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CHE University Ranking

Physics, Department

Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Wissenschaftliche Einrichtung Physik
Universitätsstraße 1
D-40225 Düsseldorf
https://www.hhu.de
Uni Düsseldorf
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

860

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

190

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

50.0%

Research

Research profile (distribution of PhD theses)

  • Optical, Quantum Optical, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics: 40.7%
  • Surface Physics and Nanostructures: 5.1%
  • Solid-state and Materials Physics: 13.6%
  • Particle Physics: 0%
  • Astrophysics and Astronomy: 0%
  • Soft matter physics, Biological and Chemical Physics, interdisciplinary works: 40.7%

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

52

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Physics at the HHU Düsseldorf is taught in close cooperation with the other subjects offered by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital. This forms the basis for the interdisciplinary courses of study in medical physics and natural sciences and enables a wide range of minor subjects. There is close cooperation with external research institutions (e.g. the German Diabetes Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, CERN) when completing final theses.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Physics at the HHU Düsseldorf is taught in close cooperation with the other subjects offered by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital. This forms the basis for the interdisciplinary courses of study in medical physics and natural sciences and enables a wide range of minor subjects. There is close cooperation with external research institutions (e.g. the German Diabetes Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, CERN) when completing final theses.

Special features regarding the international orientation

The Master's degree course in Physics is taught completely in English. 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 15 percent.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Universität Riga, Lettland; Universität Göteborg, Schweden; Universität Dublin, Irland; Universität Athen, Griechenland; Universität Nijmegen, Niederlande; Universität Nantes, Frankreich; Universität Pozsnan, Polen; Universität Parma, Italien; Universität Iasi, Rumänien; Universität Krakau, Polen

Special features regarding the equipment

Numerous large-scale research facilities e.g. computing clusters, quantum optic apparatus, Helium cryostats, high-performance laser systems; Access to large-scale research facility in Jülich, in particular in Plasma Physics and Biological Physics. Antiproton research at CERN in Geneva.

Special features regarding research activities

The research activities focus on the key areas of Plasma Physics (in particular Laser Plasma Physics), Soft Matter, Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Solid State Physics and Nanophysics as well as Biophysics/Medical Physics. There are three joint professorships with the Jülich Research Centre and one with the DLR Cologne. A professorship focuses on its research activities at CERN. Both during the degree course as well as in subsequent doctoral studies, students can profit from the diverse nationally and internationally funded research projects.

Further information on research activities

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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