Students
The courses of studies include a Bachelor-Masters programme, the state examination for teachers at secondary schools and a Ph.D. programme with a wide scope. The diploma in physics is still being offered for students joining at the advanced level. The department is currently educating 1300 students. Among them are 900 in the undergraduate and Diploma or Masters courses, and 400 in the Ph.D. programme. With 136 Diploma or Masters graduations and 89 Ph.D.s awarded in the study year 2007, Heidelberg is at the top of all German physics departments. Education and training are strongly oriented towards research.