The FPR-M is research-oriented. Students are expected to acquire the ability to design, carry out, analyse, record and present challenging physics experiments, and to deepen their experience of modern measurement and data analysis techniques in experimental physics.

The FPR-M is worth 9 CP. Of these, 2 CP are allocated to an accompanying seminar (see below) and 7 CP to 4 experiments, each lasting 3 experimental days of 8 hours each (on Fridays from 9 am to 5 pm; for some experiments, alternative dates are arranged for organisational reasons). The grades for the experiments contribute to the final grade for the module with a combined weighting of 7/9.

If an experiment is carried out as part of the block lab course ‘Psychophysics, Neurosensorics and Auditory Signal Processing’, the block lab course may be combined with a 3-credit course from Specialisation Module I or II to take account of the increased workload.

Currently, only the block lab course ‘Psychophysics, Neurosensorics and Auditory Signal Processing’ is offered (in February and March respectively).

Accompanying the FPR-M is a seminar in which students deepen their knowledge and skills in presenting the fundamentals, methodology and results of physical experiments using multimedia tools.

The seminar is worth 2 CP. Regular attendance at the seminar is compulsory; each participant must give a seminar presentation. The seminar mark contributes 2/9 to the final mark for the module.

The allocation of experiments and presentations will take place on the first session of the FPR-M seminar.

For the FPR-M module, an overall grade is awarded, calculated as the weighted average of the individual marks for the four experiments and the seminar mark. The criteria for marking are available .

For the discontinued Diplom degree programme, the following applies: one experiment in FPR-M corresponds to one experiment in the FPR module of the Diplom degree programme.