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Applied Physics (M.Sc.)

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Composition of the Study Programme

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Duration of Studies

4 Semesters - 120 Credit Points

 

Composition of the Study Programme

The Master’s degree programme is structured as follows:

  • the compulsory module ‘Academic Presentation’ (3 CP),
  • a specialisation module (12 CP),
  • a compulsory elective area I, the ‘core area’, which is designed to impart core competences (45–69 CP), and
  • a compulsory elective area II, the ‘area of specialisation’, (6–30 CPD) as well as
  • the Master’s thesis (30 CPD).
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The courses available in Elective Module I are:

  • Applications of Nuclear Physics, Matter & Radiation,
  • Applications of Nuclear and Particle Physics in Medicine, Engineering and Space Technology,
  • Epitaxy,
  • External Work Placement,
  • Solid-State Physics,
  • Solid-State Theory,
  • Fundamentals of Micro- and Nanostructuring,
  • Semiconductor Devices,
  • Semiconductor Physics,
  • Industrial Research and Project Management,
  • Information Visualisation,
  • Artificial Intelligence I,
  • Artificial Intelligence II,
  • Measurement and Computing Techniques,
  • Surface and Interfacial Physics,
  • Surface Analysis,
  • Plasma Physics,
  • Detector Technology Practical,
  • Quantum Structures,
  • Quantum Mechanical Background to the Macroscopic Properties of Matter and Devices,
  • Spectroscopy,
  • Fundamentals of Materials Science,
  • Engineering Informatics,
  • Engineering Informatics Practical,
  • Theoretical Materials Research,
  • Transport Phenomena,
  • Specialisation Module

 

In Compulsory Electives II, you can choose from a range of subjects, thereby either expanding your subject-specific skills or acquiring complementary non-subject-specific skills. Students may enrol on courses in physics, data science, computer science, mathematics or materials science. Further modules are available on request. Modules worth up to 6 CP may be chosen in the form of non-subject-specific skills (AfK modules).

The final Master’s dissertation (‘Thesis’) in the fourth semester leads to the second professionally qualifying degree, the Master of Science.

You can find sample study plans in the specific regulations for the degree programme (see below).

Academic advice is available and recommended when choosing your compulsory elective modules (see the ‘Contact’ tab).

 

Information on the programme and the modules

A binding description of the course of study and the module content can be found in the special regulations for the degree programme (appendices ‘Course of study plans’ and ‘Module descriptions’)

Special regulations

Courses and Lectures

Information on the courses can be found in the JLU course catalogue (eVV):

elektronischen Vorlesungsverzeichnis (eVV)

Application

Bewerbung: Zulassungsvoraussetzungen

Commencement of Studies

Possible during the winter and the summer semester.

Admission requirements

Admission requirement is a relevant Bachelor's degree in Physics, Applied Physics, Physics and Technology for Space Applications, Advanced Materials/Material Science at JLU or another relevant university degree.

A degree is relevant to the subject if, in addition to the Bachelor's thesis alone or together with creditable achievements from another university degree programme, the required course of study includes at least the following achievements:

  • 36 CP in the field of experimental physics,
  • 18 CP physics practicals,
  • 18 CP in theoretical physics and
  • 18 CP in the field of mathematics.

The Examination Board may recognise other degree programmes as equivalent and, if necessary, make them subject to additional coursework requirements of up to 30 CP, which must be completed within the first two semesters. 

Language Requirements

English language skills at level B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) are required for the degree programme. Proof of this must be provided by

a) the Abitur certificate,

b) upper secondary school reports or proof of at least four years of schooling in English, 

c) proof of successfully completed language courses totalling at least 120 hours of instruction, 

d) specialised reports or lector examinations on language skills acquired through stays abroad, university language courses or self-study, 

e) proof of a UNIcert level I qualification or 

f) a TOEFL test (computer-based score of at least 43, written test with at least 550 points) or an equivalent language test (IELTS, DEP, PET etc.). 

Proof must be provided within the first two semesters of study.

Application2

Application for admission and registration

  • The intake capacity of this degree programme is not limited internally by the university.
  • Applications must be received by the JLU Student Secretariat by 15th January for the summer semester and 15th July for the winter semester. More on this...
  • Special regulations apply to foreign applicants or those who gained their university-entrance qualifications abroad. Read more...

 

Career Options

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Career Options

During your studies, you will acquire a broad qualification profile, particularly in areas that require analytical, systematic and synthetic skills. This gives you career prospects in a whole range of professions and industries and - especially after a subsequent doctorate - very good opportunities on the labour market.

Significant fields of activity for physicists can be found in the following sectors (cf. Koppel 2016:27):

  • Education and teaching,
  • Technical services,
  • metal and electrical industry and
  • information and communication services.

Occupational profiles in which physicists are employed are in particular (ibid.: 21):

  • Teaching and research occupations,
  • gainful employment as a physicist (about 1/5 of physicists),
  • Engineering professions,
  • MINT expert occupations (MINT = mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology) and
    Expert occupations in economics, for example in management consulting and communication

but also a variety of other possible fields of activity in which the above-mentioned competences play a role.

Source and additional information:

DPG - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Physik konkret, February 2019: Labour market for physicists, URL:
physicists, URL: www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentlichungen/publikationen/physikkonkret/pix/pkonkret_2019_36.pdf

Additional Information

Doctoral Studies

After successfully completing a Master's degree, a doctoral programme is possible. This opens up further career opportunities.

Information on doctoral studies

International

International: incomings

Information about studying at Justus Liebig University Giessen (incomings)

Departmental contact persons:

International Office

General counselling of international students
studium-international@uni-giessen.de
Goethestrasse 58
35390 Giessen
Contact and office hours

More information on studying in Giessen

Further Information

Further Information: Documents

Examination- and study regulations

 

Courses offered in the course catalogue

Links

Master's Degree Programmes of Faculty 07

Any Questions

Any Questions?

Information- and advisory services of JLU can be found under the category “contact” on this page!

Contact

Contact

Subject Advisors

 

Prof. Dr. Lorenz von Smekal
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, Raum 420
35392 Gießen
Tel.: 0641 - 99 33300

Prof. Dr. Michael Dürr
Institut für Angewandte Physik
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, room 531
35392 Giessen
Tel.: 0641 - 99 33490

 

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Central Student Services

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