Master program courses

You can find all Master courses in an alphabetical order in the right column or chronologically in the tables below. These tables are based on the ''Studienplan vom 1. September 2008''. All students studying in an older system are kindly asked to refer to the old regulations.

The pages of the individual courses (similar to the ones in the Bachelor program) will be online soon.

Master programs

• Master in Experimental Physics, Applied Physics, Astronomy (90 ECTS)
• Master in Theoretical Physics (90 ECTS)

Master in Experimental Physics, Applied Physics, Astronomy (90 ECTS)

The number of ECTS points appointed with each course are given in brackets.

1. Semester (24)
Measurement Techniques in Physics (4)
Numerical Methods in Physics (4)
Advanced Course I (4)
Lab Course for Modern Physics II (6+6)
2. Semester (33)
Advanced Course II (4)
Specialist Course I (4)
Seminar I and II (2.5 of 5)
Master Thesis (22.5 of 45)
3. Semester (33)
Advanced Course III (4)
Specialist Course II (4)
Seminar I and II (2.5 of 5)
Master Thesis (22.5 of 45)

Advanced and Specialist Courses
Spring Semester 2013

Advanced Courses
Kosmologie
Specialist Courses
Advanced Optics I
Atmospheric Physics
Detectors for Particles and Radiation
Glaciology
High Energy Frontier Physics
Mass Spectrometry and Ion Optics
Satellite geodesy

Master in Theoretical Physics (90 ECTS)

The number of ECTS points appointed with each course are given in brackets.

1. Semester
Quantum Field Theory I (5)
General Relativity (5)
Theoretical Exercises (6)
Advanced Concepts of Theoretical Physics (4)
2. Semester
Quantum Field Theory II (5)
Standard Model (5)
Master Thesis (20 of 45)
3. Semester
Master Thesis (25 of 45)
Additional physics and/or mathematics lectures worth 15 ECTS points anytime during the three semesters.

Specialist Courses Spring Semester 2013
Electroweak Physics
History of Quantum Mechanics

Further Specialist Courses can be found under the topic Master in Experimental Physics, Applied Physics, Astronomy.

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