German Universities That Use the dMAT Directly (Not Just APS India)

Most of what's searched about the dMAT centers on the 2026 APS India requirement — but that's actually just one use case built on top of a broader test. g.a.s.t., the same organization that runs the dMAT for APS India, also licenses it directly to individual German universities as an admissions criterion in its own right, using subject-specific modules instead of the General Academic Module Indian applicants sit. If you're applying to one of these specific programmes, the dMAT matters to you for a completely different reason than APS documentation.

RWTH Aachen — Battery Science and Technology in Engineering (M.Sc.)

RWTH Aachen uses a dMAT subject module directly in its admissions formula for this programme, which is capacity-limited (Numerus Clausus). Per the university's own published selection criteria, your dMAT result counts for 80% of your selection score, with your bachelor's degree grade making up the remaining 20% — a far heavier weighting than a supporting document. The programme offers dedicated dMAT subject modules in Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, aligned to the interdisciplinary curriculum. Applicants should check the university's own admissions pages directly for current test dates, since these are scheduled independently of the general APS India dMAT calendar this site otherwise covers.

Göttingen — Applied Data Science (M.Sc.)

The University of Göttingen has indicated it plans to let applicants submit a dMAT Data Science result as part of its selection procedure for the Applied Data Science M.Sc., replacing its previous online aptitude test. As of the university's own last update, this is described as planned and still subject to final approval by the relevant university bodies — not yet a locked-in requirement — and even once active, submitting a score is expected to strengthen an application rather than be strictly mandatory; applicants who don't sit it are still considered. Because the university sets its own test windows independently of its application deadline, and those dates can fall months earlier, anyone considering this programme should check Göttingen's admissions page directly for the current status before assuming a specific test date applies.

Why this matters if you're not applying to either programme

For the vast majority of Indian applicants affected by the 2026 APS India dMAT mandate, none of the above changes anything — you still sit the General Academic Module described throughout this site. This page exists for a narrower audience: applicants specifically targeting a programme that uses a subject-specific dMAT module for direct admission, where the stakes, weighting and registration timeline are set by the university itself rather than by APS India. If that's not your situation, the dMAT overview and eligibility pages are the more relevant starting point.

g.a.s.t. adds new subject modules and university partnerships over time — check d-mat.de directly for the current list before assuming this page is exhaustive.