Admission Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Physics or in a related subject with at least three years of study and at least 180 ECTS Credits (conversion rule of thumb for non-EU applicants: 1 ECTS = 30 hours of study):

• including at least 126 Credits in the field of physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology or computer sciences,
• including at least 78 Credits in the field of physics,
• including at least 12 Credits in the field of theoretical physics (quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics)
• Non-EU applicants have to take the GRE physics test (Please use the DI Code 4056 and indicate our institution as a score recipient.)

Applicants must provide proof of either (1) excellent English skills, or (2) good English and good German skills.
(1) As proof of excellent English skills we require at least one of the following:

• Having English as your native language
• Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): B
• UNIcert: III;
• NULTE Certificate: C1;
• Cambridge English Scale: 180 points
• IELTS Academic 6.5
• TOEFL iBT (internet-based): 95 points;
• Global Scale of English (Pearson Academic): 76 points;
• equivalent proof (CEF): C1;
• Degree certificate of a program of study lasting at least two years and with English as teaching language

(2a) As proof of good English skills we require at least one of the following:

• A grade point average of at least 8 points in the subject of English throughout the two school years prior to acquiring university entrance qualification (Abitur)
• UNIcert: II;
• NULTE Certificate: B2;
• Cambridge English Scale: 160 points
• IELTS Academic: 5.5;
• TOEFL iBT (internet-based): 81 points;
• Global scale of English (Pearson Academic): 59 points;
• equivalent proof (CEF): B2;
• one year spent studying or working abroad in a country in which English is the official language

(2b)As proof of good German skills we require at least one of the following:

• Having a previous education (e.g. Abitur) where German was (one of) the main teaching language(s)
• DSH II;
• TestDaF 4