Hannover offers the last three years of this program in the English language. The Diplom in Physik is academically equivalent to an M.Sc. degree, if the degree is based on a one-year research thesis. In addition, as a new program, the Faculty of Physics at the University of Hannover offers to foreign students Graduate Studies in Physics, leading to the German degree, Diplom in Physik in a two year program. The program is open to students holding a B.Sc. degree or an equivalent degree in Physics. The first year is course work, the second year research training.
Instruction is in English.
The research training is offered in one of the research specialties of the Faculty of Physics, i.e., in Theoretical Physics in the fields of Nuclear and Particle Physics , Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum Optics , Experimental Atomic and Molecular Physics in the fields of Spectroscopy and Gravitational Waves , Atomic Processes and Plasma Physics , Experimental Quantum Optics , Experimental Solid State Physics in the fields of Surface Physics and Nanostructures . The program starts October 1 st with the winter semester, lectures beginning about two weeks later. The program can also be entered on April 1 st with the summer semester. Program students will recieve assistance in finding accomodation and assistence for administrative problems. Funds for language training in German exist.