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PHYSICS

Research
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Researchin Germany

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PHYSICS

PREFACE
This brochure provides a first insight into research in Germany in the field of physics
and is especially recommended to early career researchers from abroad.
Physics research in Germany is conducted at universities and at non-university
research institutions. Almost all universities and many universities of applied sciences
host a section in this field. The spectrum ranges from small thematically focusedworking groups to large scale research facilities and the topics cover the whole
scope of physics.
This brochure is intended to give an initial overview. The following maps and tables
highlight research consortia and graduate training programmes at universities andnon-university research institutes with a main focus on physics.
On top of this, there is a lot more to discover: e.g. the DFG funds a multitude ofindividual projects in the area of physics. These individual grants outweigh theresearch consortia both in number and in overall funding volume. Towards the end of
this brochure, you will find a link to the online database GEPRIS that provides an
overview of all DFG-funded research projects. You will also find additional important
links for further information about programmes in the field of physics and profiles ofGerman universities and research institutions.
We invite you to explore the many opportunities that Germany has to offer andwelcome your feedback.

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CENTRES OF RESEARCH/NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

Rostock

Greifswald

Hamburg

HannoverBraunschweig

Paderborn

DortmundBochumGöttingenDüsseldorf

Halle/Saale

KasselJülichCologneAachenBonn
Wachtberg

BerlinMagdeburg

Bielefeld
Duisburg

PotsdamSiegenLeipzig
Jena

DresdenChemnitz

Marburg

Mainz

Frankfurt/Main
Darmstadt

Würzburg

Kaiserslautern

Erlangen

Saarbrücken

Heidelberg

Regensburg

Karlsruhe
StuttgartFraunhofer Institutes
TübingenHelmholtz Centres
Leibniz Institutes
Clusters of Excellence

Max Planck Institutes

Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios

OthersMunichFreiburg

Konstanz

DFG-funded Priority Programmes and Research Units are not shown on the map since they are notnecessarily located at a single location; they are listed on pages 17 and 21. The map shows theheadquarters of the non-university research institutions.

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CENTRES OF RESEARCH- funded by dfg Clusters of Excellence (EXC) promote cutting-edge research. They serve to strengthen
the research profiles of universities or university consortia in internationally competitive
fields. They create excellent training and career opportunities for early career
researchers. Within the framework of the Excellence Strategy, they can receive
between €3 million and €10 million annually and are funded for seven years. A
second seven-year period is possible.
Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) are organisational units established atuniversities which enable researchers to pursue an outstanding research programmecrossing the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties. The
traditional Collaborative Research Centre is generally applied for by one university
and is conducted by researchers of that university. Early career support is a key
objective of the Collaborative Research Centre Programme. Early career researchers
may get involved in a CRC in numerous ways, for example within the framework ofan Integrated Research Training Group. Collaborative Research Centres are funded
for a period of up to 12 years.
Transregios (TRR) are Collaborative Research Centres in which up to three universities
collaborate with each other and submit a joint application. The contributions of thecooperative partners are essential, complementary and synergetic to the joint
research objective. Funding facilitates close, nationwide collaboration among theparticipating universities and researchers, as well as networking and shared use ofresources. There is also the option of international Transregios.

CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

Title

Funded Since

Contact

CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE
AachenRheinischWestfälische
Technische
Hochschule
AachenBonn

RheinischeFriedrichWilhelmsUniversität Bonn

CologneUniversität zu
Köln

Braunschweig
HannoverTechnische
Universtität
Braunschweig
Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz Universität
Hannover

Matter and Light for Quantum
Computing (ML4Q)(EXC 2004)2019https://ml4q.de

Light and Matter at the
Quantum Frontier:Foundations and Applicationsin Metrology(QuantumFrontiers)(EXC 2123)

2019

quantumfrontiers.unihannover.de

DresdenTechnische
Universität
DresdenPhysics of Life – The Dynamic
Organization of Living Matter(PoL) (EXC 2068)

2019

https://physics-of-life.
tu-dresden.de

DresdenTechnische
Universität
DresdenComplexity and Topology in
Quantum Matter: Fundamental
Concepts, Materials Design,and Novel Technologies(Ct.qmat) (EXC 2147)

2019

www.ctqmat.de

Würzburg

Julius-MaximilliansUniversität
Würzburg

Hamburg

Universität
Hamburg

Advanced Imaging of Matter:
Structure, Dynamics andControl on the Atomic Scale(AIM) (EXC 2056)

2019

www.cui.uni-hamburg.
deHamburg

Universität
Hamburg

Quantum Universe(EXC 2121)

2019

www.qu.uni-hamburg.
deRuprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

STRUCTURES: A Unifying
Approach to Emergent
Phenomena in the PhysicalWorld, Mathematics, andComplex Data (EXC 2181)

2019

www.thphys.
uni-heidelberg.
de/~structures/

Karlsruher Institut
für Technologie

3D Matter Made to Order(3DMM2O) (EXC 2082)

2019

www.3dmattermade
toorder.kit.edu

Johannes
Gutenberg-.
Universität Mainz

Precision Physics, Fundamental
Interactions and Structure of
Matter (PRISMA+)(EXC 2118)

2019

www.prisma.unimainz.de

Heidelberg

Karlsruhe
Mainz

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CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location
MunichMunichInstitution

Title

LudwigMaximilliansUniversität
MünchenMunich Center for Quantum
Science and Technology(MQST) (EXC 2111)

