Computer Simulation in Science

Scientific Requirements

• The following knowledge must have been acquired during the bachelor study (percentages are used if no ECTS credits are provided):
• knowledge of a programming language corresponding to 8 ECTS credits or 4% and 24 ECTS credits or 13% which can be assigned to one the following specialization fields:

1. Atmospheric Physics:

Experimental Physics (Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Atoms and Molecules), Thermodynamics, Data Analysis and Statistics

2. Computational Electromagnetics:

Electromagnetics / Electromagnetic Theory, Applied Mathematics, Numerical Techniques in Engineering /Computational Engineering

3. Computational Fluid Mechanics:

Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Methods (or similar)

4. Experimental Particle Physics:

Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Atomic Physics, Basic Quantum Mechanics, Nuclear Physics, Basics of Elementary Particle Physics

5. Financial Mathematics:

Analysis I, II and III, Linear Algebra I and Introduction to Stochastic Calculus, Introduction into Numerical Analysis, Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations, Functional Analysis

6. Materials Science:

Physical Chemistry (including Introductory Thermodynamics), Modern General Physics

7. Theoretical Chemistry:

Elementary Quantum Mechanics, Basic Electronic Structure Theory, Thermodynamics, Introductory Reaction Kinetics, Physics for Chemistry Students

8. Theoretical Particle Physics:

Quantum Mechanics, Elementary Particle Physics, Theoretical Physics (Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics)

Formal Requirements (For International Students)

1. Bachelor degree in Applied Science, Business Mathematics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Safety Engineering or a related field.The regular length of the Bachelor study should be of at least 6 semesters and should correspond to at least 180 ECTS credits. A minimal mark of (or corresponding to) 3.0 after rounding down to the first decimal place in the German system is required.

2. Sufficiently good proficiency in English, documented by providing
the results of a recently passed

• TOEFL2 iBT (internet-based) with at least 79 points or
• TOEFL PBT (paper-based) with at least 550 points or
• IELTS test, academic module with at least 6.0 band score or
• Cambrigde Certificate in Advanced English (Level 4) or
• another language certificate at the level B2 of the European Framework of Reference.
• If the bachelor courses have been verifiably taught in English, an additional language test is not required.