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Physics, Department

Fakultät Physik

Technische Universität Dortmund

Fakultät Physik
Otto-Hahn-Straße 4
D-44221 Dortmund
Telephone: +49 231 755-3503
https://www.tu-dortmund.de

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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,320

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

220

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

International orientation

Share of anglophone research groups

30.0%

Research

Research profile (distribution of PhD theses)

  • Optical, Quantum Optical, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics: 4%
  • Surface Physics and Nanostructures: 9.3%
  • Solid-state and Materials Physics: 28%
  • Particle Physics: 25.3%
  • Astrophysics and Astronomy: 12%
  • Soft matter physics, Biological and Chemical Physics, interdisciplinary works: 21.3%

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Return rate of the questionnaires

95

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

36

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Integrated course Physics 1 to 4, combines training in experimental and theoretical physics in basic education; one of few courses in medical physics at universities in Germany; in-depth training in accelerator physics through own synchrotron radiation source.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Ioffe Istitute, St. Petersburg, Russland; Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Russland; Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Niederlande; Saint-Petersburg State University, Russland; Universitetet i Tromsø, Norwegen; Stockholms Universitet, Schweden; Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italien; Universite Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrant, Frankreich

Special features regarding the equipment

Operation of a synchrotron storage ring; helium liquefaction; electronic and mechanical workshops; construction office; electronic development; access to high-performance computing.

Special features regarding research activities

Participation in large international cooperations in Optics, Solid State Physics, Particle Physics and Astroparticle Physics; research with Synchrotron Radiation and accelerator development on the only electron storage ring at a German university; high resolution laser spectroscopy in strong magnetic fields on semiconductor systems and quantum dots, stationary and with high time resolution; research with NMR, also with regard to Medical Physics.

Support for founders

The TU Dortmund University of Technology is one of the leading start-up universities: the "Centrum für Entrepreneurship & Transfer" serves as a central university institution for business start-ups and the transfer from science; the tu>startup STIFTUNG offers funding for forward-looking research, teaching and transfer projects and support for outstanding spin-offs in the early stages.

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Last Update 2021: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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