Central organisation of studies (Academic Office), course manager, member of staff responsible for international affairs and thorough counselling; Wide range of courses, including minor subjects, good lecturer-student ratio, commencement of summer and winter semesters; "Teaching, organisation and counselling" project (BMBF); Recognition of internships at research institutions or companies; Scientific communication, early research contact through presentation of the research groups, research or teaching assistant activities, research-related teaching and practicals, research module, fast track doctorate; Learning workshop; Research or teaching assistant raining; Courses during breaks; Learning workshop; Compulsory counselling

Central organisation of studies (Academic Office), course manager, member of staff responsible for international affairs and thorough counselling; Wide range of courses, including minor subjects, good lecturer-student ratio, commencement of summer and winter semesters; "Teaching, organisation and counselling" project (BMBF); Recognition of internships at research institutions or companies; Scientific communication, early research contact through presentation of the research groups, research or teaching assistant activities, research-related teaching and practicals, research module, fast track doctorate; Learning workshop; Research or teaching assistant training; Courses during breaks; Learning workshop; Compulsory counselling

Departmental counselling centre "Studium International" incl. websites, international mentoring programme and subject-specific guidance events, 40 Erasmus partners + 6 subject-specific partnerships, and coordination of Erasmus representatives; flexible recognition of study credits earned abroad, special programme for 4-year Bachelor's degrees, fast-track doctorate; English-language MSc in Physics; DAAD funding for international student exchange (Stanford, Tohoku); international internship programme; 10 international professors. 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 20 percent.

Tohoku University, Japan; Nagoya University, Japan; Seoul National University, Südkorea; University of Glasgow, UK; Universidad de Valencia, Spanien; Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, Schweden; Göteborgs universitet, Schweden; Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, Frankreich; Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Italien

Coating Technology; Clean room; Metrology; Air-conditioned optical laboratories with precision tables and various lasers; Climate chamber; Helium liquefiers with helium recovery; Cryogenic systems; Superconducting magnets; Central detector laboratory of the Cluster of Excellence; Electronics lab; Well-equipped precision mechanics workshops; Technicians and electronics engineers in the work groups; Central "High Performance Computing" cluster called MOGON; MAMI electron accelerator and TRIGA reactor with various experimental facilities on the campus.

The department has a strong research focus in the fields of atomic, nuclear, particle and astroparticle physics, quantum optics, soft matter, hard condensed matter/spintronics; Approximately 300 doctoral candidates; Cluster of Excellence PRISMA, several collaborative research centres/postgraduate schools; Helmholtz Institute HIM, 2 Max Planck Institutes (MPI Chemistry and MPI Polymer Research) and "Institute of Molecular Biolory" in the immediate vicinity; highly competitive local infrastructure (MAMI electron accelerator, TRIGA research reactor, quantum optics and solid state physics laboratories, high performance computing cluster MOGON).

Buddy programme; Mentoring; Portal for exchange students; Opportunities for inter-disciplinary qualifications (e.g. time management, study and work techniques, data management, training in willingness to cooperate, ability to work in a team, communication skills and the rules of good scientific practice).