Physics
- Starting
- Both semesters
- Mode of admission:
- local admission restriction
- Application:
- directly at University
- Study mode:
- On campus
Requirements
Qualification Requirements
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in physics or other science with at least 50% physics-relevant components.
The final grade should be 2.9 or better on the German scale.
Successful applicants possess knowledge and competencies in theoretical and experimental physics as well as in methods of linear algebra and calculus. They have practical experiences in solving multi-faceted problems in physics in a specified period including finding and understanding the relevant scientific literature, project planning, as well as documentation and presentation of the results. In addition, they possess knowledge in experimental techniques as well as computational skills and are used to work in a team.
In particular, successful applicants possess:
- Understanding of the experimental foundations and their mathematical descriptions in the area of classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and of transport phenomena of charges, currents, fields, and waves.
- Knowledge in atomic, molecular, and quantum physics, and in particular in condensed matter, nuclear, and particle physics.
- Knowledge and understanding of the foundations, methods, and concepts of theoretical physics in the area of Newtonian and analytical mechanics of point masses, of rigid bodies and continua, as well as thermodynamics, elementary statistics, classical field theory, vector fields, Maxwellian equations, special relativity, and quantum mechanics.
- The ability to apply their knowledge in the aforementioned areas to physics problems independently.
Language Requirements
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Application Documents
The application process for German and other candidates holding a relevant German degree:
German applicants and applicants from the members states of the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) as well as foreign nationals with the same status as German students (Bildungsinländer/innen); international applicants with a German 'Abitur' or/and a German bachelor's degree should use the online application form, that is linked on the web page of the program.
Complete this form, and send a printout of it together with the other application materials listed below to the following address:
Universität Heidelberg
MASTER / PHYSIK
Postfach 10 57 60
D- 69047 Heidelberg
Germany
List of required documents.
Your application must include the following documents:
- The completed printed version of the application form.
- Officially certified photocopies or typescripts of certificates obtained from the university and other tertiary education (i.e. colleges, academies, etc) including:
- The relevant transcripts of individual grades per semester or academic year (transcript of records), especially those of the fifth semester if the final grade has not yet been awarded commensurate with 150 ECTS credit points.
- The diploma supplement. In addition, if the documents are not in German or English an officially certified translation into German is required.
- A curriculum vitae.
- An affidavit, i.e. a legally binding declaration of the applicant, whether the applicant has lost the entitlement to finalize master degree studies in physics or degree courses of similar type and contents as well as to whether the applicant is in the process of finalizing such kind of the aforementioned degree courses - this document needs to be signed by the student, however, further certification is not needed.
- An officially certified photocopy or typescript of the school leaving certificate that entitles the student to enter university in their country of origin (e.g. abitur, baccalauréat, GCE, A & O level, matriculation certificate, etc.) including the relevant list of individual grades. In addition, an officially certified translation in German is required (except for documents in English).
The application process for German and other candidates holding a relevant German degree:
German and international applicants with a non-German Bachelor of Science degree (or equivalent) should send their documents to the address given below.
Please register first using the online application form (see the web page of the program) and complete it. In addition, send a printout of the form together with the other application material specified below to the University of Heidelberg to the following address which must be reached by the deadlines specified:
Universität Heidelberg
Studierendenadministration
Seminarstr. 2
D-69117 Heidelberg
GERMANY
List of documents required.
The application for admission must include the following documents:
- The completed printed version of the online application form.
- Officially certified photocopies or typescripts of certificates obtained from the university and other tertiary education (i.e. colleges, academies, etc) including:
- The relevant transcripts of individual grades per semester or academic year (transcript of records), especially those of the fifth semester if the final grade has not yet been awarded, and
- The diploma supplement. In addition, if the documents are not in German or English an officially certified translation into German is required.
- A curriculum vitae.
- An officially certified photocopy or typescript of the school leaving certificate that entitles the student to enter university in their country of origin (e.g. abitur, baccalauréat, GCE, A & O level, matriculation certificate, etc.) including the relevant list of individual grades. In addition, an officially certified translation in German is required (except for documents in English).
- Copy of the passport (page with the name given in Latin script).
Country specific requirements:
- Applicants with prerequisites from Mongolia must add to their application a confirmation of the authenticity of their educational prerequisites from the German Embassy in Ulan Bator, in the original or as an officially certified photocopy.
- Applicants with prerequisites from the People's Republic of China must attach to their application an original confirmation of the authenticity of their educational prerequisites from the Akademische Prüfstelle (APS) of the German Embassy in Beijing.
- Applicants with prerequisites from Vietnam must attach to their application an original confirmation of the authenticity of their educational prerequisites from the Akademische Prüfstelle (APS) of the German Embassy in Hanoi.
