Entrance Examination for the Master programs

Note that not all students have to take the entrance exam. You can get exempted from the exam and be directly admitted if you have a GRE score with at least 155 in Verbal Reasoning, 161 in Quantitative Reasoning, and 3.0 in Analytical Writing, or a GATE score of at least 750. If you get an invitation to the entrance exam and send us sufficient GRE or GATE scores, you can skip the exam and will be directly admitted. Please note that all of these criteria must be met or exceeded and no exceptions can be made; it is not possible to balance a slightly lower score in one area with a higher one in a different category nor.

The entrance exam for the summer semester 2025 will probably take place in the beginning of March in the (early) afternoon (CET). The exact time and date is to be determined.

Cheating or not following the guidelines in the entrance exam will be detected and will lead to a rejection!

Content of the Entrance Examination

Below you will find a PDF including the topics, a short overview of the content for the different topics and some book recommendations for the preparation. You will also find some examples from previous exams within the second PDF.

Content Entrance Examination (opens in new tab)

Examples (opens in new tab)

Please note that you will need two cameras, a microphone, and your ID or passport for the exam.

Once invited, you will be automatically registered for the exam server.

You will receive a mail from https://moodle-exam.tu-darmstadt.de/ afterwards with your account data, including your password.

The mail address you provided during the application process is your login name.

URL of the system: https://moodle-exam.tu-darmstadt.de/?lang=en

Use “Login for Applicants” to proceed.

The mail-address you provided during the application process will beused to create your account. The password will be sent by mail after you were registered to the entrance exam.

If you haven't received the mail from the system, follow the instructions in the next section.

The information below only applies within three days prior to the exam date.

Click on “Lost password or not recceived one yet?” below the Log in button to start the process of the password retrieval.

Use the second option “Retrieval by Email” and use the email address you used via the application process. Press “search” and wait for some time.

If it is not possible to retrieve the password in this way, please get in touch with us via application@informatik.tu-darmstadt.de

Try out the test exam and identify yourself following the identification process in the system.