Master LS
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Modules and thesis
ACLS Specialisation Track Module und Master Thesis – 40 credits
You choose the topic for your research work (30 credits) before you study:
- Thesis Topics
- Modul description master's thesis(PDF 147,3 KB)
- Factsheets and guidelines masters thesis
- Template master thesis
In preparation for your Master Thesis, you will visit both Specialisation Track Modules (10 Credits):
ACLS Specialisation Skills – 20 credits
You're taking all modules:
- Mathematical Modelling(PDF 163,2 KB)
- Advanced Data Architectures(PDF 197,5 KB)
- Deep Learning(PDF 145,6 KB)
Depending on your previous programming knowledge, you will attend at least one module:
- Programming, Algorithms and Data-Structures(PDF 208,4 KB)
- Software Engineering and Design Patterns(PDF 173,4 KB)
- Developing Software as a Product(PDF 170,0 KB)
There are four elective module:
- Computational Life Sciences Seminar(PDF 174,8 KB)
- Advanced Deep Learning(PDF 250,3 KB)
- Relational Databases(PDF 183,1 KB)
- Introduction to Neural Networks(PDF 144,1 KB)
You can also take other life science modules from this list:
- Bioprocessing and Bioanalytics(PDF 170,3 KB)
- Product and Process Design(PDF 140,5 KB)
- Innovations in Sustainable Food Packaging and Supply Chain(PDF 240,2 KB)
- Food, Society and Nutrition(PDF 179,0 KB)
- Patterns and Trends in Environmental Data
- Advanced Life Cycle Assessment
- Sustainability Science
- CO2 Management in Companies and Local Authorities
- Agriculture for the Future
- Behavioral Change
ACLS Core Competencies – minimum 12 credits
You choose at least four modules.
Mandatory modules - area "Handling and Understanding Data":
- Handling and Visualising Data(PDF 201,8 KB)
- Design and Analysis of Experiments(PDF 187,3 KB)
- Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data(PDF 252,5 KB)
Other possible module - area "Handling and Understanding Data":
Other possible modules - area "Management, Business and Society":
ACLS Cluster-specific modules – minimum 9 credits
The following modules are mandatory:
Recommended module:
The following modules can be taken as External Effort:
- Generative AI Models in Life Sciences(PDF 265,9 KB)
- Bioinformatics Methods for Genomics and Applications(PDF 246,0 KB)
Other possible modules from other clusters:
Cluster Food
- Progress in Food Processing(PDF 250,6 KB)
- Nutrition and Nutrition Related Chronic Diseases(PDF 248,4 KB)
- Foodomics(PDF 161,2 KB)
- Sustainable Food Supply Chains(PDF 217,3 KB)
- Advanced Sensory Techniques(PDF 280,0 KB)
- Journal Club “Food and Nutrition Sciences”(PDF 175,4 KB)
Cluster Bio/Pharma
- Compound Profiling in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery(PDF 166,4 KB)
- Design of Biopharmaceutical Production Facilities(PDF 251,3 KB)
- Regulatory Affairs(PDF 219,1 KB)
- Physiology and Immunotherapies(PDF 232,3 KB)
- Tissue Engineering for Drug Discovery(PDF 220,8 KB)
- Bioanalytics in a Regulated Environment(PDF 309,9 KB)
- Physicochemical Principles in Pharmaceutics(PDF 186,0 KB)
Cluster Chemistry
- Materials Science(PDF 170,7 KB)
- Surface Characterisation(PDF 271,9 KB)
- Polymers and Applications(PDF 247,0 KB)
- Green Chemistry(PDF 176,4 KB)
- Chemistry and Energy(PDF 217,7 KB)
- Industrial Chemical Process Safety(PDF 250,1 KB)
Cluster Environment
- Journal Club Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences(PDF 246,2 KB)
- Life Cycle Assessment(PDF 169,9 KB)
- Sustainable Natural Resource Management(PDF 249,5 KB)
- Ecological Infrastructure in Landscapes(PDF 269,7 KB)
- Biodiversity(PDF 222,0 KB)
- Water Management for Households, Industry and Agriculture(PDF 218,0 KB)
FBI Master's thesis – 40 credits
You choose where you want to write your research paper before you start your studies:
FBI Specialisation Skills – 20 credits
You're taking all modules:
- Food Innovation(PDF 237,0 KB)
- Product and Process Design(PDF 140,5 KB)
- Innovations in Sustainable Food Packaging and Supply Chain(PDF 240,2 KB)
- Food, Society and Nutrition(PDF 179,0 KB)
There is another elective module:
FBI Core Competencies – minimum 12 credits
You choose at least four modules.
