Physics (Bachelor)
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The bachelor’s programme in Physics provides students with a comprehensive basic academic education in the area of physics and its areas of applications.
Graduates are familiar with scientific methods in physical experiments. They know how to describe physical correlations and processes in theoretical terms and to model them by means of computer-aided modelling. They have profound knowledge of the most important sub-disciplines of physics and their interrelations. Moreover, they have experience in using modern computer technologies and applying them in the field of natural and technical science. They know mathematical tools and methods and competently apply them to issues in the field of physics.
Bachelor of Science
Degree Programme Code: 033 676
6 semesters / 180 ECTS credits
Language: German and English
Compulsory Online-Self-Assessment (in German)
Facts & Figures
- Students: 967
- Graduates in the last academic year: 84
- Number of semesters needed for graduation (median): 7,6
Data updated on: 26.11.2025
Information about presentation & calculation
Attention
Instruction Language German
Please note that the instruction language of this programme is German. To start the degree programme, you need to hold a certificate of German proficiency on C1 level.
Admission Procedure
Information about the admission procedure
Getting Started
Orientation in the first semester
Introductory and orientation period (STEOP)
Getting Informed
StudiesServiceCenter (SSC) Physics
Students' Representatives Physics
Study programme
The bachelor’s programme in Physics comprises
- the group of compulsory modules A “Introductory and Orientation Period (STEOP)”;
- the group of compulsory modules B focusing on subject-specific basic education in experimental and theoretical physics, computer science and the related mathematical basics;
- the group of compulsory modules C, aimed at employing numerical methods to solve issues in the field of physics and at basic education in the area of computer-aided scientific work with emphasis on data analysis and visualisation;
- as well as the two groups of elective modules A and B.
Five concepts
which you will deal with during your studies:
- Quantum mechanics
- Theory of relativity
- Thermodynamics
- Solid-state physics
- Spectroscopy
... and many more.
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Overview of the programme structure & topics
Here you find the current offer of courses for this programme to gain better insight into the topics and structure. For more information please click on the respective level.
Group of compulsory modules A (15 ECTS)
StEOP Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)
StEOP 1 Experimental Physics I: Classical Mechanics and Thermodynamics (8 ECTS)
StEOP 2 Introduction to Calculus(7 ECTS)
Group of compulsory modules B (139 ECTS)
LINALG Linear Algebra for Physicists (7 ECTS)
ANA I Analysis for Physicists I (8 ECTS)
E II Experimental Physics II: Optics, Electromagnetism and Relativity (8 ECTS)
EEA Introduction to Experimental Working (4 ECTS)
T I Theoretical Physics I: Classical Mechanics (9 ECTS)
ANA II Analysis for Physicists II (8 ECTS)
T II Theoretical Physics II: Electrodynamics (9 ECTS)
LP I Introductory Physics Lab Course I (6 ECTS)
PROG Programming for Physicists (6 ECTS)
ANA III Analysis for Physicists III (8 ECTS)
FFP Research at the Faculty of Physics (1 ECTS)
E III Experimental Physics III: Quantum Mechanics, Atom- and Nuclear Physics(8 ECTS)
T III Theoretical Physics III: Quantum Mechanics (9 ECTS)
LP II Introductory Physics Lab Course II (9 ECTS)
E IV Experimental Physics IV: Condensed Matter (8 ECTS)
T IV Theoretical Physics IV: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (9 ECTS)
ERGB Extension/Supplement (10 ECTS)
BACHSE Bachelor Seminar (7 ECTS)
Group of compulsory modules C (5 ECTS)
SCICOM Scientific Computing (5 ECTS)
DSC Data Science for Physicists (5 ECTS)
Group of elective modules A (14 ECTS)
WPF 1 Computational Physics (7 ECTS)
WPF 2 Classical and Quantum Optics (7 ECTS)
WPF 3 Quantum Information (7 ECTS)
WPF 4 Advanced Materials (7 ECTS)
WPF 5 Nanotechnology: Concepts, Methods, Materials (7 ECTS)
WPF 6 Introduction to Partical Physics (7 ECTS)
WPF 7 Introduction to Theory of Relativity (7 ECTS)
WPF 8 Introduction to Nuclear Physics (7 ECTS)
Group of elective modules B (7 ECTS)
WLP 1 Lab-Course: Computational Statistical Mechanics (7 ECTS)
WLP 2 Lab-Course: Computational Quantum Mechanics (7 ECTS)
WLP 3 Lab-Course: Classical and Quantum Optics (7 ECTS)
WLP 4 Lab-Course: Advanced Materials (7 ECTS)
Lab-Course: Nanotechnology: Concepts, Methods, Materials (7 ECTS)
WLP 6 Lab-Course: Nuclear Physics (7 ECTS)
WLP 7 Lab-Course: Aerosol Physics (7 ECTS)
WLP 8 Lab-Course: Introductory Electronics Lab Course for Experimental Physics(7 ECTS)
WLP 9 Lab-Course: Electronic Data Acquisition and Automation in Laboratories (7 ECTS)
WLP 10 Lab-Course: Theoretical Physics (7 ECTS)
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After Graduation
The scientific foundation of the bachelor’s programme in Physics qualifies graduates to critically assess knowledge and to argue in quantitative terms. The use of modern teaching and learning methods allows students to acquire scientific expertise, and promotes skills that are required in professional life, such as the ability to work independently and in teams. The specific physical mindset allows graduates to use their knowledge and skills in a wide range of occupational fields that require familiarity with logical structures as well as creativity and innovative thinking and that extend beyond the limits of the discipline.
Master's Programmes
- Physics (Master)
- Physics of the Earth (Geophysics) (Master)
- Master Access Guide
Continuing after Graduation
- Alumni of the University of Vienna
- [Postgraduate Center - postgraduate programmes at the University of Vienna](http://www.postgraduatecenter.at/en)
- [Uniport - career service of the University of Vienna](https://www.uniport.at/uniport-fuer-studierende)
Graduates' Perspective on the Degree Programme
#### Degree programme in retrospect
Graduates ...
- say that this degree programme receives the grade: 2.1 (good)
- rate the level of difficulty as: 4.1 (high)
→ These results are basd on feedback from 126 graduates.
*You can find further assessments of the degree programme from its graduates’ perspective in the graduate survey of thebachelor’s programme in Physics graduation survey (in German).