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CHE University Ranking

Physics, Department

Fakultät Physik

Technische Universität Dortmund

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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,050

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

230

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/16 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: 6.1%
  • Surface Physics and Nanostructures: 13.3%
  • Solid-state and Materials Physics: 19.4%
  • Particle Physics: 31.6%
  • Astrophysics and Astronomy: 7.1%
  • Soft matter physics, Biological and Chemical Physics, interdisciplinary works: 22.4%

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

66

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

The integrated course Physics 1 to 4 combines basic education in experimental and theoretical physics; one of the few degree programmes in medical physics at any university in Germany; in-depth education in accelerator physics thanks to the university's own synchrotron light source.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Students and graduates are prepared and trained for work in international contexts; Detailed personal advice from the faculty for study periods/internships abroad; Courses taken abroad are recognised; A wide range of exchange programmes for study periods or internships abroad; a wide range of counselling and support services for international students and students of the Dortmund University of Technology through the International Affairs Office; Internationalization at Home: International activities/events on campus. Students are involved in international research cooperations of the work groups, the proportion of students of a class who take advantage of this option for exchange is about 20 percent.

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

Synchrotron storage ring operation; Helium liquefaction; Electronic and mechanical workshops; Engineering design office; Electronics development; Access to high-performance computing.

Special features regarding research activities

Collaboration on large international cooperations in the fields of 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.

Further information on research activities

Website of the Student Council

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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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