Master's in Germany with a low CGPA
A low CGPA does not rule you out of Germany. These programmes either publish no minimum grade at all or accept a German grade of 3.0 or lower (roughly a 2.7 CGPA on a 4.0 scale with 2.0 to pass). Your Bachelor's subject and ECTS credits still have to fit, so check each programme's other requirements too.
We list 129 English-taught Master's programmes here, at 61 German universities, most of them in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia. 82 charge no tuition, 0 don't require the GRE and 0 accept a medium-of-instruction letter instead of IELTS. Where a minimum grade is published, the typical one is a German 4.0 — about a 2.0 CGPA on a 4.0 scale.
Master's in Germany with a low CGPA: all 129 programmes
Requirements change every intake — always confirm on the official programme page before you apply. Our free eligibility check compares your own degree, credits, grade and English with every programme below.
| Programme | University | Tuition | Min. German grade | English | GRE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrobioinformatics |
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Giessen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| AI and Engineering for Medical Applications |
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Magdeburg
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| AI Engineering of Autonomous Systems |
Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences (THI)
Ingolstadt
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Applied Artificial Intelligence for Digital Production Management |
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Deggendorf
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Applied Computer Science |
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Deggendorf
|
€500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Applied Data Science |
University of Göttingen
Göttingen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Applied Health Informatics and Digital Medicine |
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Applied Mathematics for Network and Data Sciences |
Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
Mittweida
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence |
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Cottbus
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence |
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Erfurt (and many campuses)
|
€4,500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence |
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence |
Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences (THI)
Ingolstadt
|
€500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence |
University of Bonn
Bonn
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Business |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€6,800 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence & Robotics |
Nuremberg Institute of Technology Georg Simon Ohm
Nuremberg
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence and Data Science |
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Deggendorf
|
€500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems |
University of Bremen
Bremen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning |
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence for Smart Sensors and Actuators |
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Deggendorf
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Asset Management |
University of Europe for Applied Sciences
Potsdam (and other campuses)
|
€6,450 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Automation, Robotics and Control |
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Chemnitz
|
No tuition | None published | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Automotive Software Engineering |
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Deggendorf
|
€500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Bioeconomy |
University of Greifswald
Greifswald
|
No tuition | 3.0 | Not stated | Not stated |
| Bioinformatics |
University of Potsdam
Potsdam
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Bioinformatics |
Saarland University
Saarbrücken
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Bioinformatics |
Rhineland-Palatinate TU Kaiserslautern-Landau
Kaiserslautern
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Biophysics |
University of Ulm
Ulm
|
€1,500 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Business & Economics |
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Chemnitz
|
No tuition | None published | Not stated | Not stated |
| Business computing |
University of Mannheim
Mannheim
|
€1,500 / semester | 4.0 | Not stated | Not stated |
| Business Intelligence and Process Management |
Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR)
Berlin
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Business Mathematics |
Philipps University of Marburg
Marburg
|
No tuition | 4.0 | Not stated | Not stated |
| Cartography |
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Climate, Earth, Water, Sustainability |
University of Potsdam
Potsdam
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Cognitive Computing |
University of Osnabrück
Osnabrück
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Cognitive Science |
Ruhr University Bochum
Bochum
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Cognitive Science |
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Cognitive Systems: Language, Learning and Reasoning |
University of Potsdam
Potsdam
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computational and Data Science |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Karlsruhe
|
€1,500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Computational Biology and Bioinformatics |
University of Göttingen
Göttingen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Computational Engineering |
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Computational Engineering |
Ruhr University Bochum
Bochum
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computational Linguistics |
University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart
|
€1,500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Computational Methods in Engineering |
Leibniz University Hannover
Hannover
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Computational Neuroscience |
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computational science in engineering |
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computational Sciences |
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Computer and Information Science |
University of Konstanz
Konstanz
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
Hamburg University of Technology
Hamburg
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
University of Siegen
Siegen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Erfurt (and many campuses)
|
€4,500 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
Rhineland-Palatinate TU Kaiserslautern-Landau
Kaiserslautern
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
University of Bonn
Bonn
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
Leibniz University Hannover
Hannover
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
Fresenius University of Applied Sciences
Idstein (and other campuses)
|
€7,900 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€6,800 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
Ruhr University Bochum
Bochum
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science |
University of Paderborn
Paderborn
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science - Big Data and Artificial Intelligence |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€6,800 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Science - Cyber Security |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€6,800 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Computer Simulation in Science |
University of Wuppertal
Wuppertal
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Cybersecurity |
Saarland University
Saarbrücken
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Analytics and Decision Science |
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen
|
€7,500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data and Discourse Studies |
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Bielefeld University
Bielefeld
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
University of Europe for Applied Sciences
Potsdam (and other campuses)
|
