At a glance

Language: Bilingual
Duration: 4 sem
Intake: not confirmed
Tuition: €0 public university
Semester fee: not confirmed

The best-reviewed programme in our TU Berlin set (4.4★ on StudyCheck, 100% recommendation): a research-driven physics master built around four elective specialisations chosen from a wide menu — optics and photonics, quantum technologies, semiconductor and nanoscience, astrophysics and more — feeding a full-year thesis. Honest language note: the language of instruction is recorded as mixed pending confirmation; verify before applying. It replaces Computational Engineering Sciences on this shortlist, which research confirmed as German/mixed-taught. Based at TU Berlin's Charlottenburg campus, with Berlin-Adlershof's photonics and quantum research cluster in the same city.

Admission requirements

Prior degree: not confirmed
Minimum grade: not confirmed
English: not confirmed
German: unconfirmed — the language of instruction was not confirmed this research pass (recorded as mixed); verify the language and any German requirement on the programme page before applying
Also required: Admission process unconfirmed (NC status, deadline and prior-degree requirements not yet verified — check the programme page). Apply via uni-assist + VPD (required from summer semester 2026); €75/€30 uni-assist fees; one master's application per semester; APS required for Indian applicants.

Deadlines & timeline

Deadlines are not yet confirmed for this programme. They likely follow the university's general Master's deadlines. Verify with the faculty before planning your application.

Fees & funding

Tuition: €0 per semester
Semester contribution: not confirmed
Semester ticket: included (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

€0 tuition for all students, including non-EU/EEA — Berlin is a city-state that charges no tuition. Semester contribution ≈€280/semester, but no hard total is published here: the Deutschlandsemesterticket portion (€208.80, WS 2025/26 onward) is confirmed system-wide, while the Studierendenwerk and student-body components are pending TU Berlin-specific confirmation. The contribution includes the nationwide Deutschlandsemesterticket (all Berlin ABC zones plus regional transport across Germany, delivered digitally in the S-Bahn Berlin app and re-fetched every month) — confirm the current arrangement at tu.berlin. The ticket price is recalculated from 1 July 2026 and may rise for WS 2026/27.

Scholarships are listed per university: see TU Berlin scholarships.

How to apply

uni-assist: required (the deadline table shows who this applies to)
Application portal: www.uni-assist.de
Official page: www.tu.berlin

EU applicants and holders of German degrees usually apply directly via the university's Campusportal instead of uni-assist; the deadline table above says which route applies to you.

What students say

Via StudyCheck · 2024-2026: an aggregated rating, not our own assessment, paraphrased in our own words and never quoted.

3.8 /5

The best-rated programme in our TU Berlin set: seven StudyCheck reviewers average 4.4/5 and every one would recommend it. They describe a master built around four elective physics specialisations drawn from a wide research menu — optics and photonics, quantum technologies, semiconductor and nanoscience, astrophysics — feeding a full-year thesis. The flexibility and self-direction are what students value most (you choose what to take and when to be examined), and the research groups are described as genuinely engaging, with the caution that the subject demands strong initiative. The recurring negative is physical infrastructure: buildings badly in need of renovation dampen the study atmosphere, even as digital provision is rated surprisingly good.

Liked

Every reviewer would recommend the programme (100%)
Four elective specialisations from a wide research menu feed a full-year thesis
Unusual flexibility and self-direction over courses and exam timing
Research groups described as genuinely engaging
Digital provision rated surprisingly good

Criticised

Buildings badly in need of renovation dampen the study atmosphere
Demands strong initiative and self-direction to thrive

Where graduates go

No alumni outcome data found yet.

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