Master of Science in Physics
The two year master program in Physics builds up on the knowledge and skills students have aquired in their bachelor programs. The program's language is English. It comprises a mandatory part of required courses (Advanced Theoretical Physics and Practical Trainings), as well as a spezialization part in which students choose two physical areas according to their interests from a number of research areas. To broaden the horizon and promote multidisciplinarity the master program also compasses an elective area allowing students to choose among a great number of courses from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences including additional courses in Physics. During the research phase of the program, students work on projects at the frontier of current research.
Owing to its research oriented focus the Cologne master program prepares for a consecutive PhD program. The master program as well as the consecutive PhD program are embedded in the Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy, BCGS.