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Master’s · Physics

Physics M.Sc.

RWTH Aachen University · Aachen · Official programme page

19 facts from 7 official pages · last checked 14 November 2026

Reviewed by Dennis Maaß, admission and immigration expert
Published 8 November 2026 · Last reviewed 8 November 2026

Key facts

Length, deadlines and costs

Language
English
Source
“Courses are taught entirely in English”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

Study mode
On campus
Source
“Course location Aachen”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

The DAAD entry names Aachen as the course location and gives no online or hybrid mode of study for this programme.

Attendance
Full-time
Source
“full-time Programme duration 4 semesters”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

Length
4 semesters
Source
“Programme duration 4 semesters”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

Credits
120 ECTS
Source
“ECTS Credits 120”

www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Vor-dem-Studium/Studiengaenge/Liste-Aktuelle-Studiengaenge/Studiengangbeschreibung/Physik-M-Sc/~bojz/Physik-M-Sc-/lidx/1/ · checked 7 November 2026

RWTH's key-info block for the programme.

Intakes
Winter, Summer
Source
“Beginning Winter and summer semester”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
1 Sept 2026 (summer 2027)The summer-semester deadline falls in the September before the intake.1 Mar 2027 (winter 2027)
Source
“Deadlines for Applicants from Non-EU/EEA Countries … Open admission March 1 (for exemptions, see below) September 1 (for exemptions, see below)”

www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/dqml/lidx/1 · checked 7 November 2026

RWTH's university-wide master's deadlines for non-EU/EEA applicants, applied because the programme page records this programme as "Open (No NC)". EU/EEA applicants have 15 July and 15 January. Applicants already enrolled at RWTH, and holders of a relevant German degree, also get 15 July / 15 January. A standing annual deadline; no page prints the literal 2027 dates.

Non-EU tuition
None
Source
“Tuition fees per semester None”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

Application fee
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

RWTH publishes no application fee for its faculty (non-fee-paying) master's programmes and does not use uni-assist; RWTH International Academy states 'no application fee' for its own programmes and RWTH Business School charges 50 EUR. No reachable RWTH page states the position for the faculty programmes.

Places
Unrestricted
Source
“Admission to First Semester Open (No NC)”

www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Vor-dem-Studium/Studiengaenge/Liste-Aktuelle-Studiengaenge/Studiengangbeschreibung/Physik-M-Sc/~bojz/Physik-M-Sc-/lidx/1/ · checked 7 November 2026

"Open (No NC)" is RWTH's wording for zulassungsfrei: every applicant who meets the requirements is admitted.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Case by case
Source
“If your submitted documents do not prove sufficient qualification in these fields, your application may be refused or you may be admitted to the Master's degree”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

No total-ECTS or duration floor for the first degree: the gate is 42 ECTS of named physics content. A shortfall leads either to refusal or to admission with conditions.

Subject background
A bachelor's degree in physics or equivalent, with at least 17 ECTS in experimental physics, at least 16 ECTS in theoretical physics and at least 9 ECTS of an advanced laboratory course, equivalent to RWTH's own bachelor's in physics.
Source
“at least 17 ECTS credits in the field of Experimental Physics (Atoms, Molecules and Nuclei, Solid State Physics, Particles and Astrophysics) at least 16 ECTS credits in the field of Theoretical Physics (Quantum Theory, Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics) at least 9 ECTS credits of an Advanced Laboratory Course”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

Minimum grade
Not stated by the university
1 page checked, 7 Nov 2026

No minimum grade is stated.

How your grade is converted
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

No admission grade-conversion formula is published on any page that could be fetched; RWTH does not use uni-assist, which would otherwise convert the grade.

English
Level B2. IELTS 6 · TOEFL iBT 90 · Home Edition accepted · PTE 60. Cambridge: B2 First. UNIcert II. From 2026 the TOEFL iBT is quoted on the new scale: 4.5 overall, Home Edition included.
Source
“B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: TOEFL iBT Home Edition (since 2026): 4.5 TOEFL iBT Home Edition (before 2026): 90 TOEFL iBT (since 2026): 4.5 TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 90 UNIcert® English: UNIcert® II PTE Academic: 60 Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First IELTS Academic: 6”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

One of the few RWTH entries that names the TOEFL iBT Home Edition as accepted. The Duolingo English Test is not mentioned.

German
Not needed when applying
Source
“German language skills No minimum language level required”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

DAAD's own field for this programme; RWTH asks for no German certificate at application or enrolment.

GRE / GMAT / GATE
Required
Source
“GRE subject test physics or GRE general test for non-EU citizens”

www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4516 · checked 7 November 2026

Either the GRE Subject Test in Physics or the GRE General Test, for non-EU citizens. No minimum score is published.

Selection
Not stated by the university
1 page checked, 7 Nov 2026

No interview or aptitude procedure is stated.

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 8 Nov 2026

The only exemption RWTH publishes covers a high-school diploma or academic degree obtained in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the United States, and the same page adds that citizenship alone never exempts, so it reaches no applicant from India, Nigeria or Pakistan. The § 3 Abs. 9 ÜPO list does include a certificate from the school education required by law, but the binding Übergreifende Prüfungsordnung (Amtliche Bekanntmachung 2026/172, § 3 Abs. 9 h) accepts it only where it was acquired in a country that is a member of the Council of Europe and expressly certifies English at B2, which rules out school certificates from India, Nigeria and Pakistan; the central table's English wording leaves that condition out. RWTH publishes the table "ohne Gewähr", and § 3 Abs. 9 Satz 4 ÜPO lets a programme's own examination regulations add a route — the examination board checking a bachelor's thesis or seminar paper written in English, as the Data Science regulations do — so without that programme-specific PDF the position stays not stated rather than "none".

Rules that name these countries
None named on the pages checked

The rules for your country across all universities, and the visa rules on English tests, are on the India, Pakistan and Nigeria pages.

More on this programme

Every value was read on an official page and is stored with a verbatim quote; open “Source” to see it. “Not stated by the university” means none of the pages we checked says, and lists those pages. Rules change: confirm with the university before you apply or pay.