Matter to Lifeinternational course, full time

  • Master of Science

    Master
    Degree

  • 4 semesters

    Standard period of study (amount)

  • Heidelberg

    Location

  • December 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

    December 2025 (EU), December 2025 (Non-EU)
    Please enquire

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study
  • Bioengineering
  • Biochemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
Annotation

You are a bachelor’s student studying for a degree in chemistry, biochemistry, materials science, molecular systems engineering, physics, molecular cell biology, bioengineering or a similar subject, and are interested in one of the following topics for your master's degree: Bioengineering, biophysics, biocompatible materials, synthetic biology, molecular systems chemistry, eco-friendly chemical processes or biomedical approaches for the diagnosis and therapy of diseases.</br> The new joint Master's degree course "Matter to Life" at Heidelberg University and the University of Göttingen offers you a unique environment to study, work with and break new ground with students from different academic backgrounds. The master's degree "Matter to Life" is part of the new Max Planck School Matter to Life, which brings together excellence from various departments to create a new and innovative research field. </br> The Max Planck School Matter to Life supports master’s students with a generous scholarship, summer schools and a mentoring programme by experienced lecturers from the University of Heidelberg, Göttingen University, the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) and other outstanding research institutes from all over Germany. The programme's Germany-wide network allows students to establish important contacts with the research community at an early stage.

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

The Master's degree course is admissions restricted. Applications must be submitted by 1 December.Exception: The academic degree is awarded as a joint degree by the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg.

Lecture period
  • 14.10.2024 - 08.02.2025
  • 14.04.2025 - 26.07.2025

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2024/2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.09.2025 - 01.12.2025

    For the winter semester 2023/24, the application deadline is 31.12.2022, all subsequent semesters 1 December.

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.09.2025 - 01.12.2025

    For the winter semester 2023/24, the application deadline is 31.12.2022, all subsequent semesters 1 December.

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.09.2025 - 01.12.2025

    For the winter semester 2023/24, the application deadline is 31.12.2022, all subsequent semesters 1 December.

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    Until 15.07.2025 (Universitywide deadline)

    https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/studium/studienorganisation/termine-und-fristen

Tuition fee

For the first-degree courses and consecutive Master's degree programmes at the Universität Heidelberg no general tuition fees are charged. For international students from countries outside the European Union (EU) and outside the European Economic Area (EEA), tuition fees of 1,500 euros per semester are charged at all universities in Baden-Württemberg.

Languages of instruction

Main language

English

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