Application
The Online Application Portal for the upcoming winter semester 2025-26 will be open from:
- the beginning of May until the middle of June for all applicants outside the EU
- until the end of July for applicants within the EU
Admission Requirements and Information for Nuclear Applications M.Sc.
Bachelor's Degree
Applicants must have completed a suitable professionally qualifying university degree. A professionally qualifying university degree is suitable if it comprises at least three years of university studies and a total of 180 credit points (ECTS system or comparable assessment systems) in one of the following degree programmes or a comparable degree programme:
- Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Physics, Applied Physics or Physical Engineering
- Bio-/Medical Engineering
Applicants from abroad: Bachelor's degree must have been completed at the time of application. Bachelor's degree certificate and the status sheet must be uploaded with the online application.
Applicants from the EU who will have completed their Bachelor's degree by the start of the Master's degree programme must upload their status sheet with all grades.
Special Regulation for Admission to the Summer Semester
Applicants applying for admission to a summer semester must provide proof of knowledge to the extent of at least 5 credit points in at least one of the following, or equivalent, subjects:
- Nuclear Chemistry or Radiochemistry
- Radioanalytics
- Nuclear and Radiation Physics
- Reactor Physics or Reactor Technology
- Radiation Protection
- Medical Physics
- Imaging Methods
The admissions committee decides on equivalence.
Required Language Skills
The language of instruction of the degree programme is English. Foreign applicants must prove their English language skills by completing the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
The following minimum scores are required:
- 68 points on a TOEFL examination conducted via the Internet (Internet based Test [IbT]).
- 5.5 Overall band-score in an IELTS examination (Academic Test).
English language skills can also be demonstrated by submitting equivalent proof. The admission committee decides on the equivalence. In exceptional cases, applicants from a country of the European Union can submit proof of English language skills at a later date, but no later than at the time of registration with the Registrar's Office.
For the Nuclear Applications degree programme, you must provide proof of German language skills.
Applicants whose native language is not German or who have not acquired their study qualification in a predominantly German-language degree programme must prove German language skills at the level "Deutsch B1" or equivalent.
For applicants who have acquired their university entrance qualification at a German-speaking school, a school grade in English of at least "satisfactory" (befriedigend) in the university entrance qualification certificate will be recognised instead of the above-mentioned proof.
Further information can be found here.
