Overview
Conditions of admission
Applications
Overview
| Course content and focus areas |
Physics is the science of the structure, characteristics, conditions and motion of matter and energy, as well as the underlying interactions and forces and the resulting dimensions. As such, it is the material basis of all natural sciences and all technical disciplines. It is a science that is based on activity, as it requires experimental and theoretical implementation, utilisation and further development of its content and methods.
It is also a quantitative science, as the aim of physics is the quantitatively reproducible description of processes in nature and the production of quantitative correlations between different phenomena and classes of phenomena. In order to achieve these targets, physics relies to a large extent on mathematical methods.
The wide range of tasks means that physics students must learn to be able to become acquainted with very different special subjects quickly in professional life, even if it was not part of their study programme. This skill relies on a profound understanding and clear command of the widest range of basic scientific information and methods possible, and this is the main focus of the study programme.
Students are only able to specialise in one subject and proceed in this subject up to the current limits of knowledge if they understand the basics of the discipline. This specialisation is achieved to a certain extent in the Bachelor’s programme by students selecting optional compulsory modules from different fields of physics, and via the Bachelor’s thesis that represents a separate introduction into the practical work in one of the research areas of the department.
The student’s own specialisation takes place at the beginning of the Master’s programme and culminates in the Master’s thesis in which students carry out independent work on a recent scientific problem. For this reason, the Master’s thesis represents a unique examination that is indispensable in the education of physicists.
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| Detailed information |
Information from the department
Study regulations
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| Degree |
Master of Science in Physics
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| Duration |
The standard length of study for the Master of Arts is 4 semesters.
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| Languages of instruction |
German
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| Start of the programme |
The programme starts at the beginning of the winter or summer semester.
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| Student advisory service |
Major "Physik"
JProf. Dr. Marc Wagner
Raum 02.103 (2. OG)
Max-von-Laue-Str. 1
60438 Frankfurt
Tel. 069/798-47835
mwagner@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Dörner
Raum 01.303 (1. OG)
Max-von-Laue-Str. 1
60438 Frankfurt
Tel. 069/798-47003
doerner@atom.uni-frankfurt.de
Major "Physik mit Schwerpunkt Informationstechnologie"
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Roskos
Raum _0.220 (UG)
Max-von-Laue-Str. 1
60438 Frankfurt
Tel. 069/798-47214
Roskos@Physik.uni-frankfurt.de
Major "Physik mit Schwerpunkt Computational Physics"
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Engel
Raum 01.122 (1. OG)
Max-von-Laue-Str. 1
60438 Frankfurt
Tel. 069/798-47351
engel@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de
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Conditions of admission
| Admission requirements |
- Bachelor’s degree in physics or a comparable degree
- Applicants with an international university entrance qualification and Bachelor's degree must prove
sufficient German language skills according to the regulations of the Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang (DSH), the German language test for university entrance
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| Provisional admission |
Provisional admission is possible if at least 80% of the required CP for the bachelor's degree have been completed and the Bachelor's dissertation has been finalised or is about to be submitted. The Bachelor's degree certificate has to be handed in no later than 6 months after admission.
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| Mode of admission |
Admission is not restricted. Students will be directly admitted if the admission requirements are met in full.
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Applications
Documents to be submitted |
- If you are not already enrolled at Goethe-University Frankfurt:
university entrance qualification (e.g. A-Levels)
- Bachelor’s degree certificate
- If the Bachelor's degree has not yet been completed:
- a transcript of records or equivalent document listing the content of the study programme and average grade
- letter of recommendation from your supervisor (Download)
- Declaration of examination claim (Download)
- If the first degree was obtained at an international higher education institution:
either a certificate of German language skills (see here for more information about the required skills)
- APS certificate for applicants from India, Vietnam and PR of China (original)
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| Deadline for applications |
01.06. - 31.08. for the winter semester
01.12. - 28.02. for the summer semester
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| Address for applications |
On-line application portal for Master's study programmes |