Funded Since
2019

Contact
www.mcqst.deLudwigMaximilliansUniversität
München

ORIGINS: From the Origin of
the Universe to the First
Building Blocks of Life
(EXC 2094)

2019

www.origins-cluster.deTechnische
Universität
MünchenMunichLocation

Location

Institution

Title

Hamburg

Universität
Hamburg

Light Induced Dynamics andControl of Correlated
Quantum Systems(CRC 925)

2011

www.physik.unihamburg.de/en/
sfb925.html

Gottfried
Wilhelm Leibniz
Universität
Hannover

Designed Quantum States ofMatter (DQ-mat) (CRC 1227)

2016

www.dq-mat.unihannover.de

Gottfried
Wilhelm Leibniz
Universität
HannoverRelativistic and Quantumbased Geodesy (TerraQ)(CRC 1464)

2020

www.terraq.unihannover.de/der-sfb/

Heidelberg

Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

Isolated Quantum Systems
and Universality in Extreme
Conditions (ISOQUANT)(CRC 1225)

2016

http://isoquant.uniheidelberg.de

Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

The Milky Way System(CRC 881)2010

http://sfb881.zah.
uni-heidelberg.de

HannoverHannovere-conversion (EXC 2089)

Technische
Universität
MünchenInstitution

Title

2019

Funded Since

www.e-conversion.de

Contact

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES

Funded Since

Contact

HumboldtUniversität zu
BerlinHybrid Inorganic/Organic
Systems for Opto-Electronics(HIOS) (CRC 951)

2011

www.physik.huberlin.de/de/sfb951

Heidelberg

Bochum2017

http://sfb1316.rub.
deFriedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena

Nonlinear Optics down to
Atomic Scales (NOA)(CRC 1375)

www.noa.uni-jena.de

Transient Atmospheric Plasmas– from Plasmas to Liquids to
Solids (CRC 1316)

Jena

2019

Ruhr-Universität
Bochumwww.sfb1491.ruhruni-bochum.de

Wave Phenomena: Analysis
and Numerics (CRC 1173)

Bochum2022

Karlsruher Institut
für Technologie

www.waves.kit.edu

Cosmic Interacting Matters –From Source to Signal(CRC 1491)

Karlsruhe2015

Ruhr-Universität
BochumUniversität Kassel

2018

Universität zu
Köln

Control and Dynamics ofQuantum Materials (CRC 1238)2016

http://crc1238.unikoeln.de/

Extreme Light for Sensing andDriving Molecular Chirality(ELCH) (CRC 1319)

www.uni-kassel.de/
forschung/en/sfb/
crc-1319-elch

2015www.sfb1245.tudarmstadt.de

Fluctuations andNonlinearities in Classical andQuantum Matter beyond
Equilibrium (CRC 1432)

www.sfb1432.unikonstanz.de

Darmstadt

Nuclei: From Fundamental
Interactions to Structure andStars (CRC 1245)

Universität
Konstanz

2021

Technische
Universität
Darmstadt
Technische
Universität
DresdenChemistry of Synthetic
Two-Dimensional Materials(CRC 1415)

2020

https://tu-dresden.
de/mn/chemie/
sfb1415

Marburg

PhilippsUniversität
Marburg

Structure and Dynamics ofInternal Interfaces(CRC 1083)

2013

Dresdenwww.uni-marburg.
de/sfb1083

Technische
Universität
DresdenCorrelated Magnetism: From
Frustration to Topology(CRC 1143)

2014

https://tu-dresden.
de/mn/physik/
sfb1143/der-sfb

MunichNon-Equilibrium Dynamics ofCondensed Matter in the Time
Domain (CRC 1242)

2016

www.uni-due.de/
sfb1242

Nanoagents for the
Spatiotemporal Control ofMolecular and Cellular
Reactions (CRC 1032)

www.sfb1032.physik.
uni-muenchen.de

Universität
Duisburg-Essen

LudwigMaximiliansUniversität
München2012

Dresdenwww.sfb1258.deAtomic Scale Control ofEnergy Conversion(CRC 1073)

2013

Neutrinos and Dark Matter in
Astro- and Particle Physics(NDM) (CRC 1258)

2016

Georg-AugustUniversität
Göttingen

Technische
Universität
München

BerlinCologneDuisburg

Göttingen> 10

Kasselwww.uni-goettingen.
de/en/437142.html

Konstanz

Munich11 <CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

Institution

Title

Regensburg

Universität
Regensburg

Emergent Relativistic Effects inCondensed Matter: From
Fundamental Aspects toElectronic Functionality(CRC 1277)

Funded Since Contact
2017

Rostock

Universität
Rostock

Light-Matter Interactions at
Interfaces (LiMatI)(CRC 1477)

2022

Saarbrücken

Universität desSaarlandes

Physical Modeling of
Non-Equilibrium Processes in
Biological Systems(CRC 1027)

2012

Topological and CorrelatedElectronics at Surfaces andInterfaces (ToCoTronics)(CRC 1170)

2015

Würzburg

JuliusMaximiliansUniversität
Würzburg

www.sfb1277regensburg.de

https://gepris.
dfg.de/gepris/projekt/441234705

RheinischWestfälische
Technische
Hochschule
AachenParticle Physics
Phenomenology after the
Higgs Discovery (P3H)(TRR 257)

