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CHE University Ranking

Physics, Department

Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Institut für Physik
Newtonstr. 15
D-12489 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 20938247600
https://www.hu-berlin.de
HU Berlin
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,140

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

12/16 points

International orientation

Share of anglophone research groups

90.0%

Research

Research profile (distribution of PhD theses)

  • Optical, Quantum Optical, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics: 18.9%
  • Surface Physics and Nanostructures: 0%
  • Solid-state and Materials Physics: 25.2%
  • Particle Physics: 26.8%
  • Astrophysics and Astronomy: 6.3%
  • Soft matter physics, Biological and Chemical Physics, interdisciplinary works: 22.8%

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Research internships at non-university research institutions; Many doctorate programmes; Visiting abroad programmes for students; Interdisciplinary courses; High proportion of elective subjects in the Bachelor's and Master's degree courses; involvement in research and educational associations (CRC, graduate schools); modern media equipment in seminar and practical training rooms; Career services for students in all study phases; Teaching Qualification: school internships abroad; School student lab as a place of teacher training; Cooperating schools in the immediate vicinity to ensure practice-based teacher training.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Research internships at non-university research institutions; numerous doctorate programmes; foreign visit programmes for students; interdisciplinary courses; high proportion of elective subjects in the Bachelor's and Master's degree courses; integration in research and training groups (Collaborative Research Centres ,graduate schools); modern media equipment in the seminar and practical rooms; career services for students of all study phases; Teaching Qualification: school internships abroad; School student lab as a place of teacher training; Cooperating schools in the immediate vicinity to ensure practice-based teacher training.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Strategic partnerships in teaching and research with Princeton University, Oxford University, and the National University of Singapore, as well as a joint scholarship programme with the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. There are many opportunities for exchange via ERASMUS and ERASMUS+. 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 5 percent.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Österreich; Universität Wien, Österreich; Universität Zürich, Schweiz; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Schweiz; Kobenhavns Universitet, Dänemark; Université des Paris-Sud (Paris XI), Frankreich; Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble I, Frankreich; Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Niederlande; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spanien; Trinity College Dublin, Irland

Special features regarding the equipment

State-of-the-art laboratories and cleanrooms; Variety of unique large-scale equipment for research purposes; Involvement in major national and international research facilities (Bessy II synchrotron light, Cherenkov telescope, ATLAS at the LHC/CERN, IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole); Access to non-university research institutions on campus via jointly appointed professorships; High-performance and user-oriented workshops (mechanical, electronic); Comprehensive data processing and computer centres; State-of-the-art library services.

Special features regarding research activities

Cooperation with many non-university research institutions at the site and international major research facilities (Synchrotron BESSYII, Cherenkov telescope, ATLAS at LHC/CERN, IceCube neutrino detector); Networking of science and research (university and non-university), companies, and the media on the Adlershof Campus; Highly popular location for visiting academics from Germany and abroad (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation); High proportion of interdisciplinary research (Physics-Mathematics, Physics-Chemistry, Physics-Biology, the Centre for the Science of Materials Berlin).

Other special features

The institute runs its own school student lab for different target groups: School pupil society of HU Physics (funding for gifted students), regular projects for school classes, teacher training; Teacher training, public outreach ("Long Night of the Sciences"); Club Lise Network, the mentoring programme for students with a migration background for the promotion of natural science and engineering interests at Humboldt University of Berlin; Many student assistantships in all areas of the institute.

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

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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