Which universities suit a graduate in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering applying to Germany or UK?

Rather than repeating the specialisation question, the university choice itself matters here because German programs check your ECTS credit distribution closely, so a school whose control-and-automation track maps onto your actual undergraduate subjects saves you from a bridging semester.

Five Named Universities Worth Shortlisting

Checking Your ECTS Fit Before You Shortlist

• Germany: universities scrutinise credit counts in mathematics, control theory and core electronics against your transcript.
• United Kingdom: a 1-year format, admissions weigh your final-year project and personal statement more heavily than exact credit mapping.
• Language: DAAD-listed programs at Bremen and similar schools are taught fully in English, with no German-language requirement for admission.

A Sixth University and a Testing Timeline

• University of Bremen: its M.Sc. Control, Microsystems and Microelectronics (CommME) programme, listed on DAAD's own international-programmes portal, maps directly onto EIE's instrumentation and sensor coursework.
• Timeline: sit your IELTS or TOEFL well ahead of application deadlines, ideally with results in hand a full year out, since German public-university deadlines cluster around mid-July for the following intake.

This Information Is Also Available On

DAAD, Germany's state-backed academic exchange service, on its listing for the MSc in Electronics Engineering at Bremen; TU Munich's own Communications and Electronics Engineering course page; University of Hertfordshire's own MSc Electronics Engineering page; and University of Derby's own Control and Instrumentation MSc page.

My Advice

Pull your actual transcript's credit hours in mathematics and control theory before you shortlist a German university, since that single check tells you which schools you can apply to directly and which would need extra coursework first. If your final-year project involved PLC, sensors or embedded C work, lead with it in your Statement of Purpose regardless of which country you choose. Between the two countries, the UK's 1-year format gets you into the job market faster, while Germany's near-zero tuition rewards patience if you can commit to the longer, more credit-scrutinised route.