Institution

Title

Bielefeld

Universität
Bielefeld

Strong-Interaction Matter
Under Extreme Conditions(TRR 211)2017https://th.physik.
uni-frankfurt.
de/~strongmatter

Open System Control ofAtomic and Photonic Matter(OSCAR) (TRR 185)2016www.physik.uni-kl.de/oscar

Symmetries and theEmergence of Structure in
QCD (TRR 110)2012

http://crc110.hiskp.
uni-bonn.de

Multiscale Simulation Methods
for Soft Matter Systems(TRR 146)2014

http://trr146.de

Hysteresis Design of Magnetic
Materials for Efficient Energy
Conversion: HoMMage(TRR 270)2020

www.tu-darmstadt.
de/sfb270/about_
crc/index.en.jsp

Tailored Nonlinear Photonics:
From Fundamental Concepts
to Functional Structures(TRR 142)2013

http://trr142.unipaderborn.de

Darmstadt

Technische
Universität
Darmstadt

Frankfurt/
Main

GoetheUniversität
Frankfurt am
Main

www.sfb1027.unisaarland.deBonnwww.physik.
uni-wuerzburg.de/
sfb1170

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/TRANSREGIOS
AachenLocation

2019

https://p3h.particle.
kit.eduKaiserslauternBonn

MunichKarlsruhe

Karlsruher Institut
für Technologie

Beijing(China)SiegenUniversität
SiegenDarmstadt

BerlinCologneBerlinHalle/Saale> 12

Freie Universität
BerlinMartin-LutherUniversität
Halle-Wittenberg

Contact

Technische
Universität
Kaiserslautern
RheinischeFriedrichWilhelmsUniversität Bonn
Technische
Universität
MünchenPeking University
Technische
Universität
Darmstadt

Entangled States of Matter(TRR 183)2016

http://crc183.unikoeln.de

Mainz

Ultrafast Spin Dynamics(TRR 227)2017

www.trr227.deDarmstadt

Technische
Universität
Darmstadt

Duisburg

Universität
Duisburg-Essen

DortmundTechnische
Universität
DortmundPaderborn

Universität
Paderborn

Universität zu
Köln
Freie Universität
BerlinRheinischeFriedrichWilhelmsUniversität Bonn

Funded Since

Johannes
GutenbergUniversität Mainz

13 <Location
Erlangen

Mainz

Institution

Title

FriedrichAlexanderUniversität
Erlangen-Nürnberg

Quantum Cooperativity ofLight and Matter – QuCoLiMa(TRR 306)

2021

www.qucolima.de

Elastic Tuning and Responseof Electronic Quantum Phasesof Matter (ELASTO-Q-MAT)(TRR 288)

2020

https://
transregio288.org

Spin+X – Spin in its Collective
Environment (TRR 173)2015

www.uni-kl.de/trr173

Emerenge of Life – Exploring
Mechanisms with CrossDispiclinary Experiments(TRR 235)2018

www.emergence-oflife.de

Universität desSaarlandes

Frankfurt/
Main

GoetheUniversität
Frankfurt am
Main

Karlsruhe

Karlsruher Institut
für Technologie

Mainz

Johannes
GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Mainz

MunichContact

Johannes
GutenbergUniversität Mainz

SaarbrückenKaiserslautern

Funded Since

Technische
Universität
Kaiserlautern
Johannes
GutenbergUniversität Mainz
LudwigMaximiliansUniversität
MünchenTechnische
Universität
München

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RESEARCH UNITS- funded by dfg Research Units (FOR) often contribute to establishing new research directions. Research
Units are made up of a team of researchers working together on a research project
which is often of an interdisciplinary nature. Research Units consist of several researchersand subprojects. The subprojects of a Research Unit are often located at several
locations throughout Germany. Research Units are generally funded for up to six years.
Research Units are not shown on the map. Only the titles of the thematic focus and the
project websites are listed.

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RESEARCH UNITS
Title

Funded Since

Contact

Printed & Stable Organic Photovoltaics from
Non-Fullerene Acceptors (POPULAR) (FOR 5387)

2023

www.tu-chemnitz.de/physik/
OPKM/3p.de/index.php

Long-Range Interacting Quantum Spin Systems out of
Equilibrium: Experiment, Theory and Mathematics(FOR 5413)

2022

https://uni-tuebingen.de/center-for-quantum-science/
for-5413

Future Methods for Studying Confined Gluons in
QCD (FOR 5269)

2021

https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/451886959

Quantitative Spatio-Temporal Model-Building for
Correlated Electronic Matter (FOR 5249)

2021

https://for5249.org

Proximity-Induced Correlation Effects in Low
Dimensional Systems (FOR 5242)

2021

www.epigraphene.de

Searching for Charged Lepton Flavour Violation with
the Mu3e Experiment (FOR 5199)

2021

https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/443478861

Relativistic Jets in Active Galaxies (FOR 5195)

2021

https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/443220636

The eROSITA View of Stellar Endpoints (eRO-STEP)(FOR 2990)

2021

www.ero-step.de

Periodic Low-Dimensional Defect Structures in Polar
Oxides (FOR 5044)

2020

https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/426703838

Reducing Complexity of Nonequilibrium Systems(FOR 5099)

2020

www.for5099.uni-freiburg.de

Next Generation Perturbative QCD for Hadron
Structure: Preparing for the Electron-Ion Collider(FOR 2926)

2019

http://www.physik.uni-regensburg.
de/for2926/index.html

Copper Iodide as Multifunctional Semiconductor(FOR 2857)

