EAH Jena charges no tuition, for EU and non-EU students alike, because Thuringia does not charge general tuition fees. One fee can still apply: students over the long-term study limit pay 500 EUR per semester.

Every student pays the semester contribution: 335.05 EUR for winter 2026/27 (231.05 EUR for the Deutschlandticket including a culture ticket, 95 EUR for the Studierendenwerk and 9 EUR for the student council), plus a one-off 15 EUR student card fee for new students, so 350.05 EUR in the first semester. Applicants with a foreign school-leaving certificate or, for a Master's, a foreign Bachelor's degree pay an application fee of 75 EUR.

Figures for winter 2026/27.

No tuition does not mean no proof of funds. For the student visa you still need to show 11,904 EUR for the year, usually in a blocked account, and that money has to be transferred months before the semester starts.

For Scientific Instrumentation, one date applies to all applicants; apply through the EAH Campusportal, where conditional admission is possible if documents such as the APS certificate are still missing. The other Master's dates are taken from a national study portal, with no separate date for non-EU applicants; confirm them on the programme page or with the Master Service (master@eah-jena.de). If you need a visa, apply as early as possible.

EAH Jena offers 1 degree programme taught in English: the Master's in Scientific Instrumentation (M.Sc.), which requires no German but TOEFL (internet-based 79, paper-based 550) or IELTS 6.0. All other programmes are taught in German and require German at DSH 2 or TestDaF 4 in every section.

Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena (Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena) is a public university of applied sciences in Jena, Thuringia. It was founded in 1991, has 4,052 students, and offers programmes in engineering, optics and precision technology, business, health and social sciences.