Physics and Astronomy among the top 200 internationally
The Department of Physics is represented in the top 200 in the QS World University Ranking with the subject Physics and Astronomy.
Another six subjects among the top 200 internationally
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)...
The Christmas Lecture 2024 is now available as a video recording on fau.tv.
Nothing works as it should in the Physics Department, because ... Physics has disappeared. How could this happen? Who is responsible for the disappearance?
Dr. Max Gmelch from the SAOT Graduate School takes the visitor...
The Faculty of Natural Sciences has awarded Kai Phillip Schmidt the teaching prize for the 2023 academic year. He was nominated for his courses Theoretical Physics III (Quantum Mechanics) and Calculation Methods in Physics for first-year students. The prize was presented by the dean, Jürgen Schatz.
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To mark its 135th anniversary, the Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory in Bamberg once again hosted an Open Day on 26 October 2024.
From 3 p.m., the scientists working there offered a colourful and varied programme for all ages. There was not only the latest and modern technology to see, but the staff al...
What do oat milk, the blue morpho butterfly and the Nuremberg Reichswald forest have in common? They are three topics of outstanding pre-scientific work with which pupils from Franconia have won a Dr. Hans Riegel prize. The Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Dr. Hans Rie...
For many years now, the Faculty of Science at FAU has been participating in Girls' Day, and this year the girls could expect an exciting and motivating program:
The offer with contributions on the topics "Exploring the hidden physics in the animal world together", "The hot and energetic universe"...
Dr. Thomas Dauser from Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory and Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) at FAU has received this year’s Innovation Award from the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) together with Javier Garcia (NASA Goddard Space Flight...
On April 26, 2024, our graduates and doctoral candidates from the previous academic year will be bid farewell at a ceremony. In addition, the Ohm Awards of the Department of Physics for the promotion of young scientists for outstanding theses will be presented.
This year's keynote speech "Auf Ent...
This year, the competition "Jugend forscht" for the region of Middle Franconia took place over two days at the Department of Physics at FAU. On February 27 and 28, the young researchers presented their projects in the assembly hall of the new building of the Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics...
"Mach dir einen Kopf! (Make up your mind!)" - this is the motto of this year's "Jugend forscht" and "Schüler experimentieren" competitions.
On February 27 and 28, 2024, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will host the regional competition in Middle Franconia for the first time...