2019https://research.uni-leipzig.de/for2857/index.htm

Probing the Quantum Vacuum at the High-Intensity
Frontier (FOR 2783)

2019

www.quantumvacuum.org/

Thermal Machines in the Quantum World(FOR 2724)

2018

www.quantumthermo.de/

Fundamental Aspects of Statistical Mechanics and theEmergence of Thermodynamics in Non-Equilibrium
Systems (FOR 2692)

2017

www.for2692.uni-osnabrueck.dePlanet Formation Witnesses and Probes: Transition
Discs (FOR 2634)

2017

www.transitiondiscs.com/

Blue Planets around Red Stars (FOR 2544)

2017

www.uni-goettingen.de/
de/575252.html

Matter Under Planetary Interior Conditions –High-Pressure, Planetary and Plasma Physics(FOR 2440)

2016

www.for2440.uni-rostock.de

Artificial Gauge Fields and Interacting Topological
Phases in Ultracold Atoms (FOR 2414)

2016

www.for2414.de

17 <RESEARCH UNITS
Title

Funded Since

Contact

From Few to Many-Body Physics with Dipolar
Quantum Gases (FOR 2247)

2016

www.for2247.uni-hannover.de

Correlations in Integrable Quantum Many-Body
Systems (FOR 2316)

2015

http://for2316.uni-wuppertal.de/
doku.php

Debris Disks in Planetary Systems (FOR 2285)

2015

www.astro.uni-jena.de/FOR2285

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PRIORITY PROGRAMMES- funded by dfg Priority Programmes (SPP) have a programmatic focus and the purpose of advancing
knowledge in an emerging field of research through collaborative networked support.
They are characterised by their enhanced quality of research through the use of new
methods and forms of collaboration in emerging fields. As a rule, one programme canconsist of up to 30 individual subprojects located at several institutions across Germany; it
usually has one coordinating person. Priority Programmes normally receive funding for aperiod of six years.Only the titles of the overall themes and the project website are listed.

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PRIORITY PROGRAMMES
Title

Funded Since

Contact

2D Materials – Physics of van der Waals[Hetero]Structures (2DMP) (SPP 2244)

2020

https://2dmp.tu-dresden.de/

Perovskite Semiconductors: From Fundamental
Properties to Devices (SPP 2196)

2019www.perovskite-spp.uni-konstanz.
de/spp-2196

Dynamic Wetting of Flexible, Adaptive andSwitchable Surfaces (SPP 2171)

2019

www.uni-muenster.de/SPP2171/
index.html

Skyrmionics: Topological Spin Phenomena in
Real-Space for Applications (SPP 2137)

2017

www.skyrmionics.ph.tum.de

Exploring the Diversity of Extrasolar Planets(SPP 1992)2017

www-astro.physik.tu-berlin.de/
exoplanet-diversity

Giant Interactions in Rydberg Systems (GiRyd)(SPP 1929)2016www.giryd.de

21 <NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONSNON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Location

Institution

Contact
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTES

Fraunhofer Society is one of the world’s leading organisations for applied researchwith an annual research budget of 2.9 billion euros, 76 institutes and more than
30,000 employees. Fraunhofer’s R&D portfolio covers a wide range of fields,
including health, security, communications, transport, energy and the environment.
www.fraunhofer.de
The Helmholtz Association contributes to solving major challenges facing society,science and industry with world-level research in six areas: energy, earth and environment, health, key technologies, structure of matter and aeronautics, space and transport. With more than 43,000 employees in 18 research centres and an annual
budget of approximately 6 billion euros, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s
largest scientific organisation. www.helmholtz.de
The Leibniz Association is an umbrella organisation of 97 research institutes. The annual
budget amounts to 2 billion euros. Some 11,500 researchers – approximately 25% ofthem from abroad – work on a widely diverse range of subjects, including the humanities and social sciences, economics, spatial and life sciences, mathematics, natural andengineering sciences and environmental research. www.leibniz-association.eu
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is one of Germany’s largest
independent non-profit research organisations. The Max Planck Society has been
allocated approximately 1.92 billion euros for 2022. A combined total of 15,300
researchers, postdoctoral/junior researchers and visiting researchers at 86 Max Planck
Institutes conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences
and humanities. One third of the researchers and more than half of the junior andvisiting researchers come from abroad. www.mpg.de> 22

AachenFraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT)

www.ilt.fraunhofer.de

BerlinFraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz
Institute (HHI)

www.hhi.fraunhofer.de

Braunschweig

Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films(IST)

www.ist.fraunhofer.de

Chemnitz

Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS)

www.enas.fraunhofer.de

DresdenFraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology(IWS)

www.iws.fraunhofer.de

DresdenFraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beamand Plasma Technology (FEP)

www.fep.fraunhofer.de

DresdenFraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS)

www.ipms.fraunhofer.deErlangen

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS)

www.iis.fraunhofer.deErlangen

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device
Technology (IISB)

www.iisb.fraunhofer.de

Freiburg

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF)

www.iaf.fraunhofer.de

Freiburg

Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-MachInstitut (EMI)www.emi.fraunhofer.deFreiburg

Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques(IPM)

www.ipm.fraunhofer.de

Freiburg

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE)www.ise.fraunhofer.deFreiburg
Halle/Saale

Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM)

www.iwm.fraunhofer.de

Jena

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision
Engineering (IOF)

www.iof.fraunhofer.de

MunichFraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems andSolid State Technologies (EMFT)

www.emft.fraunhofer.de

StuttgartFraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP)

www.ibp.fraunhofer.de

Wachtberg

Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar
Techniques (FHR)

www.fhr.fraunhofer.de

BerlinHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie(HZB)

www.helmholtz-berlin.de

CologneGerman Aerospace Center (DLR)

www.dlr.de

Darmstadt

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschungwww.gsi.deDresdenRossendorf

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)

www.hzdr.deHamburg

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

www.desy.de

JenaHelmholtz Institute Jenawww.hi-jena.de

HELMHOLTZ CENTRES

23 <NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Location

NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONSInstitution

Contact

JülichForschungszentrum Jülich (FZ Jülich)www.fz-juelich.deKarlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

www.kit.edu

Mainz

Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM)

www.hi-mainz.de

LEIBNIZ INSTITUTES

Location

Institution

ContactGarching(Munich)Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ)

www.mpq.mpg.deGarching(Munich)Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)

www.ipp.mpg.de

Göttingen

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (BPC)

www.mpibpc.mpg.de

Greifswald

AachenDWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

www.dwi.rwth-aachen.
deBerlinFerdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für
Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH)

www.fbh-berlin.com

Göttingen

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization(DS)

www.ds.mpg.de

BerlinLeibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ)

www.ikz-berlin.de

Göttingen

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS)

www.mps.mpg.de

BerlinMax Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse
Spectroscopy im Forschungsverbund Berlin (MBI)

www.mbi-berlin.de

Halle/Saale

Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics (MPI-Halle)www.mpi-halle.mpg.de

www.pdi-berlin.de

Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics ofMatter (MPSD)

www.mpsd.mpg.de

Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik (PDI)

Hamburg

BerlinBerlin

Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften (ISAS)

www.isas.de

Heidelberg

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)

www.mpia.de

Heidelberg

Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK)

www.mpi-hd.mpg.de

Magdeburg

Max Planck Institute of Dynamics of Complex Technical
Systems

www.mpi-magdeburg.
mpg.deMainz

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP)

www.mpip-mainz.
mpg.deMunichMax Planck Institute for Physics (MPP)

www.mpp.mpg.de

PotsdamGolm

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG)

www.mpikg.mpg.de

Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (AEI)

www.aei.mpg.de

DortmundDresden

Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF)

www.ipfdd.deDresden

Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Dresden (IFW)

www.ifw-dresden.de

Freiburg

Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics (KIS)

www.leibniz-kis.de

Greifswald

Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP
Greifswald)

www.inp-greifswald.de

Jena

Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT)

www.leibniz-ipht.deLeipzig

Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification (IOM)

www.iom-leipzig.de

Potsdam

Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)

www.aip.de

PotsdamGolm
Hannover

Saarbrücken

Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM)

www.leibniz-inm.de

Stuttgart

Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (FKF)

www.fkf.mpg.deS tuttgart

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (IS)www.is.mpg.de

BerlinFritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (FHI-Berlin)www.fhi.mpg.de

TübingenBonn

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR)

www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.
deBerlin

MA X PL ANCK INSTITUTESOTHERS

Düsseldorf

Max Planck Institute for Iron Research (MPIE)

www.mpie.de

Braunschweig

DresdenMax Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems(MPIPKS)www.pks.mpg.de

PotsdamDresdenMax Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (CPFS)

www.cpfs.mpg.de

ErlangenMax Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL)

www.mpl.mpg.deGarching(Munich)Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA-Garching)www.mpa-garching.
mpg.deGarching(Munich)Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE)

www.mpe.mpg.de> 24

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

www.ptb.de

Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK)

www.pik-potsdam.de

25 <GRADUATE TRAINING

Rostock
Hamburg

HannoverBraunschweig

Potsdam

BerlinMagdeburg
MünsterMülheimDuisburg
Düsseldorf
JülichAachenHalle

Göttingen

BochumDresden
Jena

Bonn

Mainz

BayreuthDarmstadt

Würzburg

Kaiserslautern

Erlangen

Saarbrücken

Heidelberg

Regensburg

Stuttgart
Tübingen
MunichFreiburg> 26

Research Training Groups

Helmholtz Graduate Schools

International Research Training Groups

Leibniz Graduate Schools

Integrated Research Training Groups in
Collaborative Research Centres/TransregiosInternational Max Planck
Research Schools

Konstanz

27 <GRADUATE TRAINING- funded by dfg -GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS

Research Training Groups (RTG) combine an ambitious research programme atuniversities with comprehensive training, tailored supervision and academic freedom toform an ideal environment for a successful doctorate. Research Training Groups can also
have an interdisciplinary approach. They are funded for a period of up to nine years.

AachenRheinisch-Westfälische
Technische
Hochschule Aachen

Energy, Entropy andDissipative Dynamics(RTG 2326)

2017

www.eddy.rwthaachen.de

AachenRheinisch-Westfälische
Technische
Hochschule Aachen

Quantum Many-Body
Methods in Condensed
Matter Systems (RTG 1995)2014

www.rtg1995.rwthaachen.deInternational Research Training Groups (IRTG) provide opportunities for joint doctoral
training programmes between German universities and universities abroad. The researchand study programmes are jointly developed and supervised. Doctoral students in the
programme spend six months at the partner institution.

