- Degree
- Master of Science
- Course location
- Hannover
- Teaching language
- • English
• German
- Languages
- Students can choose to study courses either in English or in German.
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Application deadline
- Application from students from non-EU countries (VPD from uni-assist is required (https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/studienplatzbewerbung/master-application-for-prospective-students-from-outside-the-eu#c81300))
• 15 April to 31 May of the year for the winter semester
• 15 October to 30 November of the previous year for the summer semester
Application from students from Germany and the EU
• 1 June to 15 July of the year for the winter semester
• 1 December to 15 January of the year for the summer semester
Prospective students applying from outside the EU must request a Preliminary Examination Documentation (VPD) from uni-assist before applying to the Master's programme. The processing time for the VPD takes up to eight weeks. Therefore, please allow enough time before applying for the programme. More information about applying for the VPD can be found on the central application pages (https://go.lu-h.de/apply-for-vpd).
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The Master of Science in Physics is awarded after the completion of a research-oriented study programme, which introduces students to the frontier of research in physics. The main goal of this programme is to develop the ability to work efficiently and independently at the forefront of research and technology development in the academic world and the business sector. This requires both an introduction to the general practice of scientific work and a professional specialisation in a field of physics.
Students are taught knowledge and skills in several areas of physics and are trained in independent scientific work. In particular, they acquire in-depth knowledge in three basic research areas (solid state physics, quantum optics, and gravitational physics) and carry out a research project in one of these areas.
Six experimental groups and four theory oriented groups work in quantum optics, covering a broad spectrum of topics, including: atom optics and quantum sensors, ultra-cold quantum gases, optomechanics, quantum dynamics in external light fields, ultrafast laser optics, quantum computing, quantum metrology, applied laser physics, trapped-ion quantum engineering, and optical clocks.
Four experimental groups and three theoretical groups work in solid-state physics. The research topics include low-dimensional solids (graphene, atomic wires, thin films), nanostructures (quantum dots), solar energy, strongly correlated electrons, exactly solvable quantum systems, and quantum transport.
Several experimental and theoretical groups conduct research related to gravitational physics at our faculty and at the associated Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute). The research topics include laser interferometry and gravitational wave astronomy on ground, and in space, quantum control, string theory, general relativity, cosmology.
Additional research fields for Master's theses are radioecology and quantum information theory.
In addition, a Master's research project can be carried out in several collaborating research centres such as the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.