Examination regulations, Module handbooks & Forms
Examination regulations & Module handbook
- Examination regulations (PDF, official version, in German)
- Module handbook (PDF, official version, partially in German)
General information bulletin for the topics of lab courses in Cologne
Forms
Please find below a number of forms you will need in the course of your studies. You can download them and fill them electronically, but they should be printed and manually signed before handing them over to the examination office.
- Form for the courses in the Primary Area of Specialization to keep record on which lectures you have taken for your Primary Area. The form is needed to register the respective module examination.
- Form for the courses in the Secondary Area of Specialization to keep record on which lectures you have taken for your Secondary Area. The form is needed to register the respective module examination.
- Form for the courses in the Elective Area to keep record on which lectures you have taken for your Elective Area. The form is needed to register the respective module examination.
- Form for the protocol of the first advisory meeting about program and timescales for the research area. This protocol must be written and signed by you and your advisor before starting Introductory Project I.
- Certification for Introductory Project I to document having successfully finished the Introductory Project I.
- Certification for Introductory Project II to document having successfully finished the Introductory Project II.
Please note that the form to register your Master thesis is only avaliable in the examination office.
Examples of courses which were credited in the past
For your convenience, this overview shows what courses have been offered in earlier semesters and will be accepted without further consultation of the examination board in the future, in case they are offered again. This overview does not show which courses are currently offered or which courses will be offered in the future!
Astrophysics (Cologne)
Seminars:
- Advanced Astrophysics: winter semester, 9 credit points, 4+2 hours per week, Details
- Active Galaxies: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Astrochemistry: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Data Analysis: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Experimental Methods in Astrophysics: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Fourier Transformation and its Applications: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Galaxy Dynamics: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Hydrodynamics: summer semester, 6 credit points, 2+2 hours per week, Details
- Methods of Molecular Astrophysics: summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Observational Methods in Infrared Astronomy: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Optical/Infrared Interferometry: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Physics of the Interstellar Medium: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Star Formation: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Observational Cosmology (Bonn): summer semester, 4 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Radiointerferometry: Methods and Science (Bonn): summer semester, 4 credit points, 2+2 hours per week, Details
- Additional Topical Specialized Lectures
- Advanced Seminar on Topical Subjects of Astrophysics: winter or summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
Condensed Matter Physics (Cologne)
Seminars:
- Condensed Matter Physics I: winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details
- Condensed Matter Physics II: summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details
- Superconductivity: winter semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Magnetism: summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Experimental Methods in Condensed Matter Physics: summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Physics of Surfaces and Nanostructures: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Introduction to Neutron-Scattering: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Optical Spectroscopy: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Photons and Matter: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Solid State Spectroscopy: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Topological Matter: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Spintronics: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Mesoscopic Physics: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Quantum Nanoscience: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Solar Energy Conversion: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Semiconductor Physics and Nanoscience: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- additional sepcialized courses as announced
- Advanced Seminar on current topics in Condensed Matter Physics: winter/summer term, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
General Relativity / Quantum Field Theory (Cologne)
Seminars:
- Relativity and Cosmology I: winter semester, 9 credit points, 4+2 hours per week, Details
- Relativity and Cosmology II: summer semester, 9 credit points, 4+2 hours per week, Details
- Quantum Field Theory I: summer semester, 9 credit points, 4+2 hours per week, Details
- Quantum Field Theory II: winter semester, 9 credit points, 4+2 hours per week, Details
- Quantum Aspects of Gravity: Quantum Gravity, The Early Universe, QFT in Curved Spacetime Foundations of Quantum Theory, Quantum Black Holes: winter/summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Particle- and Astrophysics: Advanced Astrophysics, Group Theory, Theoretical Particle Physics, Advanced Theoretical Physics, Theoretical Astroparticle Physics, Superstring Theory, Supersymmetry: winter/summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details
- Mathematics: Topology, Differential Geometry, Theory of Groups, Functional Analysis, Geometry and Analysis on Supermanifolds and Lie Supergroups: winter / summer semester, 3 / 6 credit points, 2 / 4+2 hours per week, Details
- Geometry in Physics: summer semester, 9 credit points, 4+2 hours per week, Details
- Advanced seminar on current topics in general relativity and quantum field theory: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week
Molecular Physics (Cologne)
Seminars:
