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Engineering

Diplom Bauingenieurwesen Aufbaustudium at TU Dresden

TU Dresden, Germany

Programme overview

Advanced (Aufbau) Diplom studies in civil engineering for graduates of a first civil engineering degree. The programme is taught on campus and lasts four semesters including the Diplom thesis.

Faculty: Faculty of Civil Engineering  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option); German-taught; Diplom  |  Intake: winter semester  |  Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Modular structure with specialisation-specific compulsory modules, elective modules, modules for general qualification and the Diplom thesis. Students choose a specialisation (Vertiefung).

Career pathways

Civil engineers plan, design, calculate, construct and supervise structures for industrial, residential, public, transport, hydraulic and special construction, in engineering offices, construction firms and building-materials companies.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree recognised in Germany (or a state-recognised Berufsakademie degree) in civil engineering. German language proficiency is required; international applicants check the university's language requirements page. Numerus clausus: no (open admission). Application deadlines for the first subject semester (German applicants and Bildungsinländer): Application period: 1 June – 15 September. International applicants: Application period non-EU applicants: 1 April – 15 July; Application period EU applicants: 1 April – 15 July (without proof of German for study); 1 April – 15 September (with proof of German for study). Application is made online through the TU Dresden application portal.

Intake: winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time

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