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 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 kB)
- Advanced Data Architectures (PDF 205 kB)
- Deep Learning (PDF 146 kB)
Depending on your previous programming knowledge, you will attend at least one module:
- Programming, Algorithms and Data-Structures (PDF 208 kB)
- Software Engineering and Design Patterns (PDF 181 kB)
- Developing Software as a Product (PDF 177 kB)
There are four elective module:
- Computational Life Sciences Seminar (PDF 175 kB)
- Advanced Deep Learning (PDF 250 kB)
- Relational Databases (PDF 190 kB)
- Introduction to Neural Networks (PDF 137 kB)
You can also take other life science modules from this list:
- Bioprocessing and Bioanalytics (PDF 170 kB)
- Product and Process Design (PDF 140 kB)
- Innovations in Sustainable Food Packaging and Supply Chain (PDF 240 kB)
- Food, Society and Nutrition (PDF 179 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 202 kB)
- Design and Analysis of Experiments (PDF 186 kB)
- Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data (PDF 248 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 266 kB)
- Bioinformatics Methods for Genomics and Applications (PDF 246 kB)
Other possible modules from other clusters:
Cluster Food
- Progress in Food Processing (PDF 251 kB)
- Nutrition and Nutrition Related Chronic Diseases (PDF 248 kB)
- Foodomics (PDF 169 kB)
- Sustainable Food Supply Chains (PDF 246 kB)
- Advanced Sensory Techniques (PDF 289 kB)
- Journal Club “Food and Nutrition Sciences” (PDF 175 kB)
Cluster Bio/Pharma
- Compound Profiling in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery (PDF 166 kB)
- Design of Biopharmaceutical Production Facilities (PDF 251 kB)
- Regulatory Affairs (PDF 226 kB)
- Physiology and Immunotherapies (PDF 240 kB)
- Tissue Engineering for Drug Discovery (PDF 226 kB)
- Bioanalytics in a Regulated Environment (PDF 310 kB)
- Physicochemical Principles in Pharmaceutics (PDF 186 kB)
Cluster Chemistry
- Materials Science (PDF 171 kB)
- Surface Characterisation (PDF 272 kB)
- Polymers and Applications (PDF 247 kB)
- Green Chemistry (PDF 183 kB)
- Chemistry and Energy (PDF 223 kB)
- Industrial Chemical Process Safety (PDF 258 kB)
Cluster Environment
- Journal Club Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences (PDF 246 kB)
- Life Cycle Assessment (PDF 170 kB)
- Sustainable Natural Resource Management (PDF 249 kB)
- Ecological Infrastructure in Landscapes (PDF 270 kB)
- Biodiversity (PDF 229 kB)
- Water Management for Households, Industry and Agriculture (PDF 225 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 kB) Last implementation AS25
- Regenerative Food Production (PDF 253 kB) First implementation AS26 (subject to alterations)
- Product and Process Design (PDF 140 kB) Last implementation SS26
- Food Bioprocessing and microbial consortia with legal aspects (PDF 192 kB) First implementation SS27 (subject to alterations)
- Innovations in Sustainable Food Packaging and Supply Chain (PDF 240 kB)
- Food, Society and Nutrition (PDF 179 kB) Last implementation SS26
- Molecular Composition and Transformation of Food (PDF 171 kB) First implementation SS27 (subject to alterations)
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 202 kB)
- Design and Analysis of Experiments (PDF 186 kB)
- Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data (PDF 248 kB)
- Data and Ethics (PDF 232 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 251 kB)
- Nutrition and Nutrition Related Chronic Diseases (PDF 248 kB)
- Foodomics (PDF 169 kB)
- Sustainable Food Supply Chains (PDF 246 kB)
- Advanced Sensory Techniques (PDF 289 kB)
- Journal Club “Food and Nutrition Sciences” (PDF 175 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 186 kB)
- Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data (PDF 248 kB)
- Data and Ethics (PDF 232 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 kB)
- Design of Biopharmaceutical Production Facilities (PDF 251 kB)
- Regulatory Affairs (PDF 226 kB)
- Physiology and Immunotherapies (PDF 240 kB)
- Tissue Engineering for Drug Discovery (PDF 226 kB)
- Bioanalytics in a Regulated Environment (PDF 310 kB)
- Physicochemical Principles in Pharmaceutics (PDF 186 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 202 kB)
- Design and Analysis of Experiments (PDF 186 kB)
- Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data (PDF 248 kB)
- Data and Ethics (PDF 232 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 171 kB)
- Surface Characterisation (PDF 272 kB)
- Polymers and Applications (PDF 247 kB)
- Green Chemistry (PDF 183 kB)
- Chemistry and Energy (PDF 223 kB)
- Industrial Chemical Process Safety (PDF 258 kB)
Further possible modules from other clusters:
- Modelling of Complex Systems (PDF 167 kB)
- Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition (PDF 217 kB)
- Imaging for the Life Sciences (PDF 221 kB)
- Optimisation and Bio-Inspired Algorithms (PDF 217 kB)
- Physiology and Immunotherapies (PDF 240 kB)
- Tissue Engineering for Drug Discovery (PDF 226 kB)
- Life Cycle Assessment (PDF 170 kB)
- Sustainable Natural Resource Management (PDF 249 kB)
- Biodiversity (PDF 229 kB)
- Nutrition and Nutrition Related Chronic Diseases (PDF 248 kB)
- Sustainable Food Supply Chains (PDF 246 kB)