Mayuri Mudaliar Review at University Of Stuttgart [U OF STUTTGART], Stuttgart | Collegedunia

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8.3
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Academic
8.0
Accommodation
8.0
Faculty
10.0
Infrastructure
8.0
Social Life
8.0
Placement
8.0

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Mayuri Mudaliar
University of Stuttgart, MSc. INFOTECH Sp. in Embedded Systems
Reviewed on Apr 3, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

Required Exams for Admission

IELTS (7)

Course Curriculum

8

  • The difficulty level of the courses is moderate. As I’m from infotech, which has subjects from both comps and electrical it’s varied. I recently had my end sems and it’s very clear that the exams are based completely on the practical knowledge of the subject.
  • Positive point : immersive and practical knowledge.
  • Negatives point : none.
  • The schedule completely depends on the subject you choose and it’s very well spread out so very rare chances of schedule clashes despite various courses being offered. Avg no of students is about 30. In my course out of 200 students 60 are Indians.

Admission Experience

  • I just applied to TUM, uni stuttgart, university of Freiburg and University of Mannheim. And got accepted in all of them accept Freiburg and the reason was because the course for which I had applied(Microsystems), needed more credits(subjects not grades) in comps during bachelor’s (which I had too) but not enough to meet their requirements as I had done my btech in electrical engineering. As the German unis focus equally on credits (ects here) as on the grades.
  • I chose Stuttgart over Munich because Munich is way more expensive. And also because Stuttgart city has more industries. So I had applied with bachelors transcripts till the 6th sem only as I had applied in the 7th sem and as my program is an English taught (more competitive to get into as compared to German taught) I needed an IELTS score more than 6.5 and mine was 7.5 and GRE scores were optional but I had them (214) so I uploaded. Overall application process was smooth and no problems were faced as such. 
  • I applied for the winter intake (October) as I was supposed to get done with my bachelors.
  • The entire process to come to Germany for a masters takes almost a year as it involves giving various exams like IELTS and gre and then the most uncertain thing is to get the APS certificate (I luckily got it in a month) and then you start doing the applications and then again come the most crucial part which is Visa.

Faculty

10

  • The faculty to student ratio is about 1:25. As mentioned earlier most of the faculties have varied experiences from prestigious firms so their methodology is completely based on industrial research. All the faculties are very helpful and have a lot of contacts in the industry so yes it’s very beneficial.
  • Each faculty member is unique with their own skill set so I would say the whole experience is outstanding with them.

Campus Life

8

  • There have been a lot of events right from 2-3 freshers parties, Indian cultural nights on Indian festivals, then the most famous October festival of Germany, lot of career fairs also happen to benefit from and the not to mention the dreamiest Christmas festivities are to die for with the best Christmas markets around here and ice skating events.
  • Lot of baking and dance workshops also keep happening which makes it very vibrant and interesting all round the year.

Part Time Jobs

  • The part time jobs called as working student or werkstudent jobs have huge market here especially in stuttgart due to large number of companies here. Also our university offers research assistant jobs called hiwi here. The pay range is about 12-17 € per hour and weekly you spend on an avg of 14-20 hours for the job. I would say that it’s quite challenging to fit in perfectly for the role but you need to justify your skills as the grades don’t matter much for part time jobs.
  • There is no discrimination a the workplaces here so nothing like what or where do “Indians” prefer to work. It’s all purely based on your skill set and what you can offer to the company and what valuables you bring to the table. Your visa states the allowed number of hours monthly the at you can work for. And talking about non tech odd jobs to fulfil your financial requirements, there are plenty 

Placement

8

  • Due to strong connections of the university with the industry and a very large outreach, the job market is quite fair here. Approximately 75-80 percent people get a job while doing their thesis itself and the rest choose to go for higher studies.
  • The major companies here are Mercedes, Porsche, Bosch and IBM here. The professors with whom you do your h Thesis also help you out with the placements.

Accommodation

Off Campus
8

  • My uni doesn’t provide accommodations but I applied through portals which provide accommodations near the university. Monthly rent is about 350€. The most challenging thing in Germany is finding accommodations so my advice would to apply for them as soon as you decide the university.
  • My dorm is just 5 mins of walk away from the university. It is a 13 sharing dorm which means 13 rooms in a floor and the common space has kitchen and all three facilities and just because it’s a large sharing, the washrooms and the bathrooms are cleaned by the cleaners.

Exams

  • For English taught programs - min. 6.5 IELTS and for German taught - min. B2 level German. And GRE is optional. But best if attached.
  • There are no interviews for the admissions but your projects throughout your career before coming here matters a lot. Your projects and the credits earned should have good relevance with the course that you’re applying to.

Fees

  • The fees is 1500€ per sem and does not include dorm fees. Dorm fees is around 350 €.
    Monthly expenses include:
    Rent - 348
    DB ticket - 31
    Health Insurance - 127
    Self net WiFi - 9.5
    Sim.de - 8.5
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  • Total - 524 : 992-524 ??=?468
  • This is a breakdown of my monthly fixed expenses.
  • Plus groceries which would be around 70-80 a month.
  • And then comes personal, non essential expenses.

Scholarship

  • Yes there are several scholarships like Deutschland Stipendium and FEMTECH for women in STEM.

  • There are several other scholarships which are offered every semester and some are solely based on the grades and some on the financial conditions of the person in charge of paying the fees I.e. the 1st year is based on the blocked account money which you gets disbursed in your account monthly but after that (ideally) you start earning and managing your own expenses.