# Particle Accelerator Science (MSc) at TU Darmstadt

TU Darmstadt's Particle Accelerator Science master sits in the Physics department's English-taught line-up, adjacent to the GSI/FAIR accelerator research campus near Darmstadt — a distinctive research specialisation not offered by any of the other five universities on this platform. Promoted onto this shortlist after Distributed Software Systems, TU Darmstadt's originally shortlisted systems programme, was found to be discontinued: it is absent from both the Computer Science department's current line-up and TU Darmstadt's official cross-department list of English-taught master's.

University: Technische Universität Darmstadt (https://studygermany.dev/universities/tu-darmstadt.md)
City: Darmstadt (https://studygermany.dev/cities/darmstadt.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/tu-darmstadt-msc-particle-accelerator-science/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English
- English requirement: TOEFL, IELTS, UNIcert or TOEIC accepted (a notably broad list — TOEIC is rarely accepted elsewhere). Aggregator figures cluster around IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL iBT 92; exact official per-programme threshold not confirmed.
- German requirement: not required
- ECTS: not confirmed
- Duration: not confirmed
- Intake: Winter & summer
- Tuition: €0 per semester (public university)
- Semester contribution: not confirmed
- Semester ticket included: yes (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

Fee notes: €0 tuition for all students — Hesse does not charge non-EU tuition. Semester contribution ≈€288 WS 2026/27 (AStA breakdown confirmed to the cent for the last published update; the €176.40 Deutschlandsemesterticket portion recalculates from 1 July 2026, so the WS 2026/27 total may be higher — re-verify before publishing a hard figure). Ticket is the nationwide Deutschlandsemesterticket, delivered digitally, and includes Frankfurt (regional/S-Bahn, not ICE).

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: Bachelor in physics or a closely related field (not independently confirmed)
- Minimum grade: not confirmed
- Also required: Assessment of Suitability (Eignungsfeststellung) — department-specific criteria; capacity limit not confirmed for this programme. APS required for Indian applicants.

## Application deadlines

- All applicants, winter semester: 2026-07-15 (PASSED as of the last site build; the window usually repeats next cycle). 15 July, same for EU and non-EU applicants. Many TU Darmstadt programmes carry an Ausschlussfrist (cut-off deadline) — miss it and you are excluded from the procedure entirely, with no discretion; confirm whether this programme is marked as one.
- All applicants, summer semester: 2027-01-15. 15 January, same for EU and non-EU applicants. Many TU Darmstadt programmes carry an Ausschlussfrist (cut-off deadline) — miss it and you are excluded from the procedure entirely, with no discretion; confirm whether this programme is marked as one.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: no
- Application portal: https://www.tucan.tu-darmstadt.de
- Official programme page: not confirmed

## External resources

- [Apply via TUCaN](https://www.tucan.tu-darmstadt.de)



## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-07-17

- TU Darmstadt — official English-taught master's list (Physics department): https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/studieren/studieninteressierte/studienangebot_studiengaenge/index.en.jsp