About MSc Optical Sciences
The Optical Sciences comprise the study of the propagation and detection of light and its interaction with matter.
Discoveries in optics have had a profound influence on the development of modern science and the forefront of technology, as demonstrated by more than 20 optics-related Nobel prizes between 1907 and 2020.
With the international MSc in Optical Sciences program, the Humboldt-University of Berlin, together with its cooperation partners in the Science- and Technology-Park Berlin-Adlershof, offers an excellent education in this vibrant and exciting field.
We seek outstanding students with a bachelor's degree in physics or closely related field who wish to contribute to state-of-the-art optics research and development.
for Nonlinear Optics and
Short Pulse Spectroscopy
for Applied Analysis
and Stochastics
Institute of Optical Sensor Systems
A MSc degree is a prerequisite for pursuing a PhD at German universities. In fact, more than 50% of the graduates of the international MSc in Optical Sciences program become PhD students. Many of them remain at Humboldt University or join one of the research institutions of the Science- and Technology-Park Berlin-Adlershof or the greater Berlin area.
Regardless where they pursue their PhD, they have the opportunity to enter into the Berlin School of Optical Sciences & Quantum Technology (BOS.QT). BOS.QT is a joint Graduate School of the Physics Departments of Humboldt-University of Berlin, Technical University Berlin, and Free University Berlin in partnership with non-university research institutions and offers an academic training and research environment for acquiring a doctoral degree in the natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) at one of the participating universities.