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CHE University Ranking

Mechanical / Materials / Process Engineering, Department

Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften
Teilfachbereich Materialwissenschaft
Alarich-Weiss-Str. 2
D-64287 Darmstadt
Telephone: +49 6151 16-22242
https://www.tu-darmstadt.de
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Basic information

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

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Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

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Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

20.5%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

30.9%

Research

Third party funds per academic

260,900 €

Doctorates per professor

2.1

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

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.

Special features regarding the international orientation

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

Special features regarding the equipment

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).

Special features regarding research activities

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’

Support for founders

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

Other special features

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

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

Materials Science / Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

520

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

350

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Library
IT-infrastructure
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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

28

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support
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Courses offered
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Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

45

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Acronyms

(S) = Students' judgements

(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

MatSE = Materials Science / Engineering

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Last Update 2022: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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