Study Physics in Kiel!


Kiel offers excellent study and research conditions in enjoyable environment and personal atmosphere.

Main research focus areas are:
Experimental and applied physics: Solid state physics, Surface physics, Plasma physics, Exteraterrestrical physics
Theoretical Physics: Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Plasma theory, Solid state theory
Astrophysics: Stellar Astrophysics, Galactic Evolution
There are various smaller research groups, e.g. biophysics, quantum field theory, elementary particles, nonlinear dynamics, medical physics, and many others.
They offer full research conditions, but teaching in the specialized areas usually is not offered continuously. Please ask the respective group leaders for advice on your personal study plans and required background to join the research groups.

Currently, most lectures are given in german (but upon agreement with the resp. docent nearly all graduate courses can be given in english.) Some research and group seminars are held in english regularly. In a few years, Bachelor and Master courses will be given. Up to then, the regular graduation is the diploma, which usually is reached after 5 years of study (including 1 year research-oriented diploma thesis).


Some official information can be found on the following pages:
Studienfächer und -abschlüsse der Fakultät
Studienberatung Studienberatung
Fachschaft Physik
The list of Lectures and seminars can be found at the UNIVIS information system.

Kiel is a 250,000 inhabitant city with 20,000+ students at a full-faculty university, with good traffic connections through Hamburg and ferries to scandinavian and Balti countries.
Living costs are not above german and mid-european average; students appartements are available.
At DAAD you may find information about exchamge programs with your country or home university.

This is a document in progress. Currently responsible for this page: J. C. Claussen