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Fachbereich Physik

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Fachbereich Physik
Hochschulstraße 12
D-64289 Darmstadt
Telephone: +49 6151 16-4072
https://www.tu-darmstadt.de

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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,080

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

180

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/14 points

International orientation

Share of anglophone research groups

25.0%

Research

Research profile (distribution of PhD theses)

  • Optical, Quantum Optical, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics: 19.5%
  • Surface Physics and Nanostructures: 0%
  • Solid-state and Materials Physics: 0%
  • Particle Physics: 43.1%
  • Astrophysics and Astronomy: 13.8%
  • Soft matter physics, Biological and Chemical Physics, interdisciplinary works: 23.6%

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Laboratory internships
Research orientation
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Student Workstations

Not specified
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

55

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support

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Support in studies

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Courses offered

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Transition to Master's studies

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Research orientation

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Return rate of the questionnaires

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

BSc Physics: foundation course in accordance with the programme of the German Physics Society (DPG), Mathematics modules together with students studying Mathematics as a major, inter-disciplinary project in the initial study phase, mini research can be recognised as part of the advanced practical; MSc: Physics: Research studies with various elective options, alliance with large-scale research institution "GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research" and non-university research institutes (Fraunhofer Institute, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research); M.Sc. Physics: English-language M.Sc. degree couse with a concentration in Nuclear Physics.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Universidad de Salamanca, Spanien; University of California, Berkeley, USA; Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Schweden; École Polytechnique Fédérale (EPF) Lausanne, Schweiz; Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, Frankreich; Université de Bordeaux, Frankreich; Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Frankreich; University of Trondheim (NTNU), Norwegen; Aalto-yliopisto, Finnland; University of Bristol, Vereinigtes Königreich

Special features regarding the equipment

Large experiment facilities: Energy-recovering superconducting linear accelerator for electrons (S-DALINAC), large-scale research facility FAIR/GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Physics.

Special features regarding research activities

Research fields: Quantum Optics, Quantum Cryptography, Ultra Cold Gases, Semiconductor Optics, Condensed Matter, Soft Matter at Interfaces, Magnetic Resonance, Biological Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics, Heavy Ion Physics, Accelerator Physics, Plasma Physics.

Further information on research activities

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(P) = Professors' judgements

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