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Chemistry, Department

Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Institut für Chemie
Brook-Taylor-Straße 2
D-12489 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 20937280
https://www.hu-berlin.de
HU Berlin
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

680

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

80

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/16 points

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Support in studies
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methodological skills
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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

27

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Research-oriented studies: Issues from the fields of materials, medicine, energy, and catalysis; Consequences of the central idea of the Humboldtian model of educational involving the combination of research and teaching; Analytical chemistry as an independent subject in the curriculum is a unique selling point; Various elective modules; Availability of a preliminary course in mathematics; Teaching of practical/technical skills in closely supervised internships; Close contact with professors and lecturers; Well-organised, flexible course of studies, no overlap of timetables

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Very research-oriented; Additional six weeks of research work; Unique academic location in Germany's largest science and technology park in Adlershof; Three semesters of lectures/internships, one semester of master's thesis, large selection of specialisations in the fields of chemical biology, functional materials, catalysis, and analytical chemistry; Large selection of electives; Large selection of interdisciplinary electives, close contact with professors and lecturers; Well-organised, flexible course of studies, modules as multimedia examinations

Special features regarding the international orientation

ERASMUS contracts for stays abroad with universities in Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and the UK; International team of professors; Cooperation between the SALSA Postgraduate School and the ETH Zurich.

Special features regarding the equipment

Moodle learning platform to support teaching and communication; Computer and Media Service: Public computer workstations and training rooms with IT equipment; Wide range of e-books through the university library; The most important chemistry databases (Römpp Online, SciFinder, Reaxys)

Special features regarding research activities

Research focuses: Functionally structured materials, catalysis, chemical biology, powerful analytics combined with the SALSA postgraduate school; Supporting role in the Berlin Cluster of Excellence UniSysCat as well as in CRCs in the Berlin area; Unique location in Germany's largest science and technology park Adlershof; Key actors in the Berlin research milieu and on Campus Adlershof through various cooperations with FU & TU Berlin and Charité (BUA) as well as with non-university research institutes, e.g. BAM, HZB with electron storage ring Bessy II, FMP, FHI and the Leibniz Association

Other special features

Information day for school students: Experience Chemistry @HU (lectures & practical training on current research topics); Regular participation in the "Long Night of the Science" (experimental lectures, hands-on experiments, etc.); Close involvement with the Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA); Member of the "Green Chemistry Commitment"

Information on access restrictions

https://www.hu-berlin.de/de/studium/beratung/angebot/sgb/chemiemono

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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