Master's Prep Courses
Prepare yourself for your Master’s degree at RWTH International Academy. Get a head start, qualify yourself, and fulfill possible academic requirements with the thorough preparation provided in our intense high-quality Master’s Prep Courses. Close knowledge gaps and have a smooth transition into your successful Master’s studies!
The Master's Prep Courses are offered in the fields of engineering, management, and european studies.
Study format: Preparatory block courses
Teaching: Distance learning
Course fees: Varies according to different fields of engineering, management, and european studies
Language: English
Master's Prep Courses in Engineering
Your Benefits
- Refresh and deepen your mathematical and technical knowledge
- Fulfill academic requirements according to your conditional admission directly at the beginning of your studies
- Get accustomed to RWTH’s learning and teaching standard
- Complete the courses online from the comfort of your own home
- Benefit from a great head start to your studies
Digital Learning Experience
The courses take place in our cutting-edge and professional film studio, allowing an interactive and accessible format. Engage with lecturers in live classes and exercises, and deepen your knowledge flexibly with the help of numerous learning materials. Expect around four hours of study time each day, and meet your academic requirements with the subsequent exams.
Mathematics III
Machine Design II
Mechanics III
Registration and Deadlines
Course fee: 750 € per course
Registration deadline: May 30, 2022
Period of implementation: August - October, 2022
Master's Prep Courses in Management
Your Benefits
- Refresh and deepen your business knowledge
- Fulfill academic requirements according to your conditional admission in intense block courses
- Complete the courses online from the comfort of your own home
- Enjoy the flexible access to learning materials
- Benefit from a head start into your studies
Our Master's Prep Courses in Management Introduction to Business Administration and Quantitative Methods in Economics provide important basic knowledge in economics as a foundation to our Management and Engineering degree study programs. Both courses are exclusively for students who have to fulfill requirements in the above named subjects.
Intense Learning Experience
Refresh your management knowledge in intense and compact courses. Numerous case studies help to deepen what has been learned. The course contents are made available in a flexible way so that students can access them at their own pace. Supplementary live sessions offer the opportunity to intensify knowledge and ask questions. Within a few weeks, students receive an elementary grounding in the fundamentals of business and economics.
Introduction to Business Administration
Quantitative Methods in Economics
Registration and Deadlines
Course fee:
The courses are free of charge. Only students with a requirement to pass these subjects according to their letter of admission from RWTH Aachen University are eligible to participate.
Registration deadline:
Registration ahead of the start is not necessary. We will contact students who have to clear management subjects as a condition to their admission at the start of the courses with all necessary details regarding organization.
Period of implementation:
Introduction to Business Administration: July - October, 2022
Quantitative Methods in Economics: December - January, 2022
Master's Prep Course in European Studies
- Access to the Master's Prep Course European Studies is provided exclusively through the China Office!
Your Benefits
- Refresh your knowledge on the European Union
- Improve your communication and English language skills
- Get accustomed to RWTH’s learning and teaching standard
- Complete the courses online from the comfort of your own home
- Benefit from a great head start to your studies
Prepare yourself for the Master of Public Administration in Europan Studies at RWTH Aachen University! Update your knowledge on the European Union, and participate in exciting discussion panels. In addition, you will enhance your English language skills, which you can also directly consolidate and train on the subject of Europe.
Intense Learning Experience
Participation in our preparatory program for European Studies will give you an early insight into RWTH Aachen University's teaching standard and will make you familiar with your future study place. Being able to lead confident discussions is very important in this area, which is why, in addition to refreshing basic knowledge about the European Union, the focus is laying here. You will work on exciting group discussions and presentations. The English course complements the program, so that you are also linguistically confident and familiar with the technical terminology. The course is offered already before you start your studies, giving you the foundation to have a head start into the MPA European Studies.
Inside the Political System of the EU
English Language Course
Registration and Deadlines
Course fee: 1,600 €
Registration deadline: tbd
Period of implementation: Spring 2023 (exact dates tbd soon)
- The program fee of 1,600 € will be credited to the first tuition fee in case of admission to the Master of Public Administration in European studies. In case of rejection to the MPA, the program fee of the Master's Prep Course European Studies will be fully refunded.
Contact us!

Zufeng Wu
Director China Office
Phone: +49 241 80 27636
Zufeng.Wu@academy.rwth-aachen.de
Downloads and Contact

Alina Keßler
- Program Manager
- Phone: +49 241 80 96655
- mastersprep@academy.rwth-aachen.de