
Materials Science and Simulation
- Starting
- Winter semester
- Mode of admission:
- without admission restriction
- Application:
- directly at the University
- Study mode:
- On campus
Requirements
Qualification Requirements
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in one of the following or related disciplines: materials science, mechanical engineering, physics, civil engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, nanotechnology, or mathematics.
Academic achievement in the scope of at least 6 ECTS points in the subjects: material sciences, solid-state physics, physical chemistry or related subjects. All together, academic achievements of at least 30 ECTS points must be verified in these or comparable subjects. Furthermore, additional academic achievements of at least 20 ECTS points must be verified in mathematics, numerical mathematics advanced programming language or other comparable subjects.
Students who have irrevocably failed the final exam of a master, bachelor or diploma degree at a university in one of the disciplines mentioned above cannot apply for the master’s course Materials Science and Simulation.
A minimum final grade of 2.0 (German system) or “B” (European Credit Transfer System, ECTS) or in combination with a certificate stating that the candidate was among the top 30% graduates of his or her class.
Language Requirements
The following certificates are recognised as proof of your language proficience.
Application & Admission
Application Deadlines

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Application Procedure & Selection
Application Documents
Applications can be made online only. Before starting the application procedure you should make sure that you have the following electronic documents at hand:
- Passport photo (jpg).
- Curriculum vitae (pdf).
- School leaving certificate (pdf).
- Qualifying academic degree (pdf).
- Subjects and grades (pdf).
- Letter of motivation (free text, must be directly entered into the online form).
- English language certificate (pdf; see language requirements for more information).
- Students from China: APS document (pdf).
All certificates have to be translated into English or German. Make sure to send in only scanned copies of original documents.
The original documents will be required when registering at the university. If the original documents are not in English or German language, you have to add additional certified translations, i.e. by a sworn interpreter.