- English-taught
- Winter semester intake
M.Sc. Physics of Life (M.Sc.)
at TU Dresden in Dresden
At a glance
- Language
- English-taught
- Duration
- 4 sem 120 ECTS
- Intake
- Winter semester
- Tuition
- €0 public university
- Semester fee
- €361
● Open: apply now Non-EU applicants · Winter semester
Quantitative biophysics at the CMCB, tied to the Physics of Life Cluster of Excellence — physical principles of living matter, from molecules to tissues. As a University of Excellence, TU Dresden offers students direct access to funded research clusters and interdisciplinary research environments across its 14 faculties. A note on identity: a programme called "Nanobiophysics" appears in some catalogues and may be this programme under its former name; confirm before treating them as two separate degrees.
Admission requirements
- Prior degree
- not confirmed
- Minimum grade
- not confirmed
- English
- IELTS 6.5 (6.0 per module) / TOEFL iBT 92 — the TU Dresden standard, confirmed on the Molecular Bioengineering application page.Confirm the exact threshold for this programme in SINS.
- German
- not required — confirmed English-taught on TU Dresden's own MasterTag list. German is still worth learning for daily life and internships in Saxony.
- Also required
- Eignungsverfahren (aptitude assessment). TU Dresden's two-step application is the most complex on this platform: first register for the programme's aptitude assessment on its own portal to receive a submission ID, then apply via uni-assist, entering that ID and uploading the confirmation email. Miss either half and the application is incomplete. Aptitude registration runs through the CMCB databank.
Deadlines & timeline
| Who | Intake | Deadline | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-EU applicants | Winter semester | Non-EU nationals with a non-German degree apply 1 April – 31 May for a winter start — six weeks before the EU window. TU Dresden publishes no single university-wide deadline: each programme sets its own window in SINS, and NC, open-admission and aptitude-assessment programmes differ. Treat this as the framework date and check SINS for this programme. | |
| EU / German-degree applicants | Winter semester | EU nationals with a non-German degree apply 1 April – 15 July. Holders of a German degree apply 1 June – 15 July, directly via the selma portal rather than uni-assist. |
Fees & funding
- Tuition
- €0 per semester
- Semester contribution
- €361
- Semester ticket
- included (Deutschland-Semesterticket)
€0 tuition for all students, including non-EU — Saxony levies no general tuition; SächsHSG Art. 13 permits fees only for second degrees, long-term study and continuing education, none of which applies to a standard consecutive master's. Semester contribution €361.00 for WS 2026/27, confirmed to the component by the TU Dresden StuRa (≈€234 Deutschlandsemesterticket + €7.38 MOBIbike + ≈€14 StuRa + ≈€105 Studentenwerk Dresden). The ticket is the bundled, digital nationwide Deutschlandsemesterticket — it covers regional transport across Germany, including Dresden's DVB trams and buses and the wider VVO regional network, but not ICE/IC/EC; bikes, dogs and guests need a paid VVO add-on, and the ticket is refundable if you study abroad or intern outside the VVO area. The €7.38 MOBIbike share gives 30 free minutes per rental on nextbike/MOBIbike nationwide. Note the €361 is a WS 2026/27 increase driven by the Deutschlandticket price rise (€58→€63/month on 1 January 2026) — aggregators quoting €277–300 are stale. Non-EU applicants with a non-German degree apply through uni-assist AND, for most programmes, a separate programme-specific aptitude portal linked by a submission ID.
Scholarships are listed per university: see TU Dresden scholarships.
How to apply
- uni-assist
- required (the deadline table shows who this applies to)
- Application portal
- www.uni-assist.de
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
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External resources
- Official Study Information System (SINS) — per-programme deadlines and admission (opens in a new tab)
- Official Apply via uni-assist (opens in a new tab)
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