- English-taught
- Winter & summer intake
M.Sc. Physics (M.Sc.)
at TU Dresden in Dresden
At a glance
- Language
- English-taught
- Duration
- 4 sem 120 ECTS
- Intake
- Winter & summer
- Tuition
- €0 public university
- Semester fee
- €361
● Open: apply now Non-EU applicants · Winter semester
Research-strong physics with a distinctive quantum-matter emphasis through the ct.qmat Cluster of Excellence, run jointly with Würzburg. As a University of Excellence, TU Dresden offers students direct access to funded research clusters and interdisciplinary research environments across its 14 faculties. One of the few TU Dresden master's admitting in both the winter and summer semesters — confirm the exact summer window in SINS, since programme windows vary.
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
- Unconfirmed — admission type (open admission, NC, or Eignungsverfahren) was not confirmed for this programme and must be read from SINS. Note that most TU Dresden master's use an aptitude assessment, which requires a separate two-step application: register on the programme's aptitude portal for a submission ID, then enter that ID in the uni-assist application.
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. | |
| Non-EU applicants | Summer semester | Non-EU nationals with a non-German degree apply 1 October – 30 November for a summer start. Framework date — confirm in SINS. | |
| EU / German-degree applicants | Summer semester | EU nationals with a non-German degree apply 1 October – 15 January for a summer start; German-degree holders 1 December – 15 January. |
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.
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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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