Four cornerstones distinguish the MaWi study programme at TU DA: imparting a broad base of scientific and engineering knowledge, profound specialisation in materials science, a strong application focus and a high proportion of practical experience. All these pillars can be found in the curriculum, right from Day 1. The focus is on understanding structure-property relationships and the ways in which these can be influenced. The aim is to prepare graduates for the development and optimisation of materials. The students benefit from a very good tutor/student ratio.

Five English-language internat. double-degree Master’s programmes: four EU-funded: FAME+, AMIR-EM, AMIR, AMIS; with Tongji U. (Shanghai, CH); with U. Lyon (F); Two EU-funded strategic partnerships: IN4SOC, CIRCLE; International Doctoral School in Functional Materials and Innovation (IDS-FunMat Inno); German-French Graduate school for PhD candidates (DFDK); International MSc Energy Science and Engineering (excellence initiative of the postgraduate school of the same name); Privileged partnerships with the University of Lyon and University of Bordeaux (F); Research collaborations with U. Bordeaux, U. Tohoku (JP) and TongjI

The Materials Science course at Technical University of Darmstadt is characterised by an outstanding pooling of methods into a single site, enabling research and instruction on energy, resource efficiency and sustainability to be conducted at the highest level. The entire spectrum of state-of-the-art material analysis is covered thanks to a large number of our own state-of-the-art equipment and collaborations with external facilities. Material Modelling has its own computer cluster and usage rights for mainframes (e.g. HHLR (high performance computer) at Technical University of Darmstadt, CSC Frankfurt, supercomputer at the Jülich Research Centre).

Our research approach is characterised by the understanding-based development of resource-efficient materials with new or improved functionalities. Participation in major projects: DFG Research Training Group MatComComMat (Composite Materials); DFG-Transregio HoMMage(Hysteresis design of magnetic materials for efficient energy conversion); Loewe FLAME (Fermi Level Engineering of Antiferroelectric Materials for Energy Storage and Insulators); Postgraduate school of the excellence initiative of the German federal and state governments: ‘Energy Science and Engineering’

Innovation & Start-up Centre at TU Darmstadt (‘HIGHEST’)

Collaborations in research & instruction through joint professorships with non-university research institutions (Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, KIT Helmholtz Programs, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research.