AachenRheinisch-Westfälische
Technische
Hochschule Aachen

The Physics of the Heaviest
Particles at the Large Hardon
Collider (RTG 2497)

2019www.physik.rwthaachen.de/cms/
Physik/Forschung/forschungsverbuende/Graduiertenkollegs/~bpfzo/Graduiertenkolleg/
lidx/1/

BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Rethinking Quantum Field
Theory (RTG 2575)

2020

www2.hu-berlin.de/
rtg2575/

Braunschweig

Technische
Universität
Braunschweig

Metrology for Complex
Nanosystems (NANOMET)(RTG 1952)2014

www.tubraunschweig.de/
mib/nanomet

Darmstadt

Technische
Universität Darmstadt

Accelerator Science andTechnology for Energy
Recovery Linacs (AccelencE)(RTG 2128)

2015

www.ikp.tudarmstadt.de/accelence_main/uebersicht_
accelence.en.jsp

Integrated Research Training Groups (within Collaborative Research Centres/
Transregios) offer ideal research environments for doctoral researchers. The main aim ofthese structured training programmes is to provide young scientists and academics with
opportunities to independently carry out research at an early stage of their career. The
programmes further take care to closely integrate early career researchers into an
academic network. Working in Collaborative Research Centres projects, doctoral
researchers achieve additional qualifications. As research assistants in these projects, they
contribute to the Research Centre’s success. They are closely involved with the projects
and have access to the entire project infrastructure.

Mainz

Freiburg

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Dynamics of Controlled
Atomic and Molecular
Systems (RTG 2717)

2014

www.grk2044.unifreiburg.de

Freiburg

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Mass and Symmetries after
the Discovery of the Higgs
Particle at the LHC(RTG 2044)

2023

www.uni-goettingen.
de/de/661287.html

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Cytoskeletal Elements ofActive Matter – from
Molecular Interactions to
Cellular Biophysics (CYTAC)(RTG 2756)

2022

http://rtg-dyncam.deGottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz Universität
Hannover

Quantum Mechanical Noisein Complex Systems(RTG 1991)

2014

www.rtg1991.unihannover.de

Hannover> 28

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

29 <GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Institution

Title

Heidelberg

Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

High Resolution and High
Rate Detectors in Nuclear
and Particle Physics (HighRR)(RTG 2058)

GRADUATE TRAINING
Funded Since
2015

Contact
www.physik.uniheidelberg.de/highrr

Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

Particle Physics Beyond theStandard Model (RTG 1940)2013

www.thphys.uniheidelberg.de/~gk_
ppbsm/doku.php?

Mainz

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Control of Structure
Formation in Soft Matter atand through Interfaces(RTG 2516)

2020

https://grk2516.
uni-mainz.de/

Mainz

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Particle Detectors For Future
Experiments – From Concept
to Operation (RTG 2796)

2022

https://particledetectors.uni-mainz.de

Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität
Münster

Strong and Weak
Interactions – From Hadrons
to Dark Matter (RTG 2149)

2015

www.uni-muenster.
de/Physik.GRK2149

Universität Rostock

Imaging of Quantum
Systems: Photons, Molecules
and Materials (RTG 2676)

2022

www.physik.
uni-rostock.de/en/arbeitsgruppen/

Julius-MaximiliansUniversität Würzburg

Molecular Biradicals:
Structure, Properties andReactivity (RTG 2112)

2015

www.uni-wuerzburg.
de/grk2112

Heidelberg

Münster

Rostock

Würzburg

Location

Institution

Title

Darmstadt

Technische
Universität Darmstadt

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Nuclei: From
Fundamental Interactions to
Structure and Stars(CRC 1245)

2015

www.sfb1245.
tu-darmstadt.de/mgk.
html

DresdenTechnische
Universität Dresden

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Chemistry ofSynthetic Two-Dimensional
Materials (CRC 1415)

2020

https://tu-dresden.
de/mn/chemie/
sfb1415

DresdenTechnische
Universität Dresden

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Correlated
Magnetism: From Frustration
to Topology (CRC 1143)

2014

https://tu-dresden.
de/mn/physik/
sfb1143

Duisburg

Universität
Duisburg-Essen

Integrated Research Training
Group within: NonEquilibrium Dynamics ofCondensed Matter in theTime Domain (CRC 1242)

2016

www.uni-due.de/
sfb1242/irtg.php

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Atomic Scale
Control of Energy
Conversion (CRC 1073)

2013

www.uni-goettingen.
de/en/irtg/438103.
html

Universität Hamburg

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Light Induced
Dynamics and Control ofCorrelated Quantum
Systems (CRC 925)2011

www1.physik.unihamburg.de/en/
sfb925.html

Gottfried
Wilhelm Leibniz
Universität
HannoverIntegrated Research Training
Group within: Relativistic
and Quantumbased
Geodesy (TerraQ)(CRC 1464)

2021

www.terraq.unihannover.de/en/
support-structures/
research-traininggroup

Konstanz

Universität
Konstanz

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Fluctuations
and Nonlinearities inClassical and Quantum
Matter beyond Equilibrium(CRC 1432)

2021

www.sfb1432.unikonstanz.de/irtg-fan

Munich

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Nanoagentsfor Spatiotemporal Controlof Molecular and Cellular
Reactions (CRC 1032)

2012

www.sfb1032.
physik.uni-muenchen.
de/graduate_
program1/index.html

Hamburg

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS
Bayreuth

Universität Bayreuth

Melbourne(Australia)

