Mathematics from winter semester 2024/25

Master in Mathematics with four fields of study

The English-taught Master of Science Mathematics programme is divided into four different fields of study: Mathematics, Business Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Data Science. Each specialisation has a different focus, so there is a suitable programme for everyone.

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International atmosphere

The Technical University of (TU) Darmstadt is one of the leading technical universities in Germany (member of the German TU9 network). Outstanding fields of research with a focus on interdisciplinary and excellent practical oriented teaching, makes us an attractive place to study for students from all over the world. It also qualifies our students for demanding jobs in in the fields of Engineering and Business. With a degree from TU Darmstadt you have the some of the best job perspectives because our graduates are held in high esteem within the business world. In the world wide QS Graduate Employability Ranking TU Darmstadt is among the top 70 universities.

The Department of Mathematics is one of the largest mathematical departments in Germany. Our more than 1000 students value and appreciate the excellent and intensive support by their lecturers, wide range of specialization opportunities and research fields as well as our interdisciplinary and international oriented teaching methods. Further-more, we work closely with other disciplines within TU Darmstadt such as Engineering, Natural and Computer Sciences but also Social Sciences and Humanities.

The two mathematical specialisations build on the key areas of the seven mathematical research fields covered by the Bachelor’s course and allow you to tackle current research topics in the respective fields.

Generally, in the two mathematical seminars the knowledge you have acquired in the specialisations is applied to a concrete research topic. This usually generates themes for your Master’s thesis.

The specialist area comprises the mathematical subsidiary area, which gives you the opportunity to explore other fields of mathematics or expand your chosen specialisations, and the subsidiary subject , which usually involves greater specialisation in the subsidiary you chose for your Bachelor’s degree.

The cross-disciplinary area includes the cross-disciplinary elective, which allows you to acquire practical skills by doing an external work placement, for example, or running a support class, and the Studium Generale, which enables you to explore completely different facets of academia or acquire additional cross-disciplinary skills.

The mathematical entrance competencies can be seen on the site application and admission .

This subject is similar to that with a non-mathematical specialisation and usually continues on from a Bachelor’s degree in business mathematics. As in the Bachelor’s course, the mathematical training focuses on areas of particular relevance to applications in economics.

A mathematical specialisation in stochastics or optimisation is combined with a non-mathematical specialisation in economics.

In the business informatics subsidiary you can build on the foundations of informatics acquired in your Bachelor’s course and round them off with special modules on business informatics.

The cross-disciplinary area includes the cross-disciplinary elective and the Studium Generale. They allow you to gain practical experience by doing an external work placement, for example, or running a support class (cross-disciplinary elective) and to acquire cross-disciplinary skills, irrespective of your specialisation or subsidiary subject (Studium Generale).

The mathematical entrance competencies can be seen on the site application and admission .

One mathematical specialisation is combined with one non-mathematical specialisation . This means you can specialise in a subsidiary from your Bachelor’s course so that you are able to pursue interdisciplinary Master’s studies.

In the non-mathematical specialisation, you will attend one seminar (or similar) and one mathematical seminar.

In addition to the non-mathematical specialisation you will study the same subject, or another, as a subsidiary subject .

Just as in the Mathematics Course, the mathematical specialisation and the cross-disciplinary area offer you the chance to expand your own scientific horizons.

The cross-disciplinary elective allows you to acquire practical skills by doing an external work placement, for example, or running a support class. The Studium Generale enables you to explore completely different facets of academia or acquire additional cross-disciplinary skills.

The mathematical entrance competencies can be seen on the site application and admission .

We will be offering the Data Science degree programme for the first time from the winter semester 2024/25.

You will focus on two specialisations in the areas of analysis, numerics, optimisation or stochastics. The offered specialisation courses in the upcoming semesters can be found in this table (opens in new tab) .

In two seminars, also chosen from the four mathematical research areas, you will deepen your knowledge from the specialisation areas on the basis of a concrete research topic. Usually, this results in topics for the Master's thesis.

The Electives area includes the additional courses in mathematics, which offers the opportunity to get to know further mathematical areas or to supplement the selected specialisations, and the compulsory minor in computer science.

The interdisciplinary area includes the interdisciplinary elective area, which gives you the opportunity to gain practical experience, for example, through an external internship or holding an exercise group. The interdisciplinary area also includes the Studium Generale: this offers the opportunity to look into completely different areas of the academic world or to acquire further interdisciplinary skills. This also includes the module “Mathematical Management Consulting”.

The mathematical entrance competencies can be seen on the site "Mehr erfahren

We will be offering the Data Science degree programme for the first time from the winter semester 2024/25.

You will focus on two specialisations in the areas of analysis, numerics, optimisation or stochastics. The offered specialisation courses in the upcoming semesters can be found in this table (opens in new tab) .

In two seminars, also chosen from the four mathematical research areas, you will deepen your knowledge from the specialisation areas on the basis of a concrete research topic. Usually, this results in topics for the Master's thesis.

The Electives area includes the additional courses in mathematics, which offers the opportunity to get to know further mathematical areas or to supplement the selected specialisations, and the compulsory minor in computer science.

The interdisciplinary area includes the interdisciplinary elective area, which gives you the opportunity to gain practical experience, for example, through an external internship or holding an exercise group. The interdisciplinary area also includes the Studium Generale: this offers the opportunity to look into completely different areas of the academic world or to acquire further interdisciplinary skills. This also includes the module “Mathematical Management Consulting”.

The mathematical entrance competencies can be seen on the site "application and admission “.

application and admission”.