Geophysics

Documents Required

Besides completing our online form you must submit the following documents as PDFs:

standard CV including all biographical information, complete academic background, professional experience and practical trainings

proof of proficiency in the English language (for details see details below)

an essay (for details see Essay below)

your degree certificates (for details see Degree Certificates below)

Essay

The International Master's Programme in Geophysics of LMU and TUM is a research oriented programme with a strong focus on modelling and simulation. As such we expect our candidates to possess above average skills and knowledge in at least one of the following fields and a sound background in at least one other:

physics and theoretical geophysics

mathematics

simulation and data processing

tectonics and sedimentology

In your essay please describe in detail

why and how you meet the above criteria

what you expect to learn and gain from our programme; present and discuss your academic and career objectives, being as specific as possible with regard to your particular research interests within the field of Geophysics and why you intend to pursue your graduate studies with us

how this relates to your accomplishments in your previous academic studies

The essay forms an integral part of the evaluation of your application. Thus, it should be well crafted.

Please also note the following:

The essay must have a length between 700 and 1,000 words.

All external sources used in its preparation and any ideas by other people must be fully and correctly cited.

The essay can only be submitted as PDF.

Degree Certificates

As part of your application you need to provide proof that you hold a bachelor's degree or a corresponding equivalent university degree. For this you must submit in a single PDF the following documents

Degree certificate(s)

Transcript(s) of Records

Additionally we need

From German, EU and British applicants: Your Diploma Supplement(s) or, alternatively your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR), which incorporates the European Diploma Supplement

If your degree was issued from a university outside of the European Union, and your transcript of records does not list the grading scheme used, you must supply an official document listing information on the grading scheme that was employed at your university at the time of your studies.

Applicants from People's Republic of China, Mongolia and Vietnam need to additionally submit the original certificate from the Akademische Prüfstelle (APS) of the respective German Embassy.

Applicants from India: The German Mission in India recently started requiring APS certificates as part of the documents needed to apply for student VISA. Should you have an APS certificate when applying with us, please upload it as part of your documents. However, this is not mandatory, yet.