Physics (Biophysics)

Course of studies

Degree

Master

Duration of study (semesters)

4

Language

Deutsch

Location

Garching

Description of course of studies

The Master of Science in Biophysics is a two year full time programme with 120 CP in total. The programme is consecutive to the Physics Bachelor programme and leads to actual research contents.

During first year students choose from the wide catalogue of specialty modules, according to their interests. The catalogue consists of chosen topics from experimental to theoretical Physics and represents the scientific profile of the Physics-Department at TUM. The research areas cover Condensed matter (KM), Particle-, Nuclear- and Astrophysics (KTA) and Biophysics (BIO). The applied fields in these areas compose the contents for the study programme Applied and Engineering Physics (AEP). Examples of the catalogue are listed at the end of the course description. Four elective modules (worth 20 CP) have to be chosen from the focus Biophysics, two more elective courses (10 CP) from the complementary fields.

The programme is consolidated by the mandatory course in Theoretical Physics, continuum mechanics, and completes hereby the broad profile and professional focus of the physics course. Additional students have to pass a Proseminar and the advanced laboratory. These are thematically assigned to the main focus and will be credited as course achievements.

Connections to neighbouring sciences and applications of Physics in Engineering or Medicine are ensured through the Non-physical electives. Students can choose exams compassing 8 CP from a catalogue that is to be defined by the examinations board. Two CP will be credited as course achievements from the module “Soft skills”.

During second year students concentrate on their research project which can be carried out either at one of the institutes of the physics department of TUM or one of the associated institutes (Max Planck Institutes, etc.). Students are directly involved in the research on a recent topic in either Theoretical or Experimental Physics whilst working on their project. The research is supplemented by the Master Seminar (10 CP) and the Masters-Praktikum (15 CP) which provide necessary prerequisites in conception and creation for the following Master’s thesis (30 CP). The Master’s thesis has to be defended in the concluding Master Colloquium (5 CP).

Examples of special courses:
Modules for study programme assigned to Biophysics:

• Applied Physics: Polymer physics
• Biommedical Physics
• Bionanotechnology
• Computational Biophysics
• Computational Physics
• Fundamentals of Surface and Nanoscale Science
• Life Sciences: Radiation Biophysics
• Molekular Biophysics: Spectroskopic Methods
• Nanostructured Soft Materials
• Theoretical Biophysics
• Biophysics of Cells
• Fundamentals of Biophysics
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations: from principles to applications
• Scattering Methods in Biophysics
• Structure formation and association of biomolecules
• Theoretical Physics of neuronal Informations processing

Curriculum (link)

http://www.ph.tum.de/angebot/master/masterplan?language=en

Course of studies

Biophysics

Internship

Application and admission

Application

Online-application: http://www.tum.de/en/studies/before-your-studies/application-and-acceptance/

Aptitude test

yes

Information on the aptitude test

http://www.ph.tum.de/angebot/master/bewerbung/eignung

Start of course

Winter and summer semester, winter semester recommended

Application Period

Winter semester: 01.04 - 31.05
Summer semester: 01.11- 31.12

Admission notification

Via Email after verification of application documents

Application documents

Curriculum Vitae (CV), Letter of Motivation, passport-size photo, Personal ID (copy), Subject and grade transcript of studies to date (certified copy), Degree certificate and Diploma (certified copies)
Attention! You will get a check list of all required papers after filling the online-application.

Application documents (International students)

Curriculum Vitae (CV), Letter of Motivation, passport-size photo, Personal ID (copy), Subject and grade transcript of studies to date (certified copy), Certificate of German language proficiency, Degree certificate and Diploma (certified copies)
Attention! You will get a check list of all required papers after filling the online-application.

Application form/ Online application (Link)

http://www.tum.de/en/studies/before-your-studies/application-and-acceptance/filling-out-an-online-application/

Further information on admission procedure (link)

http://www.ph.tum.de/angebot/master/bewerbung?language=en

Information | Counselling

Academic counseling

Dr. Martin Saß

General student counseling (Link)

http://portal.mytum.de/studium/studienberatung/

Contact

Studienberatung

Study and examination regulations

Examination regulations (Link)

http://www.ph.tum.de/angebot/master/legal

Examination information

For the recognition of already earned semesters & examinations, please contact the office of the faculty’s examination board.

Further links

Website of course of studies (link)

http://www.ph.tum.de/angebot/master?language=en

Department website

http://www.ph.tum.de

Student´s representatives (link)

http://mpi.fs.tum.de/FBP

Women's representatives (link)

http://www.ph.tum.de/fakultaet/beauftragte/#Gleichstellung

Study abroad program coordinator

Prof. Stefan Schönert, Dr. Maria Eckholt