Master of Science in Physics

The master’s degree program provides a further research-oriented qualification. The areas of specialization in the degree program at the University of Bonn are aligned with its main fields of research (hadron/particle physics, condensed matter/photonics).

The Master’s degree program in Physics

The master’s degree program introduces students to some of the current issues in modern physics research, which cover a wide range of theoretical and experimental physics questions in the fields of hadron and particle physics as well as condensed matter and photonics.

Students thus learn how to approach complex physical problems and solve them using scientific methods.

The four-semester master’s degree program is taught entirely in English and is divided into one year of courses and another of research.

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Elements of the Master’s degree program in Physics

  • The advanced compulsory courses in the first two semesters comprise a lecture on relativistic quantum theory and a lab course involving selected experiments from modern physics.

    Students are also expected to pick additional electives from a wide range of advanced lectures and seminars aligned with the main areas of physics research at the University of Bonn.

    Highlights include the Intensive Weeks, where students spend a few days tackling a research-related topic highly intensively in small groups, experiencing a mixture of lectures and practical assignments.

    These are complemented by research-based internships of around four weeks, which give students the opportunity to gain an insight into the activities of the individual working groups even before the actual research phase has begun.

  • The research phase of the master’s degree covers groundwork such as finding a topic for your master’s thesis as well as literature studies and lab work in the third semester and writing your master’s thesis independently in the fourth semester.

    During this final year of study, you will form an integral part of one of the many working groups at the University of Bonn or a research institute affiliated with it, allowing you to make your own creative contribution to current research.

    The colloquium on your master’s thesis is an opportunity to present your findings from the research phase in summary form and marks the end of the master’s degree program.

    You are likely to be able to continue the work that you began during the research phase as part of a doctorate.

  • Students will need a Bachelor’s degree in Physics or a related subject in order to be admitted to the Master’s degree program in Physics. Specifically, they will need to have obtained 15 ECTS in experimental physics (atomic, solid-state, nuclear and particle physics), 15 ECTS in theoretical physics (quantum mechanics, statistical physics) and 15 ECTS in lab courses.

    They will also need evidence of English skills at B1 level. While students who obtain their bachelor’s degree at the University of Bonn will be admitted automatically to the master’s degree program when they receive their bachelor’s certificate, external students will need to apply via the Bonn office of the Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy (BCGS).

Project ProMaster

ProMaster is a pilot study for a extensive, conceptional development of the Bachelor Physik and the Master of Physics. The aim is a better individual studyability and an idividually shortest possible time to aquire the Master degree, which usually represents the professionally qualifying degree.

Contact

Subject-specific study advisor for the Master’s degree program in Physics (MSc)

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Prof. Dr. Manuel Drees

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53115 Bonn

Bonn

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