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Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Universität Greifswald

Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Institut für Physik
Felix Hausdorff Str. 6
D-17489 Greifswald
Telephone: +49 3834 420-4700
https://www.uni-greifswald.de

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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

160

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

20

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

7/14 points

International orientation

Share of anglophone research groups

15.0%

Research

Research profile (distribution of PhD theses)

  • Optical, Quantum Optical, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics: 45%
  • Surface Physics and Nanostructures: 8%
  • Solid-state and Materials Physics: 15%
  • Particle Physics: 0%
  • Astrophysics and Astronomy: 0%
  • Soft matter physics, Biological and Chemical Physics, interdisciplinary works: 32%

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Laboratory internships

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Research orientation

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Support for stays abroad

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Rooms

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Library
IT-infrastructure
Student Workstations
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

21

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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Study organisation

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Transition to Master's studies

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Research orientation

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Overall study situation

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Return rate of the questionnaires

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

There is very good supervision and individual support in small groups. The institute's equipment, e.g. in practicals, is state-of-the-art. Individual interests are promoted through the range of numerous optional courses.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Masaryk Universität, Brünn, Tschechien; Karls Universität, Prag, Tschechien; Universität Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slowenien; Universität Lund, Lund, Schweden; Universität Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, Frankreich

Special features regarding the equipment

New building with modern initial equipment in 2007; new computer centre in 2020.

Special features regarding research activities

Collaboration in the SFB 1270: Electrically active implants (Elaine); collaboration in DFG priority programmes: SPP1648 Software for exascale computing; SPP1666 Topological insulators: Materials - Fundamental Properties - Devices; SPP2137 Skyrmionics; FOR 2820 Research Group VolImpact.

Support for founders

The Start-Up Office is an initiative of the University of Greifswald and is coordinated by the Centre for Research Promotion and Transfer (ZFF). At the local level, the actors are networked via the Greifswald Transfer Network.

Other special features

Close cooperation with the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP), Greifswald Branch and the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP)

Further information on research activities

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Acronyms

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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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