University of
Melbourne

JenaFriedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena

Canberra(Australia)

The Australian
National University

Optical Excitations in
Organic and Inorganic
Semiconductors:
Understanding and Control
through External Stimuli(IRTG 2818)

2023

Tailored Metasurfaces –Generating, Programmingand Detecting Light (IRTG
2675)

2022

https://gepris.
dfg.de/gepris/projekt/464648186

https://gepris.
dfg.de/gepris/projekt/437527638

INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES
Bochum> 30

Ruhr-Universität
BochumIntegrated Research Training
Group within: Transient
Atmospheric Plasmas – from
Plasmas to Liquids to Solids(CRC 1316)

2017

https://sfb1316.rub.
de/index.php

Hannover

Funded Since

Contact

31 <GRADUATE TRAININGGRADUATE TRAINING

Location

Institution

Title

MunichTechnische
Universität München

Munich School on Neutrinos
and Dark Matter within:
Neutrinos and Dark Matterin Astro- and Particle Physics(NDM) (CRC 1258)

2016

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Emergent
Relativistic Effects inCondensed Matter: From
Fundamental Aspects toElectronic Functionality(CRC 1277)

2017

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Topologicaland Correlated Electronics at
Surfaces and Interfaces(ToCoTronics) (CRC 1170)

2015

Regensburg

Würzburg

Universität
Regensburg

Julius-MaximiliansUniversität Würzburg

Funded Since

Contactwww.sfb1258.de/graduate-schoolwww.sfb1277regensburg.de/Halle/Saale

Freie Universität
BerlinMartin-LutherUniversität HalleWittenberg

Bonn

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
BonnKaiserslauternTechnische Universität
KaiserslauternDarmstadt

Technische Universität
Darmstadt

Duisburg

Darmstadt
Mainz

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Universität
Duisburg-Essen

Technische Universität
Darmstadt
Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Institution

Title

ErlangenFriedrich-AlexanderUniversität ErlangenNürnberg

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Quantum
Cooperativity of Light andMatter – QuCoLiMa(TRR 306)

2021

www.qucolima.de/
phd-program/

Integrated Research Training
Group “Spin+X Young
Researcher College” within:
Spin+X – Spin in its
Collective Environment(TRR 173)2015

www.uni-kl.de/trr173/yrc/

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Emergence ofLife– Exploring Mechanisms
with Cross-Dispiclinary
Experiments(TRR 235)2018

www.emergenceof-life.de/graduateprogrram/index.html

Mainz

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Saarbrücken

Universität desSaarlandes

Kaiserslauternwww.physik.
uni-wuerzburg.de/
sfb1170/i-rtg/

Mainz

MunichINTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/
TRANSREGIOS
BerlinLocation

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Ultrafast Spin
Dynamics (TRR 227)2017

www.trr227.de/iRTG/index.html

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Open System
Control of Atomic and
Photonic Matter (OSCAR)(TRR 185)2016www.physik.uni-kl.
de/oscarIntegrated Research Training
Group within: Hysteresis
Design of Magnetic
Materials for Efficient Energy
Conversion: HoMMage(TRR 270)2020

www.tu-darmstadt.
de/sfb270/
research_
programme/
research_areas_
projects_1/project_zmgk.en.jsp

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Multiscale
Simulation Methods for Soft
Matter Systems (TRR 146)2014

http://trr146.de

Technische
Universität
Kaiserslautern
Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz
Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München
Technische
Universität München

Funded Since

Contact

33 <GRADUATE TRAINING- at non - university research institutions Helmholtz Graduate Schools provide a roof under which a varied number of curricula
in different fields, or across disciplines, can find a home. Helmholtz Graduate
Schools constitute a valuable addition to the wide range of training programmes
available within the Helmholtz Association. They offer optimal conditions for PhD
students to work and enable them to create a network of contacts with fellow
university researchers while also fostering the integration of participants into theresearch environment.
Leibniz Graduate Schools were established to foster the systematic promotion ofjunior researchers. Young researchers are given the opportunity to do their doctorates
in an excellent, collaborative, cross-disciplinary research environment. To this end,
Leibniz institutions cooperate closely with universities. As every Leibniz institution
focuses on clearly defined, socially-relevant themes, doctoral candidates have a
wealth of networking opportunities in a large, dedicated scientific community. The
particular character of research at the institutions in the Leibniz Association, which
includes fundamental, large-scale and application-oriented research, means doctoralcandidates can conduct research from basic idea right through to application.
International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) offer talented German andinternational junior scientists the opportunity to earn a doctorate under excellent
research conditions. The research schools are established by one or several Max
Planck Institutes. These IMPRS work in close cooperation with universities and other– sometimes international – research institutions. This provides an extraordinary
framework for the graduate students to work in, and is a great advantage ininterdisciplinary research projects, or in projects that require special equipment.
Max Planck Schools are a joint initiative of the Max Planck Society, German
universities and the German research organizations. As national networks of graduate
education, the Max Planck Schools complement the highly successful regional
cooperation formats such as the International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS).
The three pilot Schools will receive a total of nine million euros in funding from theFederal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) each year over an initial periodof five years. Max Planck Schools are not shown on the map.
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GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Title

