Fakultät für Mathematik und Physik at the Uni Freiburg

Physikalisches Institut

Uni Freiburg

Hermann-Herder-Straße 3a
79104 Freiburg im Breisgau
Phone: +49 761 203-5812

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Basic information

Total number of students	500
Number of master degree students	150

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	92.4 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	29.5 %

International orientation

Share of anglophone research groups

70.0 %

Research

Research profile (distribution of PhD theses)

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.0
Support in studies	2.0
Courses offered	2.3
Study organisation	1.3
Exams	1.9
Laboratory internships	2.2
Research orientation	1.9
Support for stays abroad
Rooms	1.5
Library	1.4
IT-infrastructure	1.5
Workstations	1.5
Overall study situation	2.0

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

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Further degree courses of the department

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Students are supervised in small groups both in the exercises and in the laboratory practicals. Due to the two English-language Master's degree courses Physics and Applied Physics, many courses (also in the Bachelor's degree course) can be chosen in the scientific language English. Through annual excursions, e.g. to CERN, students are familiarized with international research activities at an early stage. Interest in research is aroused by the regular presentation of research activities in the institute.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Århus Universitet, Dänemark; Université Bordeaux I, Frankreich; Paris Orsay - Université de Paris-Sud, Frankreich; Padua - Università degli Studi di Padova 'Il Bo', Italien; Aas - Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap (UMB), Norwegen; Trondheim - Norges teknisk naturvitenskapelige universitet, Norwegen; Krakau - Uniwersytet Jagiellonsky, Polen; Göteborgs Universitet, Schweden; Lunds Universitet, Schweden; Universidad de Granada, Spanien; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spanien; Universidad de Sevilla, Spanien; University of Edinburgh, UK; Imperial College of Science, London, UK
Special features regarding the equipment
In addition to an engineering office and an electronics workshop, the Institute of Physics operates a large mechanical workshop (18 precision mechanics and 7 trainees), in which highly precise precision parts of all kinds are manufactured by qualified personnel. These workshops are significantly involved in the research activities of the Institute of Physics at the European Nuclear Research Centre CERN in Geneva.
Special features regarding research activities
Prominent participation of the Institute of Physics in the particle accelerator at CERN. Close cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institutes in Freiburg. Broad spectrum from basic research to applications.
Further information on research activities
www.physik.uni-freiburg.de/