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.

During your course of study 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".

If you want to change your elective course during your course of study, please complete this form and submit to ome@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.

REGISTRATION OF YOUR MASTER'S THESIS

• Please complete your topic proposal and submit to the Dean of Studies for approval. Each case will be considered individually (ONLY NECESSARY if you wish to write your thesis outside the TUD Faculty of Physics, e.g., Fraunhofer institute)
• Please complete the Master’s Thesis Registration Form. Ensure that both supervisors have signed the form.
• Please submit the Registration Form as soon as possible to the Examination Office (contact details see below) The submission deadline for your Master’s thesis will then be communicated to you (22 weeks counting from the date of registration in the Examination Office). The registration is binding.

Extension of Submission Deadline of the Master's Thesis

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

SUBMITTING YOUR MASTER'S THESIS

The examination committee's stipulation regarding the submission of master theses remains as follows (during ongoing Corona pandemic):

• The scientific thesis (PDF file) is to be e-mailed to your reviewers by the set deadline. Please cc the examination office pruefungsamt-ma.physik@tu-dresden.de.
• Please inform the examination office and ome@tu-dresden.de  about the defense date by mail (the office needs to know this date to issue the exam protocol; OME would like to know the date to invite your fellow students).

• The following documentation needs to be submitted by post (snail mail) or dropped directly in the letter box of TUD (https://tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/kontakte-services/anschrift)

  • Thesis:
    • 2 hardcopies,
    • signed Statement of Authorship,
    • 1 CD,
    • form for submitting the thesis (https://tu-dresden.de/mn/studium/formulare-studiendokumente/abgabe).
  • Request for final certificate/transcript (after all exams have been passed):
    • application for certificate: https://tu-dresden.de/mn/studium/formulare-studiendokumente/zeugnisdokumente
    • rejection of exam results: https://tu-dresden.de/mn/ressourcen/dateien/studium/formulare/mn_ablehnung_na.pdf?lang=de
    • current address where the final documents can be sent by post.

Available Topics (selection only)

• TU Dresden: Institute of Semiconductors and Microsystems
• TU Dresden: Chair of Polymeric Microsystems
• 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