The students acquire basic knowledge required for specialized courses of the OME Master’s program that has not been taught in their respective Bachelor programs.  

The module assessment consists of an individual oral examination in the scope of 45 minutes. A confirmation of completing the assignments according to the Basics catalogue is the prerequisite for participation in the exam. 

Ref: Study Regulations (April 2019) - applies to students who started their OME studies in WiSe19/20 or later*

You have to choose one specialization area as your Major module and one different specialization area as your Minor module. 

This content of the Major module is chosen by the student from one of the two following specialist areas:
a) Physics
b) Electronics

This content of the Minor module is chosen by the student from one of the two following specialist areas:
a) Chemistry
b) Nanotechnology.

You choose your specialization courses and register for exams accordingly (changing your Major / Minor modules will require an application to the examination office - please email: pruefungsamt-ma.physik@tu-dresden.de). 

The following specialization areas are possible:

1) Physics

The Physics Major comprises a number of very different technologies applicable in the field of organic electronics. Apart from fabrication techniques, this includes knowledge about how to design a stack architecture for diode and triode devices as well as a large variety of characterization and simulation methods. Choose this major if you want to get a real deep insight of how organic semiconductors “tick”. 

2) Electronics

The Electronics Major will give you an extended insight of the development and integration of devices. The technologies used will not only include small molecular organic electronics but also printable polymers and even silicon-based circuitry. Choose this major if you want to specialize in organic/inorganic hybrid circuits. 

3) Chemistry 

The Chemistry Minor is all about chemistry. This does not only refer to the synthesis of organic molecules but to the specific molecular properties of different materials relevant for organic electronics. Choose this minor if you want to know everything of the “materials”-side of plastic electronics. 

4) Nanotechnology

The Nanotechnology Minor focusses on materials science on the nanoscale. Furthermore, the possibilities of the implementation of biomolecules in electronical applications are demonstrated, thus expanding on the field of molecular electronics. Choose this minor if you want to really go down the scale to single molecules.

Organization of your Major/Minor courses:
Over the whole study course (in your second and third semester according to the study plan) you are to complete:
- In your Major: two courses (with two exams) and a lab course** (lab course in the scope of 4 semester hours weekly)
- In your Minor: two courses (with two exams)

The complete Major / Minor course catalog

**The organization of lab courses varies according to your chosen specialization area, i.e., it may or may not be integrated in the courses. Please discuss with your lecturers. You must submit your result sheet to the examination office. The lab course is not graded.

*Students who started their OME studies before WiSe19/20 contact ome@tu-dresden.de for the Study Regulations that apply to them.

In the whole study course you have to complete one elective module.

You may choose from:

• German Language
• Investing in a Sustainable Future
• Current Topics in Materials Science
• Academic and Scientific Work
  The module "Academic and Scientific Work" comprises the course "Academic Skills in Computer Science".
• Semiconductor Industry Challenges: Market Dynamics, Technology Innovations, Yield and Reliability Engineering
  The module "Semiconducor Industry Challenges" takes up 2 semesters, it consists of two parts: "Dynamics and economics of the semiconductor market driven by technological innovations" with Professor Kücher and "Reliability Engineering and Kinetics of Degration Processes in Advanced Electronics" (Professor Zschech). You need to complete both.

If you want to change your elective course, please complete this form and submit to ome@msx.tu-dresden.de.

The unique module „Project Work“ offers an opportunity of an internship or independent research within the Master’s program. Students should find research projects which correspond their interests (it could be at the university, research institutions, or in the industry), as well as a professor who agrees to supervise their work and grade it.

The module comprises a practical course in the scope of 120 hours (8 semester hours per week) and self-study. The results of the practical work should be presented in the written form, further specified by the module supervisor (Guidelines Project Work). The total effort amounts to 150 hours.

After you have found the project, please write an e-mail to the examination office. Please fill out that form.

Thematically the project work should comprise research, development, modeling, analysis, planning in organic electronics and related fields. Please mind that if you decide to complete the practical course outside the university, you still have to find a TU Dresden professor who will supervise and grade it. The students’ performance in the module “Project Work” should be documented in the following form, which is to be filled out (if possible preferably electronically) and signed by the supervisor and delivered to the examination office.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Master's thesis is to be written in English.
• Get in touch with your professors, asking them if they have any Master's thesis projects available (not all institutes provide lists of topics but most of them offer Master's projects that might be of interest to you).
• Please use a standard, easily readable font, type size 11-12, space 1,2-1,5, standard margins (around 2 cm). Ask at your printers whether an additional left side margin space is needed for binding.  You can also use the following template or templates in TU Dresden corporate design.
• Here you can find more information about the Master's Thesis.

REGISTRATION FOR THE MASTER'S THESIS

If you wish to write your thesis at the Faculty of Physics of the TU Dresden (e.g. IAPP)

• Please fill out the Master’s Thesis Registration Form. You will need the signature of your supervisor and your second supervisor.
• Bring over the filled out registration form personally to the examination office within 10 days after getting the signatures. The submission deadline for your Master’s thesis will be then communicated to you (22 weeks after the registration date). The registration is binding.

If you wish to write your thesis outside the Faculty of Physics of the TU Dresden

• After you have found a topic and a supervisor, please submit the proposal to professor Leo for approval. Each case will be considered individually. 
• After professor Leo has accepted your proposal, please fill out the Master’s Thesis Registration Form. You will need the signature of your first and your second supervisor.
• Bring over the filled out registration form and professor Leo's approval personally to the examination office within 10 days after getting all the signatures. The submission deadline for your Master’s thesis will be then communicated to you (22 weeks after the registration date). The registration is binding.

SUBMITTING YOUR MASTER'S THESIS

• The Master’s thesis is to be submitted in the examination office within the deadline in two typed hardcover copies as well as in a digital copy (on a CD). 
• To each copy you will have to attach a Statement of Authorship.

Extension of Submission Deadline of the Master's Thesis

Application for an Extension to Submission Deadline of the Master's Thesis

Topics

• TU Dresden: Institute of Semiconductors and Microsystems
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• TU Dresden: The Solid-State Electronics Laboratory
• TU Dresden: Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology
• TU Dresden: Chair of Circuit Design and Network Theory
• TU Dresden: Chair for Electron Devices and Integrated Circuits
• Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden
• Research institutes in Germany: academics.de