Application to the Master of Science in "Physics of the Earth and Atmosphere"

Applications for and enrolment in the degree program is a two-stage process. Firstly, the degree program’s admissions committee will examine the subject-specific and personal suitability of the candidate in accordance with the Admissions regulations . Those candidates who are deemed suitable will then be notified to the student registry office, which will then in a second step check the formal, official prerequisites for enrolment. In the application the candidate must indicate which core subject area, i.e. either Geophysics or Meteorology they wish to specialise in. As of fall 2017 all applications, with the exception of students who did not complete their secondary education in Germany, have to be submitted electronically through Klips-2.

Deadlines for Applications

The deadline for the application to start the degree program in the winter semester is 15 July of the same year, and to start the degree program in the summer semester, the application deadline is 15 January of the same year.

Applications with complete documentation

The MSc degree is a consecutive degree program which builds on the first degree of a candidate (in general a BSc). If you have already completed your first degree (in Germany), then you need to include the following documentation in your application:

PLEASE NOTE: For applicants who have completed their secondary education in Germany, but have qualifications/degrees from countries other than Germany, officially certified translations of copies of the qualifications (if these are not already in English or in German) must be supplied.

Applications with provisional documents

If you expect to have completed your undergraduate degree in Germany before you begin your MSc, but are not yet in possession of your degree certificate, then you can apply with provisional documentation. In this case, please provide the following documentation:

Important: Students who apply with provisional documentation will only be provisionally admitted to the degree program. They will have until the end of the first semester of the degree program to hand in the final outstanding documentation to the student registry office. If the student does not do this, then they will automatically be ex-matriculate

Applications from students who did not complete their secondary education in Germany

In general, applications from this group of students are made through uni-assist who are commissioned by us to check the applications. Important: Since uni-assist has to check the entire set of documentation, applications with provisional documents are not possible for students who did not complete their secondary education in Germany. The fact that uni-assist has accepted an application does not mean that the applicant is admitted to the master program. The admission committee still has to examine the subject-specific and personal suitability and the student registry office still has to verify the formal and the legal prerequisites for enrollment.

The application process is as follows:

1. Activate your access to the portal by clicking on the security link
2. Register yourself in the Application portal
3. Enter your information (name, place of residence etc.) and the degree you wish to study "Physics of the Earth and Atmosphere" and then save this information.
4. You can create a PDF Document of your application using the link ‘Print application’.
5. Send the application electronically to uni-assist using the link ‘Send application’.
6. Transfer the Administration fee to the uni-assist account.
7. Print and sign the PDF document.
8. Send the PDF document together with your documents (see above) (and where appropriate the receipt for your bank transfer) to uni-assist.

On the homepage of uni-assist you will find a general overview of the steps to producing a promising application.
IMPORTANT: Do not use the link found there to the general application portal, but instead use the individual application portal of the University of Cologne.