# M.Sc. Optical Technologies (MSc) at LUH

This programme is multilingual — both German and English are required to apply, not English-only despite the name. It carries LUH's world-class optics and quantum-optics research identity (the university co-runs the GEO600 gravitational-wave detector and is deep in the LISA/laser-interferometry world). The Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) — Germany's national library for science and technology — is based at LUH, giving students access to the deepest technical literature collection in Germany. APS is required for applicants from China and Vietnam.

University: Leibniz Universität Hannover (https://studygermany.dev/universities/luh.md)
City: Hannover (https://studygermany.dev/cities/hannover.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/luh-msc-optical-technologies/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English and German
- English requirement: English C1.
- German requirement: Required alongside English — LUH's own label is "Multilingual" (both German and English mandatory to apply). Confirm the exact level on the programme page.
- ECTS: 120
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: Winter semester
- Tuition: €0 per semester (public university)
- Semester contribution: €453.16
- Semester ticket included: yes (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

Fee notes: Leibniz Universität Hannover is a Lower Saxony public university — €0 tuition for all students, including non-EU. The semester contribution is €453.16 (WS 2026/27, confirmed on LUH's own Rückmeldung page) — the highest in Germany, but roughly €270 of it funds the Deutschlandsemesterticket (nationwide regional transport, historically very wide-reaching to Kassel, Bielefeld, Lübeck, Hamburg and Bremen, plus 30 free sprintRad bike-share minutes per trip in Hannover), with the remainder covering Studierendenwerk and student-body fees. No application fee to LUH, but a non-EU/EEA degree requires a uni-assist VPD (€75 for the first application). The AStA offers interest-free loans for the semesters when the contribution falls due. Fully exempt on an approved leave semester (Beurlaubung).

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: not confirmed
- Minimum grade: not confirmed
- Also required: Admission type not confirmed per programme — LUH states roughly 61% of its master's programmes are admission-free (mygermanuniversity, platform-wide figure).

## Application deadlines

- Non-EU applicants, winter semester: 2027-05-31. Non-EU/EEA-degree holders close six weeks earlier than EU applicants because a uni-assist VPD must be obtained first (itself taking weeks) — start the VPD process well before this date.
- EU / German-degree applicants, winter semester: 2027-07-15. EU/EEA-degree holders (and holders of a German degree) apply directly in the LUH portal, no VPD required.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: yes (the deadline notes show who this applies to)
- Application portal: https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/bewerbung/
- Official programme page: https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/optische-technologien

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/optische-technologien)
- [English-language degree programmes at LUH](https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/english-speaking-degree-programmes-at-luh)
- [LUH application portal](https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/bewerbung/)
- [Apply via uni-assist (VPD)](https://www.uni-assist.de/en/)



## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-07-22

- LUH — Rückmeldung / Semesterbeitrag (contribution €453.16, WS 2026/27): https://www.uni-hannover.de/studium/im-studium/studienorganisation/rueckmeldung
- LUH — English-language degree programmes at LUH: https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/english-speaking-degree-programmes-at-luh
- LUH Faculty of Mechanical Engineering — master admission & deadlines (two-tier EU/non-EU deadline system): https://www.maschinenbau.uni-hannover.de/en/study/before-the-study/information-on-masters-admission/
- LUH — Optical Technologies (official programme page): https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/optische-technologien