Additive Manufacturing
Paderborn University
Degree
Master of Science
Language
English
Tuition
Free
Duration
4 semesters
Programme Overview
This MSc focuses on additive manufacturing across plastics, metals, powder technology, design optimisation, and product creation. The curriculum combines core technical modules with electives that let students build either a broad or deeper profile in additive manufacturing.
Admission Requirements
- Academic requirements
Further requirements only for applicants from non-EU/EEA countries: GRE Revised General Test with at least 157 points in the "Quantitative Reasoning" section and at least 4.0 points in the "Analytical Writing" section. Applicants with a CGPA in their Bachelor‘s degree better than 1.3 according to the German grading scale do not need to submit the GRE.
- Minimum GPA
- 2.5 minimum in the German grading system.
- English requirements
- English B2 or equivalent; accepted examples on the DAAD page include TOEFL iBT 87, IELTS 6.5, or Cambridge English CFE note B minimum.
- Accepted bachelor fields
- University studies equivalent to a three-year German bachelor's degree. The cited DAAD page does not restrict admission to one single named field, but admission is based on academic suitability for the programme.
- APS Certificate
- Yes
- Mandatory internship
- Yes
Costs & Funding
- Tuition fee
- None
- Semester contribution
- 325.50 EUR per semester (official Paderborn University semester fee for Summer Semester 2026).
- ECTS credits
- 120
- Funding info
Tuition: None Semester contribution: 325.50 EUR per semester (official Paderborn University semester fee for Summer Semester 2026).
Career Outcomes
Graduates are trained for complex problem-solving in additive manufacturing, with applications in research, development, strategic product planning, product marketing, and technically specialised manufacturing contexts.
Typical job roles
Target industries
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Programme details
- Degree
- Master of Science
- Language
- English
- Duration
- 4 semesters
- Mode
- full-time
- Start
- Winter semester (starting in October)
- Deadline
- 21 September (annual)
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