Physics, Department
Fachbereich Physik
Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Physik
Arnimallee 14
D-14195 Berlin
https://www.fu-berlin.de
FU Berlin
Department on the internet
Arnimallee 14
D-14195 Berlin
https://www.fu-berlin.de
FU Berlin
Department on the internet
Degree courses with details
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
950
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
250
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
13/16 points
International orientation
- Share of anglophone research groups
95.0%
Research
Research profile (distribution of PhD theses)
- Optical, Quantum Optical, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics: 16.2%
- Surface Physics and Nanostructures: 17.6%
- Solid-state and Materials Physics: 23.5%
- Particle Physics: 2.9%
- Astrophysics and Astronomy: 0%
- Soft matter physics, Biological and Chemical Physics, interdisciplinary works: 39.7%
Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
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- Support in studies
- Courses offered
- Study organisation
- Exam organisation
- Digital teaching elements
- Laboratory internships
- Research orientation
- Introduction to scientific work
- Offers for career orientation
- Support for stays abroad
- Rooms
- Library
- IT-infrastructure
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
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Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme
small lecturer-student ratio; dedicated course representative; research-oriented teaching of bachelor's and master's degree programmes; reformed introductory study phase in the Faculty of Physics.
Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes
Study language: English; research-oriented degree course with a one-year research phase; small lecturer-student ratio; Dual master's degree programme with the Institut Polytechnique de Paris.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Double Master's degree programme with Institut Polytechnique de Paris, certified by the Franco-German University; Opportunities for stays abroad via numerous Erasmus+ partnerships as well as the direct exchange programme of the Free University of Berlin. 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.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Københavns-Universitet, Dänemark; Uppsala University, Schweden; Universiteit van Amsterdam, Niederlande; Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, Frankreich; University of Manchester, Großbritanien; Tecnico Lissabon, Portugal; Universidad de Granada, Spanien; Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Polen; Czech Technical University in Prague, Tschechien; Bodazici Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Türkei
Special features regarding the equipment
State-of-the-art research facilities in various spectroscopy technologies with applications in bio, nano, surface and ultrafast physics; Competent services in the areas of IT, electronics, precision engineering; Laboratory for genetic biophysics; Mainframe cluster in Theoretical Physics; Coolant supplied by helium liquefaction system; Multimedia Lab.
Special features regarding research activities
Basic research in Experimental Physics with focus on Solid State Physics, Ultrafast Physics and Biophysics; Theoretical Physics with the Dahlem Centre for Complex Quantum Systems; Didactics of Physics with the emphasis on teacher professionalism and "Learning in the Digital World"; Among other things, two collaborative research centres are located at the faculty: CRC TRR 227 "Ultrafast Spin Dynamics" and CRC 1078 "Protonation Dynamics in Protein Function".
Other special features
Professorship in the Sociology of Science and Gender in Physics; FLINTA*group for students of physics; FU International Networking University (Physics - English-language master's and double master's with France); FU TOTAL E-QUALITY rating for equal opportunity with additional diversity rating; Sustainability agenda of the department; Family room; Psychological Counselling; Equal Opportunities Office; Diversity and Anti-Discrimination Unit
Further information on research activities
Website of the Student Council
online-application
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Acronyms
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(P) = Professors' judgements
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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the
CHE Center for Higher Education
