Entry requirements
To qualify for admission, you must have a relevant degree on a Bachelor's level. You are qualified for admission if you hold one of the following degrees:
- BSc in Physics and Engineering from SDU gives you a legal claim for admission.
- BSc in Physics from SDU
You can also apply if you hold a similar, relevant degree in Science or Engineering. To be considered, your degree must include a minimum of:
- 25 ECTS within mathematics (Mathematics, Statistics)
- 40 ECTS within physics and technology (Mechanics, Electronics, Electrophysics, Quantum Mechanics, Optic)
If your bachelor's degree does not fully meet the requirements, it is possible to supplement it. You may take up to 5 ECTS of supplementary courses during the first semester of the master’s degree programme. For example, if you have a physics bachelor’s degree but lack an electronics course, you can follow a 5 ECTS electronics course during the first semester of the master’s degree programme. Or similarly, if you have an engineering bachelor’s degree but lack a quantum mechanics course, you can follow a 5 ECTS quantum mechanics course during the first semester of the master’s degree programme. Please refer to the paragraph below for general guidelines regarding supplementing courses.
As part of your application, you must fill in and upload a form in which you state which subjects from your education you consider relevant in relation to the requirements mentioned above. You must upload the form to the application portal when you submit your application. Download the form here (.pdf).
Language requirements
The programme is taught in English. If your Bachelor’s degree is not from SDU, you are required to submit proof of your proficiency in English. See the English language requirements.
Ranking criteria
This programme has a limited number of study places. Applicants with a legal claim for admission are admitted first. If the number of qualified applicants exceeds the number of available study places, the remaining places are allocated between two sorting groups. Non-fee-paying and fee-paying applicants are assessed according to the following ranking criteria.
Non-fee-paying applicants
Study places will be offered to qualified non-fee-paying applicants based on the average mark from your qualifying Bachelor’s degree. Based on the marks from your qualifying Bachelor’s degree, a simple average is calculated on your local scale. If your average mark falls in the upper third of your local scale, 3 points are given, an average mark in the middle third of the scale elicits 2 points, and an average mark in the lower third elicits 1 point. If you have not completed your Bachelor’s degree at the time of application, your average mark is calculated based on the marks you have received at the time of application.
Fee-paying applicants
Study places will be offered to qualified fee-paying applicants based on an interview.
Further information about the interview will follow
As a Bachelor student at SDU, you can apply for permission to follow up to 30 ECTS Master-level courses even though you have yet to complete your Bachelor’s degree.
You can be granted permission if you have the necessary academic qualifications. The progression of your Bachelor’s programme is crucial to the outcome of your application.
Check to see whether you fulfil the conditions
By choosing your faculty below you can see which conditions you generally must fulfil to be permitted to take Master-level courses. Please acquaint yourself with the rules before you apply for permission since you must indicate in your application whether you fulfil the conditions or not. Read more here.
If you have previously been admitted to the programme, or already are, then special rules may apply when you apply for admission.
Find the scenario that suits you and read more: Re-enrolment, re-admission, transferring and change of programme
Have you completed a Master’s programme?
If you’ve already obtained a Master’s degree, you can only be admitted to a new Master’s programme if there are vacant study places in the programme.
Learn more about rule and the possibility to apply for exemption.
Have you completed another type of study programme?
As long as you do not hold a Master’s degree, you are free to apply for admission to a new programme.
NOTE: The university reserves the right to cancel the programme’s intake if there are fewer than 10 qualified applicants. Should this occur, an announcement will be made as soon as it has been established, and no later than 15 May, on the programme's website as well as to the applicants.