- Molecular Physics I: winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details
- Molecular Physics II: summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details
- Astrochemistry: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Experiments in Molecular Physics: summer semester, 3 / 4.5 credit points, 2 / 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Methods of Molecular Astrophysics: summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Experimental Methods in Astrophysics: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Fouriertransformations and their Applications: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Physics of the Interstellar Medium: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Star Formation: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Measurement Techniques in Molecular Physics: winter semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Introduction to Atmospheric Physics: summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Modern Spectroscopy (Bonn): winter/summer semester, 4 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Laser Physics and non-linear Optics (Bonn): winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details
- Advanced Seminar on Current Topics of Molecular and Astrophysics: winter/summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
Nuclear & Particle Physics (Cologne)
Seminars:
- Nuclear Physics II: winter semester, 4.5 credit points, 3 hours per week, Details
- Particle Physics: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 3 hours per week, Details
- Physics of Detectors: summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Theoretical nuclear physics I: The Nuclear Shell Model: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Theoretical nuclear physics II: Interacting Boson Model: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Theoretical nuclear physics III: Symmetries in atomic nuclei: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Nuclear Astrophysics: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Neutron Physics: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Selected Problems in Nuclear Structure: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Selected Topics of Modern Nuclear Physics: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Heavy Ion Physics: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Tools for Particle Physics: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Selected Topics on Future Energy Supply: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week
- Applied Nuclear Physics: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Advanced Seminar in Nuclear and Particle Physics: 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
Solid State Theory / Computational Physics (Cologne)
Seminars:
- Solid State Theory: winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details
- Computational Many-Body Physics: summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details
- Quantum Field Theory I: summer semester, 9 credit points, 4+2 hours per week, Details
- Quantum Field Theory II: winter semester, 9 credit points, 4+2 hours per week, Details
- Advanced Topics in Solid State Theory, e.g.: Collective and topological phenomena, nano physics, correlated matter: summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week
- Specialized Courses of the module Condensed Matter Physics, e.g.: Superconductivity, Semiconductors, Magnetism: winter/summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week
- Hydrodynamics: 3 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Advanced Seminar on Current Topics in Solid State Theory and Computational Physics:summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
Statistical & Biological Physics (Cologne)
Advanced lab courses:
- Biological Physics I: Molecules and Cells: winter semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
- Evolutionary Biology and Genomics for Physicists: summer semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
- Biological Physics II: Systems: summer semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
- Selected topics: Soft and Biological Matter: summer semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
- Selected topics: Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics: summer semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
- Selected topics: Statistical physics of disordered systems, information, and inference: summer semester, 6(+1.5) credit points, 3+1(+1) hours per week, Details
- Computational soft matter physics: winter semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Probability theory and stochastic processes: winter semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Introduction to Network Science: summer semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Introduction to Statistical Optics: summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Physics of Granular Matter: winter semester, 4.5 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, Details
- Physics in Medicine I: Fundamentals of Analyzing Biomedical Signals (Bonn): winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details
- Advanced seminar on Statistical and Biological Physics: winter semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, Details
- Experiment and Simulation Biological Systems: winter semester, 4.5 credit points, 3 hours per week, Details
Foundations of Quantum Technology: Matter, Light and Information (ML4Q)
Aachen:
- Platforms for Quantum Technologies (Cologne, Bonn, Aachen): winter/summer semester, 6 credit points, Details
- Quantum Information Theory: winter/summer semester, 6 credit points, Details
- Computational Many-Body Physics: summer semester, 6 credit points, Details
- Topological Matter (and Quantum Computing): winter/summer semester, 3 credit points, Details
- Photons and Matter: winter/summer semester, 3 credit points, Details
- Selected topics in Quantum Technology: e.g. Quantum Error Correction, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: winter/summer semester, 6 credit points
- Seminars: e.g. Quantum Computing Architectures, Disentangling Quantum Matter with Quantum Information Theory: winter/summer semester, 3 credit points, Details
- Further suitable courses as announced
- Core: Advanced Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics: winter semester, 6 credit points, Details
- Core: Quantum Optics: summer semester, 6 credit points, Details
