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A recorded online presentation about the programme that was offered recently and the slides that were presented.

If you have difficulties with those links, here are the respective URLs:

"https://faubox.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/getlink/fiJ24AgCSBf6mDmaemEHKx/M-IEM-Infoveranstaltung-2025-SS.mp4"
"https://faubox.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/getlink/fihnFnSxSyVdyaXDLJYee/M-IEM-Infoveranstaltung-2025-SS.pdf"

The admission requirements for the Industrial Engineering and Management master’s degree programme are as follows:

1. Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree or Diplom in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or an equivalent degree (equivalent degrees are listed in this pdf - in German) with 210 credits and a final grade point average of at least 2.7. There is currently no numerus clausus (NC).
2. Documentation of relevant professional practice in the field of mechanical engineering as part of a university degree or equivalent for at least 16 weeks or at least one year outside of university.
3. Language skills sufficient for the degree programme according to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). These are: Documentation of level B2 language skills in English. Documentation of level C1 language skills in German if German is not the language of education of the relevant first degree or university entrance qualification.

Details of admission are regulated in the Study and Examination Regulations.

 

Documentation of language proficiency:

German C1

The programme requires German at a C1 level. Applicants who are native speakers of a language other than German, who do not have bachelor’s degree from a German educational institution, and who have not completed German-language vocational or professional training at secondary school must provide one of the following certificates as documentation of their German proficiency:

• German language examination for the university admission of foreign applicants (DSH-Stufe 2)
• TestDaF (“Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache” with an above-average score (minimally level 4 in all four examination components)

Overview of all recognised language proficiency documentation (pdf, in German)

English B2

The programme also requires English at a B2 level. B2 level is documented as achieved, if the “Abitur” or “Fachhochschulereife” record at least the grade “ausreichend”. Applicants with a university entrance qualification (“Hochschulzugangsberechtigung”) from the British or Anglo-American educational systems or from a country with English as its official language do not need to provide documentation of English language proficiency. Otherwise, the following certificates will suffice as documentation of language proficiency:

• Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE),
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS): minimal score of 6.5 in each subsection,
• Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE): minimal score of 75,
• TOEFL iBT (The “Test Date Score” is accepted, not “MyBest Score”. The following are NOT accepted: TOEFL CBT, TOEFL ITP, TOEFL PBT): at least 94 points
• TOEIC: minimum score of 485 (listening) and 450 (reading).

 

Tuition applies for students from non-EEA countries

Please note that students from non-EEA countries are charged 500 euros tuition each semester. More information is available on our website.

Faculty Advisor

Would you like more detailed information about the content of individual subjects within the Industrial Engineering and Management master’s degree programme? Then the Faculty Advisor is your next port of call. Please contact:

Prof. Philipp Gölzer
Telephone: +49 (0)911 5880 - 1896
Email: master-iem-infoatth-nuernbergPunktde
Room: KA.320

A recorded online presentation about the programme that was offered recently and the slides that were presented.

If you have difficulties with those links, here are the respective URLs:
"https://faubox.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/getlink/fiJ24AgCSBf6mDmaemEHKx/M-IEM-Infoveranstaltung-2025-SS.mp4"
"https://faubox.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/getlink/fihnFnSxSyVdyaXDLJYee/M-IEM-Infoveranstaltung-2025-SS.pdf"

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