Handling and Understanding Data:
- Handling and Visualising Data(PDF 201,8 KB)
- Design and Analysis of Experiments(PDF 187,3 KB)
- Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data(PDF 252,5 KB)
- Data and Ethics(PDF 232,5 KB)
Management, Business and Society:
FBI Cluster-specific modules – minimum 9 credits
You choose at least three modules out of the cluster Food.
- Progress in Food Processing(PDF 250,6 KB)
- Nutrition and Nutrition Related Chronic Diseases(PDF 248,4 KB)
- Foodomics(PDF 161,2 KB)
- Sustainable Food Supply Chains(PDF 217,3 KB)
- Advanced Sensory Techniques(PDF 280,0 KB)
- Journal Club “Food and Nutrition Sciences”(PDF 175,4 KB)
Further possible modules from the cluster Environment:
Further possible modules from the cluster Bio/Pharma:
PB Master Thesis - 40 credits
You choose where you want to write your research paper before you start your studies:
PB Core Competencies – minimum 12 credits
You choose at least four modules.
Mandatory module - area "Handling and Understanding Data":
Other possible modules - area "Handling and Understanding Data":
- Design and Analysis of Experiments(PDF 187,3 KB)
- Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data(PDF 252,5 KB)
- Data and Ethics(PDF 232,5 KB)
Other possible modules - area "Management, Business and Society":
PB Cluster-specific modules – minimum 9 credits
You choose at least three modules out of the cluster Bio/Pharma.
- Compound Profiling in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery(PDF 166,4 KB)
- Design of Biopharmaceutical Production Facilities(PDF 251,3 KB)
- Regulatory Affairs(PDF 219,1 KB)
- Physiology and Immunotherapies(PDF 232,3 KB)
- Tissue Engineering for Drug Discovery(PDF 220,8 KB)
- Bioanalytics in a Regulated Environment(PDF 309,9 KB)
- Physicochemical Principles in Pharmaceutics(PDF 186,0 KB)
Further possible modules from other clusters:
CLS Master Thesis – 40 credits
You choose where you want to write your research paper before you start your studies:
CLS Core Competencies – minimum 12 credits
You choose at least four modules.
Handling and Understanding Data:
- Handling and Visualising Data(PDF 201,8 KB)
- Design and Analysis of Experiments(PDF 187,3 KB)
- Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data(PDF 252,5 KB)
- Data and Ethics(PDF 232,5 KB)
Management, Business and Society:
CLS Cluster-specific modules – minimum 9 credits
You choose at least three modules out of the cluster Chemistry.
- Materials Science(PDF 170,7 KB)
- Surface Characterisation(PDF 271,9 KB)
- Polymers and Applications(PDF 247,0 KB)
- Green Chemistry(PDF 176,4 KB)
- Chemistry and Energy(PDF 217,7 KB)
- Industrial Chemical Process Safety(PDF 250,1 KB)
Further possible modules from other clusters:
- Modelling of Complex Systems(PDF 166,6 KB)
- Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition (PDF 217,4 KB)
- Imaging for the Life Sciences(PDF 210,8 KB)
- Optimisation and Bio-Inspired Algorithms(PDF 209,9 KB)
- Physiology and Immunotherapies(PDF 232,3 KB)
- Tissue Engineering for Drug Discovery(PDF 220,8 KB)
- Life Cycle Assessment(PDF 169,9 KB)
- Sustainable Natural Resource Management(PDF 249,5 KB)
- Biodiversity(PDF 222,0 KB)
- Nutrition and Nutrition Related Chronic Diseases(PDF 248,4 KB)
- Sustainable Food Supply Chains(PDF 217,3 KB)