M.Sc. Physics

The requirements for admission to the master's degree program in Physics are based on the current admission regulations (opens in a new tab):

• bachelor's degree
• a passed bachelor's degree or at least an equivalent degree in Physics or a related degree program with essentially the same content at a university, university of applied sciences, university of cooperative education or at a foreign university. The degree must have been completed within a standard period of study of at least three years and with a minimum number of 180 credit points (CP) in accordance with ECTS
• minimum knowledge and minimum achievements in the subjects
• Theoretical Physics (Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Physics) amounting to at least 32 ECTS credits
• Experimental Physics (Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Optics, Thermodynamics, Atomic Physics, Molecular Physics, Nuclear Physics, Solid State Physics) amounting to at least 32 ECTS credits
• Physics lab courses worth at least 18 ECTS credits
• Other courses can be recognized if they are equivalent.
• If you are applying with fewer than 82 ECTS credits in Theoretical Physics, Experimental Physics and Physics Internships, but at least 30 ECTS credits in Theoretical Physics, 30 ECTS credits in Experimental Physics and 15 ECTS credits in Physics lab courses, you have the opportunity to prove your knowledge in an interview in accordance with Section 6 of the admission regulations.
• Letter of motivation
• a letter of motivation (approx. 1000-3000 characters) in German or English, in which you explain your motivation for studying in the master's program in Physics at KIT
• Proof of entitlement to an examination
• proof that you have not definitively failed an examination required by the examination regulations in the master's degree program in Physics or a related degree program with essentially the same content and that you are still entitled to an examination

For the master's degree program in Physics, you need very good knowledge of English, which must correspond to at least level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

The following is sufficient proof of your English language skills

• your Abitur certificate, if you have taken English for at least five years up to graduation and your final or average grade of the last two years of English lessons corresponds to at least the German grade 4 (sufficient) or at least 5 points or
• a degree from a university with English as the sole language of instruction and examination, whereby English must be the only and official language of the completed degree program noted in the diploma supplement, the transcript of records or the degree certificate