Welcome to the Department of Physics
The Department of Physics offers bachelor's and master's study programs in physics, geophysics, meteorology and climate physics, and for the education of physics teachers. Research at the department can be divided into five major topics: Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Quantum Materials and Systems, Optics and Photonics, Geophysics, Meteorology and Climate Physics.
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Dr. Thomas Hertweck from the Geophysical Institute is awarded the KIT Faculty Teaching Award for Physics for the Year 2025. His methodology in teaching and his commitment to students are outstanding.
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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Husemann is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the European Physical Society, EPS, for two years. The EPS promotes scientific exchange and represents around 100,000 physicists in Europe.
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The international KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino Experiment (KATRIN) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has once again set new standards: An upper limit of 0.45 electron volt/c^2 (equivalent to 8 x 10^(-37) kilograms) for the mass of the neutrino can be derived from the current data.
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