- Core: Lasers and Photonic Devices: summer semester, 6 credit points, Details
- Elective: Advanced Topics in Quantum Optics: winter/summer semester, 4 credit points, Details
- Elective: Advanced Topics in Photonics: winter/summer semester, 4 credit points, Details
- Elective: Modern Spectroscopy: winter/summer semester, 4 credit points, Details
- Elective: Ultracold Atomic Gases: winter semester, 6 credit points, Details
- Further suitable courses as announced
- Physics of Nanostructures: winter/summer semester, 5 credit points
- From Quantum Coherence to Quantum Information: winter/summer semester, 5 credit points
- Spinelectronics: winter/summer semester, 5 credit points
- Selected Topics in Mesoscopic Physics and Applications to Quantum: winter/summer semester, credit points
Cosmology (Bonn)
Lectures:
- Cosmology (recommended as first lecture): winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, astro812
- Observational Cosmology: summer semester, 4 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, astro845
- Multiwavelength Observations fo Galaxy Clusters: summer semester, 4 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, astro849
- Gravitational Lensing: summer semester, 4 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, astro852
- Dark matter and dark energy explored by radio and X-ray observations: winter semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, astro855
- The cosmic history of the intergalactic medium: winter semester, 4 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, astro859
- Seminar on Cosmology: winter/summer semester, 4 credit points, 2 hours per week, astro891
Experimental Hadron Physics (Bonn)
Lectures:
- Particle Physics (recommended as first lecture): winter semester, 6 creit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics611
- Physics of Hadrons: summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics632
- Physics of Particle Detectors: winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics618
- Accelerator Physics: winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, Details
- Physics with Antiprotons: winter semester, 3 credit pojnts, 2 hours per week, physics720
- Experiments on the Structure of Hadrons: winter semester, 4 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, physics715
- Intensive Week: Advanced Topics in Hadron Physics: winter/summer semester, 4 creit points, 3 hours per week, physics721
- Seminars on Current Topics in Hadron Physics: summer semester, 4 credit points, 2 hours per week
High Energy Particle Physics (Bonn)
Lectures:
- Particle Physics (recommended as first lecture): winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics611
- Advanced Topics in High Energy Particle Physics: summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics639
- High Energy Collider Physics: summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics633
- Physics of Particle Detectors: winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics618
- Accelerator Physics: winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics612
- Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology: summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics711
- Intensive Week: Advanced Topics in High Energy Physics: winter/summer semester, 4 credit points, 3 hours per week, physics719
- Seminars on Current Topics in Particle Physics: summer semester, 4 credit points
Physics in Medicine (Bonn)
Lectures:
- Physics in Medicine I: Fundamentals of Analyzing Biomedical Signals (recommended as first lecture): winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics772
- Physics in Medicine II: Fundamentals of Medical Imaging: summer semester, 6 credit points, 31 hours per week, physics773
Quantum Optics & Optical Condensed Matter Physics (Bonn)
Lectures:
- Quantum Optics: winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics631
- Photonics: summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics641
- Holography: winter semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, physics734
- Laser Cooling and Matter Waves: summer semester, 3 credit points, 2 hours per week, physics735
- Crystal Optics: winter semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics736
- Intensive Week: Advanced Topics in Photonics and Quantum Optics, winter/summer semester, 4 credit points 3 hours per week, physics737
- Lecture on Advanced Topics in Quantum Optics: winter/summer semester, 3 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, physics738
- Lecture on Advanced Topics in Photonics: winter semester, 4 credit points, 2+1, physics739
- Modern Spectroscopy: winter/summer semester, 4 credit points, 2+1 hours per week, physics741
- Seminars on Current Topics in Photonics: summer term, 4 credit points, 2 hours per week
Theoretical Hadron Physics (Bonn)
Lectures:
- Theoretical Hadron Physics (recommended as first lecture): winter semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics616
- Advanced Theoretical Hadron Physics: summer semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics637
- Effective Field Theory: winter/summer semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics757
- Quantum Chromodynamics: physics758
- Seminars on Current Topics in Theoretical Hadron Physics: summer semester, 4 credit points, 2 hours per week
Theoretical Particle Physics (Bonn)
Lectures:
- Theoretical Particle Physics (recommended as first lecture): winter semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics615
- Advanced Theoretical Particle Physics: summer semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics636
- Advanced Theoretical Physics: winter semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics607
- Group Theory: winter semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics751
- Superstring Theory: summer semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics752
- Theoretical Particle Astrophysics: summer semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics753
- Quantum Field Theory: summer semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics755
- Quantum Chromodynamics: winter/summer semester, 7 credit points, 3+2 hours per week, physics758
- Supersymmetry: winter/summer semester, 6 credit points, 3+1 hours per week, physics761
- Seminars on Current Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics: summer semester, 4 credit points, 2 hours per week