In the first semester of year 3 the minor is scheduled.
The minor can be chosen from:
- a university minor, offered by another faculty
- a faculty minor, for instance the minor Education
- the minor Astronomy
- the minor Instrumentation and Informatics
- a package of courses approved of on individual basis by the exam committee, for instance in case of studying abroad or the minor science for scientists consisting of courses offered by for instance the mathematics, (applied) physics, chemistry, computing science, etc bachelor's degree programme.

The student has to choose one course from option group C, one course from option group D and one course from option group E.
It is allowed to choose other courses in option group D from the third year of the (Applied) Physics bachelor's degree programme, on approval of the Board of Examiners. However, it can not be guaranteed that a different choice of course in option group D will not lead to an overlap in the schedule.