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CHE University Ranking

Physics, Department

Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften

Universität Leipzig

Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften
Linnéstraße 5
D-04103 Leipzig
https://www.uni-leipzig.de
Uni Leipzig
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,150

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

140

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

90.0%

Research

Research profile (distribution of PhD theses)

  • Optical, Quantum Optical, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics: 12.2%
  • Surface Physics and Nanostructures: 24.5%
  • Solid-state and Materials Physics: 34.7%
  • Particle Physics: 0%
  • Astrophysics and Astronomy: 0%
  • Soft matter physics, Biological and Chemical Physics, interdisciplinary works: 28.6%

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
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

31

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding the international orientation

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

Peking University, University of Ontario, Kokshetau State University, Tampere University, Universität Graz. Univerzita Karlova v Praze; Uniwersytet WROCŁAWSKI, Aristoteleio Pavepistemio, Theassolnikes

Special features regarding research activities

Diverse participation in international and national research projects, special emphasis in solid state physics, soft-matter physics and theoretical physics; close cooperation with non-university research institutions in the area: MPI for Cognitive and Neurosciences, MPI for Mathematics in the Natural Sciences, Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification and Tropospheric Research, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research.

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

https://www.uni-leipzig.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung/zulassungsbeschraenkungen

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Acronyms

(S) = Students' judgements

(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

Units

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Value in points

Euro

Thousand Euro

Last Update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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