Application process
Pre-requisites
Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree in
- physics or
- a relevant engineering subject.
Below is a provisional list of the required documents :
- Curriculum vitae
- Scans of the certificates and transcripts of all academic degrees
- Scan of the high school diploma or certificate of secondary school education
- Proof of adequate English language skills. This can be obtained through English courses completed at secondary schoool or during university studies, experience with English speaking programmes, stays abroad or an international qualification such as Toefl or IELTS (Toefl code: 8265). An international certificate is not (!) mandatory. There is no specific threshold for English language skills, but in the recent years the minimum level of the applicants being admitted was generally approximately equivalent to IELTS 5.5 or Toefl IBT 90.
The final list of required documents will be specified during the application process.
Proof of German language skills is not required.
The application period for 2024 is closed. The next application period for starting MAOT in winter term 2025/26 will start mid of February 2025.
Note: MAOT cannot be commenced in summer term, but only in winter term.
Important advance information for applicants from India: The APS certificate is mandatory in order to gain admission to FAU. Due to the long processing times at the APS authorities, it is therefore advised to apply for this as early as possible.
IMPRS scholarship
The Max Planck society runs the „IMPRS Physics of Light“ programme which offer scholarships for master students:.
Scholarship holders have to study either MAOT or a master in physics at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. However, the application procedures are completely independent of each other.
There are two application deadlines for the IMPRS-PL:
- 15 January – when you apply for this deadline and receive the scholarship you still have to apply for MAOT afterwards. The admission is quite likely then but not guaranteed. On the other hand, a rejection at the IMPRS does not (!) affect your chances to get admitted to MAOT in any way.
- 15 May – applicants for this date usually already know whether they got admitted to MAOT. If they were admitted for MAOT and don’t receive the IMPRS-PL scholarship this does not affect ther MAOT admission. If they were already rejected for MAOT a possible IMPRS-PL grant will not change that. They can still apply for the master in physics at the FAU, though.
If you consider applying for the IMPRS-MPL we recommend to use the first deadline. However, an application for the second deadline is also possible.
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