physics msc requirements - uni-hamburg.de

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AdvancedMaster‘sCourses• AstronomyandAstrophysics(AstronomieundAstrophysik) (PHY-MV-A-E/T..)• AcceleratorandParticlePhysics(Beschleuniger- undElementarteilchenphysik) (PHY-MV-BE-E/T..)• BiomedicalPhysics(BiomedizinischePhysik) (PHY-MV-BP-E/T..)• SolidStateandNanostructurePhysics(Festkörper- undNanostrukturphysik) (PHY-MV-FN-E/T..)• LaserPhysicsandPhotonics(LaserphysikundPhotonik) (PHY-MV-LP-E/T..)

IneachareatheremaybecoursesinExperimentalPhysicsandTheoreticalPhysics.

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Specification• Atleastoneofthefiveareasofspecialisationmustbecoveredbymodulescomprisingat

least16creditpoints.Amaximumof32creditpointsmaybeearnedfromeacharea.

• Advancedmodulesinexperimentalphysicsandtheoreticalphysics,eachcomprisingatleast8creditpoints,mustbesuccessfullycompleted.• The8CPsdonotnecessarilyhavetocomefromtheareaofspecialisationwhichisthemainfocus.

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Specifications for ‚complementary subject‘• Modulesinthiselectiveareawithatotalof12CPcanbechosenfreelyfromthe

curriculumoftheUniversityofHamburg• usuallyextendsovertwosemesters.• Itsindividualmodulesshouldhaveameaningfulcontext.

Attention:Modulesascomplementarysubjectmustbegraded.

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Specifications of the ‘Research phase‘Atleast44creditsfromthefirstacademicyeararerequiredfortheadmissiontotheresearchphase(introductoryproject).• Registrationintheacademicoffice:startingdate,researcharea,supervisingprofessor

(Pleaseusetheregistrationform!)• Admissiontothemasterthesis(finalmodule)withatleast75creditpointsincluding

introductoryandpreparatoryprojects.(Pleaseusetheregistrationform!)

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Calculation of the overall gradeOverallgradeofthemasterexaminationiscomposedof• thegradeoftheadvancedcourses(50%),• thegradeofthemasterthesis(finalmodule)(45%)• thegradeofthecomplementarysubject(5%).

• Thegradeoftheareaadvancedcoursesresultsfromthearithmeticmeanofthebest-gradedspecializationmodulesweightedbycreditpointsintheamountof48CP.

• Thegradeofthefinalmodule (masterthesis)iscalculatedto5/6fromtheaveragegradeofthereportsand1/6fromthegradeofthecolloquium.

• Thegradeofthecomplementarysubject iscalculatedasthearithmeticmeanofthebest-gradedmodulesinthisarea,weightedby12creditpoints.

• Theexaminationsfromtheintroductoryprojectandthepreparatoryprojectarenotincludedintheoverallgrade andarenotgraded.

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ExaminationrequirementsaccordingtoMIN-POandFSB:• Permoduleexaminationamaximumof4attemptstopass

• Twoexaminationoptionswithinthecoursesemester

• Noadditional"review"or"additionalperformance"- Gradeimprovementisexcluded.

• Examinationentitlementonlywithpreviousexaminationregistration(STiNE).

• Registration forexamispossibleupto3daysbeforethedate.

• Medicalcertificatesmustbesubmittedtotheacademicofficewithin10daysoftheexamination.

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