Biophysics

Course of studies

Degree

Master

Duration of study (semesters)

4

Language

Deutsch

Location

Garching

Description of course of studies

The Master 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 of 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 (2 CP). 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).

During Master studies every student will be accompanied by a Professor in the function of a mentor who will support in finding the right focus and in the compilation/configuration/combination of the individual study plan.

Examples of special courses:
Modules for study programme associated to Applied and Engineering Physics:

• Applied Physics: Polymer physics
• Biommedical Physics
• Bionanotechnology
• Computational Biophysics
• Computational Physics
• Fundamentals of Surface and Nanoscale Science
• Biomedizinische Physik
• Bionanotechnologie
• 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

Course of studies

Biophysics

Internship

Application and admission

Application

Online application, http://portal.mytum.de/studium/onlinebewerbung/index_html/document_view?

Aptitude test

yes

Start of course

Winter and summer semester, winter semester recommended

Application Period

Winter semester: March 05 - May 31
Summer semester: Nov. 15 - Dec. 31

Admission notification

Online after verification of application documents

Application documents

Application for admission (Online Application), Academic Records transcript of records of bachelor’s degree or equivalent (officially authenticated copy), copy of TOEFL/IELTS scores, Resume personal ID (copy), Curriculum Vitae, passport-size photo Attention! You will get a checklist of the required documents after completing the online application.

Application documents (International students)

Personalausweis (Kopie), Lebenslauf, Lichtbild, Sprachnachweis (EN), Studienabschlusszeugnis (sofern zum Bewerbungszeitpunkt vorhanden), Fächer und Notentranskript von bisherigen Studien, Motivationsschreiben.
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Application form/ Online application (Link)

http://portal.mytum.de/studium/onlinebewerbung/index_html/document_view?

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

Study abroad program coordinator

Dr. Maria Eckholt