Examining nature and the insights it provides shape our concept of the world and how we live in these modern times.

Physics, as the basis of many technical disciplines, plays a decisive role in this process.

To put it briefly, the goal of physics is to conduct experiments that explore the properties of matter - from the smallest subatomic elements to the endless expanse of the universe - and then to offer theoretical explanations of these properties using mathematic models.

The Karlsruhe Department of Physics is very well-known on an international scale - which is due not least to its outstanding achievements in research since Heinrich Hertz.