Physics

Are you interested in a doctorate in physics?

The Department of Physics conducts research into a broad range of topics, subdivided into the following areas (sites in German only):

• Laser Physics and Photonics
• Nanostructure and Solid State Physics
• Elementary Particle Physics and Astrophysics

Please see the department website if you are interested in learning more about the people or the organization behind the research. For information on the key research areas, please see the webpages of the individual working groups:

• Institute of Experimental Physics
• Institute of Laser Physics
• Institute for Nanostructure and Solid State Physics (formerly: Institute of Applied Physics)
• I. Institute for Theoretical Physics
• II. Institute for Theoretical Physics
• Hamburg Observatory
• Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL)
• Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHYN)
• Center for Mathematical Physics (ZMP)
• Center for Optical Quantum Technologies (ZOQ)
• The Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center for Science and Peace Research (ZNF)
• The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI)
• PIER Helmholtz Graduate School (PHGS)
• Quantum Universe (QU)

The Universität Hamburg offers a doctorate in cooperation with the following non-university institutions:

• Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton (DESY)
• European XFEL GmbH (European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility)
• Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht - Centre for Materials and Coastal Research (HZG)
• Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD)