Double Degree with KTH Stockholm

• The DD with KTH is a 2.5 to 3 year program, consisting of five to six semesters. KTH students spend two semesters at KTH and three semesters at the TUM, TUM students spend two semesters at TUM and three to four semesters at KTH.
• Tuition is in English. Some specializations are offered in German.
• The program has a workload of at least 150 ECTS credit points.
• The students are enrolled both at KTH and at the TUM, but tuition fees only have to be paid according to the existing regulations at the home university. When staying at the partner university, the students benefit as well from the Erasmus financial support during the first year.
• The graduates are entitled both degrees: Civilingenjörsexam (Master of Science in Engineering) at KTH and Master of Science at the TUM.

This program aims at physics students, with an above-average performance in their previous studies (i.e. Bachelor of Science or equivalent). For admission to the program, the prerequisites for the following programs need to be fulfilled:

• the desired Master program in Physics at the TUM, and Master in Applied and Engineering Physics (AEP) or the Master in Physik der Kondersierten Materie (KM) or the Master in Kern-, Teilchen- und Astrophysik (KTA) or the Master in Biophysik (BIO) at the TUM, and
• the Degree Program in Engineering Physics at KTH

For KTH student this implies that they need to have passed the courses SI1151 Quantum Physics or SI2380 Advanced Quantum Mechanics, SH2302 Nuclear Physics or SH2103 Subatomic Physics or SH2203 Experimental Particle Physics or SI2400 Theoretical Particle Physics, and IM2601 Solid State Physics, or equivalent to these courses, before arriving to the TUM.

If your home university is KTH, please contact the International Coordinator of the School of Engineering, Elin Wiljergård.

If your home university is TUM and you are enrolled in the first year of a Master program in physics, you can apply following the application procedure for Erasmus Studies. The application deadline is at the beginning of January, please check our Erasmus page for the exact date. Complete applications can be submitted via the online portal of TUM Global & Alumni Office and an electronic copy of all documents (compiled as one PDF) shall be also sent to international@ph.tum.de. Discusing your study plan with Maria Eckholt before applying to the program is recommended.

The student will follow an individual study plan, approved by both program coordinators. The study plan will follow the guidelines described in this section.

First year at KTH

• Students follow the first year of studies at KTH, please inform yourself about the courses that you need to take to apply for the program.

Third, fourth and fifth semester at TUM

• The student must complete at least 30 ECTS points of the first year of the chosen Master program, which normally includes: 10 ECTS corresponding Theoretical Physics course to the specialisation, 30 ECTS in special courses (at least 20 ECTS from the chosen specialisation), 6 ECTS Advanced Lab Course (at least 4 ECTS from the chosen specialisation), 8 ECTS non-physics elective courses, 4 ECTS student seminar and 2 ECTS soft skills. The catalogues for non-physics elective courses, student seminars and soft skills are open catalogues and new courses may be included upon request of a student. The courses the student can choose, will depend on previous attended courses at KTH and have to be discussed on a case-to-case basis.

• During the last two semesters at TUM, KTH students will work on their master thesis following the usual TUM requirements (12 months of full-time work in a topic related to the chosen specialisation at TUM, including a written work and a colloquium presenting the final results). The students should produce one final thesis, common for both Master’s degrees in English with abstracts in English, German and Swedish, which shall be defined and supervised by professors at both institutions and presented at both institutions.

The student will follow an individual study plan, approved by both program coordinators. The study plan will follow the guidelines described in this section.

First year at TUM

• The student must complete 60 ECTS points accordingly to the first year of the chosen Master program: 10 ECTS corresponding Theoretical Physics course to the specialisation, 30 ECTS in special courses (at least 20 ECTS from the chosen specialisation), 6 ECTS Advanced Lab Course (at least 4 ECTS from the chosen specialisation), 8 ECTS non-physics elective courses, 4 ECTS student seminar and 2 ECTS soft skills. The catalogues for non-physics elective courses, student seminars and soft skills are open catalogues and new courses may be included upon request of a student.

Following semesters (3 to 5 or 6) at KTH

• The students must complete 30 ECTS in master courses in e.g. Engineering Physics (five specialisations: Biomedical Physics, Nano Physics, Optical Physics, Subatomic and Astrophysics and Theoretical Physics), Nuclear Energy Engineering or Mathematics.

• During the last two semesters at KTH, TUM students will work on their master thesis following the usual TUM requirements (12 months of full-time work in a topic related to the chosen specialisation at TUM, including a written work and a colloquium presenting the final results). The students should produce one final thesis, common for both Master’s degrees in English with abstracts in English, German and Swedish, which shall be defined and supervised by professors at both institutions and presented at both institutions.

• Parallel to these, the students must complete up to 30 ECTS in Swedish language courses, in order to pass all four Swedish language courses offered at KTH or pass the Swedish language test for higher education TISUS (equivalent to B2). Prior knowledge of the language will be assessed with a language test and less courses would then have to be completed.

The student will be enrolled at the home university at the beginning of the program. From the moment the student goes to the guest university, (s)he is enrolled in both universities. KTH students spend the third, fourth and fifth semester at TUM, while TUM students spend the third, fourth, fifth and possibly sixth semester at KTH. Depending on the home university, an overall semester plan is proposed.

Appendix A: TUM courses available to KTH students

The core of the program are the special courses. KTH students may choose from the special courses in physics, depending on their specialization. As a general rule for the language, courses counting towards the specialization in Applied and Engineering Physics are taught in English, all others have be checked individually. This list is revised before the start of each winter semester and the filter can be used to look up courses in a given semester. 

Appendix B: KTH courses available to TUM students

Available courses are those belonging to e.g. Engineering Physics (five specialisations: Biomedical Physics, Nano Physics, Optical Physics, Subatomic and Astrophysics and Theoretical Physics), Nuclear Energy Engineering or Mathematics. All courses are offered in English. Minor revisions of the list take place every year before the fall term.