experience was not included in the syllabus- you are expected to take up student jobs at the uni for that exposure.

13,500 EUR for three semesters (90 credits).