Contact
HELMHOLTZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS

Darmstadt

Helmholtz Graduate School for Hadron and Ion Research(HGS-HIRe for FAIR)

http://hgs-hire.deGarching(Munich)International Helmholtz Graduate School for Plasma Physics(HEPP)

www.ipp.mpg.de/hepp

Hamburg

PIER Helmholtz Graduate Schoolwww.pier-hamburg.de

JülichHelmholtz Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy andClimate Research (HITEC)

www.hitec-graduateschool.de/

LEIBNIZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS
Potsdam

Leibniz Graduate School for Quantitative Spectroscopy in
Astrophysics

www.aip.de

INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOLS (IMPRS)
BerlinIMPRS Functional Interfaces in Physics and Chemistrywww.imprs-cs.mpg.de

Bonn

IMPRS of Astronomy and Astrophysics

https://blog.mpifrbonn.mpg.de/imprs/

Düsseldorf

IMPRS for Interface Controlled Materials for Energy Conversion

www.mpie.
de/2747306/
doctoral_programme

DresdenIMPRS for Many Particle Systems in Structured Environments

www.imprs-mpsse.
mpg.deDresdenIMPRS for Chemistry and Physics of Quantum Materials

https://imprs-cpqm.
mpg.de/Erlangen

IMPRS Physics of Light

www.mpl.mpg.de/de/imprs

Garching(Munich)IMPRS of Advanced Photon Science

www2.mpq.mpg.
de/APSGarching(Munich)IMPRS for Astrophysics

www.imprs-astro.
mpg.deGarching(Munich)IMPRS for Quantum Science and Technology

www.imprs-quantum.
mpg.de/Göttingen

IMPRS for Physics of Biological and Complex Systems

www.uni-goettingen.
de

Göttingen

IMPRS for Solar System Science at the University of Göttingenwww.mps.mpg.
de/73264/imprs

Hamburg

IMPRS for Ultrafast Imaging and Structural Dynamics

www.imprs-ufast.deHannover

IMPRS on Gravitational Wave Astronomy

http://imprs-gw.aei.
mpg.dePotsdamGolm

35 <GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Title

Contact

Heidelberg

IMPRS for Astronomy and Cosmic Physics at the University of
Heidelberg

www.imprs-hd.mpg.
deHeidelberg

IMPRS for Precision Tests of Fundamental Symmetries

www.mpi-hd.mpg.de

Heidelberg

IMPRS for Quantum Dynamics in Physics, Chemistry andBiologywww.mpi-hd.mpg.de

Magdeburg

IMPRS for Advanced Methods in Process and Systems
Engineeringwww.mpi-magdeburg.
mpg.deMülheimIMPRS on Reactive Structure Analysis for Chemical Reactions

https://imprs.cec.
mpg.deMunichIMPRS on Elementary Particle Physics

www.mpp.mpg.de

PotsdamIMPRS for Multiscale Bio-Systems

https://imprs.mpikg.
mpg.dePotsdamGolm

IMPRS for Mathematical and Physical Aspects of Gravitation,
Cosmology and Quantum Field Theory

www.imprs-gcq.aei.
mpg.deStuttgart

IMPRS for Condensed Matter Science

www.imprs-cms.mpg.
deStuttgart

IMPRS for Intelligent Systems

http://imprs.is.mpg.
deTübingen
MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOLS
variouslocations

Max Planck School Matter to Life

www.maxplanckschools.devariouslocations

Max Planck School of Photonics

www.maxplanckschools.de

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SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONSIN GERMANY:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biophysik (DGfB): www.dgfb.org
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektronenmikroskopie (DGE): www.dge-homepage.de
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG): www.dpg-physik.de
German Astronomical Society (AG): www.astronomische-gesellschaft.org
German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (DBG): https://bunsen.de/ (DE)German Crystallographic Society (DGK): https://dgk-home.de
German Scientific Laser Society (WLT): www.wlt.de (DE)German Vacuum Society (DVG): www.vakuumgesellschaft.de (DE)The German Branch of the European Optical Society (DGaO): www.dgao.de (DE)OPEN POSITIONS
Research in Germany: www.research-in-germany.org/jobs

FURTHER INFORMATIONRESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, PROJECTS, FUNDING, CONTACTS
The “Research in Germany” Portal: Information on research
and funding opportunities, academic and research-related
job portals, as well as advice on preparing a research
stay or initiating a collaboration with German researchorganisations. www.research-in-germany.org
German Project Information System (GEPRIS): Online
database providing information about all current DFGfunded research projects and contact information for the
Principal Investigators. http://gepris.dfg.deGerman Research Institutions (GERiT): Information on morethan 25,000 institutes at German universities and nonuniversity research institutions, searchable by geographic
location, subject and other structural criteria. www.gerit.org
Website of the DFG: Further background information about
DFG funding programmes, funding guidelines, and lists ofcurrently DFG-funded activities. www.dfg.de
The German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) Research Map:
The interactive HRK Research Map database provides
information on the research priorities that are of strategic
institutional importance for each university.
www.hrk.de/home/(go to Research Map)

Fraunhofer Society: www.fraunhofer.de/en/jobs-and-career.html
Helmholtz Association: www.helmholtz.de/en/jobs_talent
Leibniz Society: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/careers/jobs.html

The Higher Education Compass: Information on Germany’s
higher education institutions, the range of courses andprogrammes that they offer, their worldwide cooperation,
and who to contact locally.
www.hochschulkompass.de/en/higher-education-compass

Max Planck Society: www.mpg.de/jobboard

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Contact
German Research Foundation (DFG)
DFG Head Office Germany
www.dfg.deresearchmarketing@dfg.de