Other How can I fill course requirements for Physics Master's program?

[GnrEmr]

I am a 2nd year EEE student. I have a great passion for physics, when I have free time I self study physics. My dream is to enter a physics master's program in the EU and then do Physics PhD in Europe.

While many physics graduate programs do not exclude engineering students, they all require me to have taken the required undergraduate physics courses. However, my university is a small local university, so we do not have a physics department. While many physics master programs in EU do not exclude engineering students, they all require me to have taken the required undergraduate physics courses. However, since my university is a small local university, we do not have a physics department. Therefore, many of the required undergraduate physics courses (Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics) are not offered.

What should I do? I really want to be a physicist. I can't imagine doing anything different. I don't have any financial expectations, I just need to not starve. Is there anything I can do about it? Maybe taking Physics GRE? If not, my only option is to drop out of university and prepare for the university entrance exam again.

 

[CrysPhys]

It will be extremely difficult for you to succeed in a Masters Physics program without the requisite undergraduate physics background. If your heart is really set on this, what are your options for transferring to a university with a physics department (your profile says you're in Germany; I'm in the US)?

If you're considering some other option (such as self-study and placement exams), you should contact several universities that you would consider for a Masters Physics program, and ask them directly what would be viable ... after all, their decisions are dispositive.

 

[Frabjous]

If you are unable to switch universities, you really need to look for courses that are close. For example, depending on how it is taught, physical chemistry is a version of quantum mechanics. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics are taught in advanced mechanics courses in engineering.

 

[CrysPhys]

If you are unable to switch universities, you really need to look for courses that are close. For example, depending on how it is taught, physical chemistry is a version of quantum mechanics. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics are taught in advanced mechanics courses in engineering.

But before the OP goes this route, the OP should confirm directly with universities of potential Masters Physics programs that these would be acceptable, correct? [ETA: Not just acceptable, but competitive.]

 

[Frabjous]

But before the OP goes this route, the OP should confirm directly with universities of potential Masters Physics programs that these would be acceptable, correct? [ETA: Not just acceptable, but competitive.]

Of course.