Fakultät II Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften at the TU Berlin

Physikalische Institute, Sekr. ER 1-1

TU Berlin

Straße des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 3142-2202

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Basic information

Total number of students	1,390
Number of master degree students	256

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	36.2 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	39.3 %

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	3/10 points
International orientation, master's	3/10 points
Outgoing students	1.0 %
Share of anglophone research groups	20.0 %

Research

Research profile (distribution of PhD theses)

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.3
Support in studies	rank group not assignable
Courses offered	2.4
Study organisation	1.7 *
Exams	rank group not assignable
Laboratory internships	2.1
Research orientation	2.2
Support for stays abroad	2.0
Rooms	2.8
Library	1.7 *
IT-infrastructure	1.9 *
Overall study situation	2.2

Degree courses with details

Teacher qualification

Teacher qualification students	no data available
Teacher qualification programmes	no
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

none

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Integrated degree courses with theory and experimental parts (Bachelor’s/Master’s), focus on basics and application; Wide range of specialised subjects, especially in engineering; Modern laboratory places, multimedia technology and internet-supported teaching; Intensive support for international exchange programmes; project-oriented teaching; Further training in Instrumental Analysis
Special features regarding the international orientation
Extensive exchange opportunities for students and other status groups; Sfbs with Summer Schools; Various partnerships with foreign researchers and scientific institutions; International (visiting) researchers; English-language courses; (in Master of Physics); Erasmus officers; English calls for tender
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus (DK); University of Copenhagen, Kopenhagen (DK); CentraleSupélec – Gif Campus/Supélec, Paris (F); Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen (NL); Lund University, Lund (S)
Special features regarding the equipment
Nanophotonics centre with clean room; Centre for electron microscopy with scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Focused Ion Beam, microprobe and light microscopy; Lasers and displays for UV operation; Use of large computer clusters of the department; A practice telescope (20cm refractor) and CCD cameras are available for the university’s astronomy and astrophysics practicals.
Support for founders
Cooperation with the Career Service of TU Berlin (cf. www.tu-berlin.de/?123030) Start-up courses within the framework of the doctoral groups in Collaborative Research Centres (SFBs)
Characteristics of assistance to differently abled persons
Central contact office and officer for students with disabilities and/or chronic conditions (cf. www.tu-berlin.de/?7035)
Characteristics of diversity advancement
For school students/students e.g. TU Start (http://www.tu-start.tu-berlin.de/), LabGirls (www.tu-berlin.de/?44382), “Physikerinnen-Frühstück” (breakfast event for women physicists), proScience (www.tu-berlin.de/?72218), Master’s Day, In(2)TU (www.tu-berlin.de/?164055) for refugees; for women professors the Berlin Equal Opportunity Programme; diverse central services and offerings for all status groups within the family-friendly university audit, Diversity Charter, etc. (cf. www.tu-berlin.de/?101654). An overview of the central provisions of TU Berlin under www.tu-berlin.de/?176507.
Other special features
In addition to the Bachelor's and Master's course in Physics, an interdisciplinary Bachelor's course "Natural Sciences in the Information Society" is offered by Faculty II - Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Further information on research activities
www.naturwissenschaften.tu-berlin.de/menue/forschung/
Further information about study entry phase
https://www.tu-berlin.de/?8