€6,594 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Ilmenau
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
Saarland University
Saarbrücken
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science and Machine Learning |
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Oldenburg
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Design and Interaction |
Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences
Kleve/Kamp-Lintfort
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Design and Test for Integrated Circuits |
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Chemnitz
|
No tuition | None published | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| DevOps |
University of Europe for Applied Sciences
Potsdam (and other campuses)
|
€6,594 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| DevOps and Cloud Computing |
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Erfurt (and many campuses)
|
€4,500 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Digital Business Modelling and Entrepreneurship |
HDBW University of Applied Sciences
Munich
|
€4,740 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Digital Factory and Operational Excellence |
HDBW University of Applied Sciences
Munich
|
€4,740 / semester | None published | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Digital Farming |
Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences
Freising (and other campuses)
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Digital Health |
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Deggendorf
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Digital Product Management |
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Erfurt (and many campuses)
|
€2,394 / semester | None published | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Digital Transformation |
Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Dortmund
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Digital Transformation & Sustainability |
XU Exponential University of Applied Sciences
Potsdam
|
€4,248 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Educational Technology |
Saarland University
Saarbrücken
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Embedded Systems |
Saarland University
Saarbrücken
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Embedded Systems Design |
Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences
Bremerhaven
|
No tuition | None published | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Embedded Systems Engineering |
University of Freiburg
Freiburg
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Engineering and Sustainable Technology Management - Mobility and Automotive Industry |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€5,100 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| European Master in Embedded Intelligence Nanosystems Engineering (EMINENT) |
University of Siegen
Siegen
|
€5,100 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Financial Engineering |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Karlsruhe
|
€7,500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Forest Information Technology |
HNE Eberswalde ? University for Sustainable Development
Eberswalde
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Generative Design & AI |
University of Europe for Applied Sciences
Potsdam (and other campuses)
|
€6,594 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Geo-informatics |
University of Augsburg
Augsburg
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Growth Hacking |
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Erfurt (and many campuses)
|
€2,394 / semester | None published | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs |
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Erfurt (and many campuses)
|
€2,394 / semester | None published | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Health Informatics |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€6,800 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| High performance computing / quantum computing |
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Deggendorf
|
€500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Hospitality Management and Leadership |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€5,100 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Information and Communication Engineering |
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt
|
€5,370 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Information and Communication Systems |
Hamburg University of Technology
Hamburg
|
No tuition | None published | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Information Systems Engineering and Management |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Karlsruhe
|
€1,500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Information Technology |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€5,000 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Information Technology |
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Frankfurt am Main
|
€5,100 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Information Technology Artificial Intelligence |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€6,800 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Information Technology – Data Science (MSc) |
Mediadesign University of Applied Sciences
Berlin (and other campuses)
|
€6,300 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Information Technology and Business Transformation |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€6,800 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| International Business � Healthcare Management |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€5,100 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| International Management |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€5,100 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| IoT Devices & Smart Services |
University of Europe for Applied Sciences
Potsdam (and other campuses)
|
€6,594 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| IT Engineering |
FH Wedel
Wedel
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| IT Security |
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Language, Science and Technology |
Saarland University
Saarbrücken
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Life Science Informatics |
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Deggendorf
|
No tuition | None published | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Logistics and supply chain management |
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Machine Learning |
University of Tübingen
Tübingen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Management |
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Erfurt (and many campuses)
|
€2,394 / semester | None published | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Management & Data Science |
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Lüneburg
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Management Information Systems |
University of Bremen
Bremen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Media Engineering and Technology |
GISMA Business School
Potsdam
|
€5,500 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Micro and Nanoelectronics |
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Cottbus
|
No tuition | None published | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Pharmaceutical and Molecular Biotechnology |
University of Ulm
Ulm
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Philosophy & Computer Science |
University of Bayreuth
Bayreuth
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Professional IT Business and Digitalisation |
Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology (HTW Berlin)
Berlin
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Project Management and Data Science |
Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology (HTW Berlin)
Berlin
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Quanteninformationstheorie |
Saarland University
Saarbrücken
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Quantum Science |
University of Siegen
Siegen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Karlsruhe
|
€1,500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Robotics |
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Deggendorf
|
€500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Visual Computing |
Saarland University
Saarbrücken
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
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