The Heidelberg Department of Physics is among the largest in Germany. It includes a postgraduate school and participates in two clusters in the context of the Excellence Strategy. Its research is unusually diversified in other respects too (e.g. environmental physics, astrophysics, medical physics, associated Max Planck Institutes with physical research). The range of teaching includes special lines of in-depth study. Good basic equipment (e.g. CIP pools, modern lecture halls and practical training rooms) aids the development of students, who receive direct support during their studies.

The English-language master's degree programme allows students to plan their students very flexibly by providing them with a variety of specialisations (astronomy, nuclear physics, bio- and medical physics, computational physics, condensed matter physics, environmental physics, particle physics and theoretical physics) and enabling them to participate in current research. The master's thesis enables students to gain research experience in an international environment and prepares them for independent research during their subsequent doctoral studies.

Individual consultation about the study programme for stays abroad by specialist advisors, support for students in matters of transfer and recognition of academic achievements; 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 10 percent.

Universität Helsinki, Finnland; Université Paris Sud XI, Frankreich; Imperial College London, Großbritannien; University College London, Großbritannien; Universität Padua, Italien; Universität Leiden, Niederlande; Universität Bergen, Norwegen; Technische Universität Stockholm, Schweden; Universität Uppsala, Schweden; Autonome Universität Barcelona, Spanien

Well-equipped laboratories are available for research in many areas of physics. Close cooperation with external large-scale research institutions (e.g. CERN, DESY, DKFZ, GSI, KIT) provides further opportunities for research in the field of medical physics and high-energy physics available. Faculty members are involved in many international research projects, including in astronomy and astrophysics, and computing resources are available in the field of computational physics.

Within the research, there are a lot of cooperations with numerous partners. There are particularly close links to other universities and research institutions in Heidelberg and the vicinity (e.g. Max Planck Institutes in Heidelberg, DKFZ, EMBL, KIT, GSI, CERN, University of Mannheim). The University of Heidelberg is a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), the Coimbra Group and the 4EU+ European University Alliance.

The UNIFY office of the Heidelberg University supports students in diversity issues

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