The Materials Science degree programme at the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU DA) is characterised by four pillars: The teaching of broad basic knowledge in natural sciences and engineering, an in-depth specialisation in materials science, a strong focus on application and a high proportion of practical work. All these pillars can be found in the curriculum from day one. The focus is on understanding structure-property relationships and how they can be influenced. The aim is to prepare graduates for researching and optimising materials themselves. Students benefit from a very good student-teacher ratio.

English-language international degree programme. In the third semester, students can spend time abroad at one of the many partner universities. Many compulsory elective subjects with a broad range of materials science courses.

Five international double Master's degree programmes taught in English: Four EU-funded: FAMEAIS, AMIR-EM, AMIR, AMIS; With Tongji University (Shanghai, CHN); With the University of Lyon (FRA); An EU-funded strategic partnership: CIRCLE; International Doctoral School in Functional Materials and Innovation (IDS-FunMat Inno); German-French. Doctoral Centre (DFDK);; International MSc Energy Science and Engineering (Excellence Graduate School of the same name); Privileged partnerships with the University of Lyon and the University of Bordeaux(FRA); Research collaborations with University of Bordeaux, University of Tohoku (JPN) and Tongji (CHN).

Materials science at TU Darmstadt is characterised by an outstanding bundling of methods at one location, which enables research and teaching on the topics of energy, resource efficiency and sustainability at the highest level. The use of a wide variety of our own state-of-the-art equipment and collaborations with external institutions mean that the entire spectrum of cutting-edge material analysis is covered. A separate computing cluster and rights of use on mainframes (e.g. HHLR of the TU Darmstadt, CSC Frankfurt, supercomputer FZ Jülich) are available for material modelling.

Our research approach is characterised by the understanding-based development of resource-efficient materials with new or improved functionalities. Participation in major projects: German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Training Group MatComComMat (material composites made from composite materials); DFG Transregional Collaborative Research Centre HoMMage (Hysteresis design of magnetic materials for efficient energy conversion); DFG Collaborative Research Centre FLAIR (Fermi level engineering of electroceramic oxides)

Office for Sustainability at TU Darmstadt. The department is involved in research and teaching collaborations through joint professorships with non-university research institutions (Helmholtz centres of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Society for Heavy Ion Research (GSI)).