M.Sc. Meteorology and Climate Physics

• bachelor's degree
• a passed bachelor's degree or at least an equivalent degree in a degree program with essentially the same content at a university, university of applied sciences or vocational academy or at a foreign university, whereby the course must have been completed with a minimum of 180 credit points according to ECTS, alternatively with a standard period of study of at least three years in the subject of Meteorology or a related subject area (e.g. Physics, Mathematics, Geosciences).
• minimum achievement and minimum knowledge in the following areas:
• Meteorology and Climate Physics amounting to at least 24 credit points
• Physics amounting to at least 24 credit points
• Mathematics amounting to at least 12 credit points
• If you are missing up to 30 credit points, you may be admitted on condition that you make up the missing credits by the end of the 2nd semester at the latest. Any condition will be set by the admissions commission and you will be informed of this when you are admitted.
• Proof of entitlement to an examination
• Proof that you have not definitively failed an examination required by the examination regulations in the master's degree program in Meteorology or a related degree program with essentially the same content and that you are still entitled to take the examination

The following is sufficient proof of your English language skills

• your university entrance qualification, if it shows that you have taken English for at least five years up to graduation and your final or average grade of the last two years of English lessons corresponds to at least the German grade 4 (sufficient) or at least 5 grade points

Otherwise, the following English tests are accepted as proof of English proficiency:

• TOEFL with at least 72 points, including at least the following scores in the individual sub-areas: reading (18), listening (17), speaking (20), writing (17)
• IELTS with an overall score of at least 6.0, no section below 5.0
• a degree certificate from an English-language degree program
• a university entrance qualification from institutions with English as the language of instruction
• a bachelor's thesis written in English
• completion of the bachelor's degree program in Meteorology and Climate Physics at KIT