The Institute of Biology is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. There are currently over 800 students enrolled on the Bachelor's, Master's and teacher training courses in Biology. Biology accounts for around 25% of the interdisciplinary "Nanostructure Sciences" degree course.

With currently 11 professors and around 25 research assistants, Biology is a manageable Institute. As the CHE ranking regularly shows, this guarantees intensive support for students.

We establish contact with interested students at an early stage. This is done by offering lectures, internships and guided tours in the departments, information events as part of the study and career information days (every year in February) as well as molecular biology experiments in school lessons, which are supervised by the dedicated Science Bridge staff on site.

The entire spectrum of biology is covered by the existing departments, working groups and teaching areas. In the Bachelor's program, students acquire a solid and broad basic knowledge in the subject areas of biology as well as fundamental knowledge of chemistry, physics and mathematics/statistics. In the advanced study section of the Bachelor's degree course, students have the opportunity to specialize and develop their individual profile. In the Master's degree course, which was redesigned for the winter semester 2016/2017, students can choose between the three specializations Molecular Biology of the Cell, Biodiversity and Evolution and Environmental and Agricultural Biology, each with a broad range of subjects.

Special features of the Bachelor's and Master's degree courses are 6-week professional internships in non-university institutions and a series of seminars on the professional fields of biology. Within the framework of university partnerships and cooperations, it is possible to complete parts of the course abroad. In the Bachelor's degree course, the 5th semester is a possible "window abroad". Find out more at the International Bureau of FB10.

In research, most departments focus on molecular methods, but field biology is also strongly represented. The animal house, greenhouse, cell culture laboratory, isotope laboratory, biochemical interaction analysis, atomic force microscopy, confocal laser microscopy and electron microscopy are central facilities available to all departments.

Interdisciplinary collaborations between Biology, Chemistry, Physics and other Faculties exist within the PhosMOrg consortium, the Clocks Research Training Group and the CINSaT scientific center.

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The central research focus of the Institute of Chemistry, which currently has four working groups, lies in the highly topical areas of chemistry of mesoscopic systems, macromolecular chemistry, organometallic chemistry and molecular materials. In addition, the research field of didactics of chemistry is represented at the Institute.

The Institute of Chemistry offers a consecutive Bachelor's/Master's program for all natural sciences. Chemistry is characterized by intensive supervision and a wide range of support measures to accommodate different levels of prior knowledge. A wide range of elective options from the natural sciences offer individual emphasis. There are opportunities to specialize in other natural sciences in the Master's degree course. In the Master's in Physics or Biology, our students spend a year working on current research in the subject areas.

In addition to the specialist disciplines, the Institute of Chemistry also offers teacher training in chemistry for grammar schools, secondary schools and vocational schools. The teacher training courses are characterized by integrated modules between subject science and subject didactics, which enable an intensive combination of these two main areas of study from the first semester onwards. This means that Kassel is committed to highly up-to-date and innovative teacher training.

Chemistry-oriented research and working groups from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences have joined forces in the Institute of Chemistry. The research groups Chemistry of Mesoscopic Systems, Macromolecular Chemistry and Molecular Materials and Organometallic Chemistry are also members of the CINSaT Scientific Center.

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The Institute of Mathematics offers a consecutive Bachelor's/Master's program in Mathematics and Technomathematics (from fall 2020). The Bachelor's degree in Mathematics is characterized by intensive supervision and various support measures to accommodate different levels of prior knowledge. A wide range of options from the natural sciences and engineering offer individual accents. In the Master's program, our students spend a year working on current research in the subject areas. In addition, the Institute is responsible for basic mathematical training in the natural sciences and engineering.

Furthermore, the Institute of Mathematics offers teacher training courses in mathematics for elementary school, secondary schools, grammar schools and vocational schools. The teacher training courses are characterized by coordinated and partially integrated modules between subject-specific science and subject-specific didactics, which enable an intensive combination of these two study elements from the first semester onwards. There are also links between didactic and educational science elements. In this way, Kassel focuses on a highly up-to-date, innovative and practice-oriented teacher training program.

The central research focus of the Institute of Mathematics, which currently has three working groups, lies in mathematics in the current areas of analysis, computer algebra, stochastics and numerics. The special feature of mathematics in Kassel is its computer orientation, which is particularly evident in interdisciplinary projects with the engineering sciences. In the didactics of mathematics, the focus is on subject-related empirical teaching/learning research and practice-oriented development research.

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The central research focus of the Institute of Physics, which currently has ten working groups and one junior professorship, lies in the highly topical areas of nanostructure science and modern optics, including laboratory astrophysics, quantum optics and optoelectronics. In addition, the research field of physics education is represented at the Institute.

The Institute of Physics offers a consecutive Bachelor's/Master's program in Physics. The Bachelor's degree in Physics is characterized by intensive supervision and a wide range of support measures to accommodate different levels of prior knowledge. A wide range of options from the engineering and natural sciences offer individual emphasis. In the Master's program, students can specialize in lasers, nanostructures, semiconductor applications, magnetism, light-matter interaction and astrophysics. Our Master's students spend a year working on current research in their specialist areas.

The Institute of Physics is also intensively involved in the Bachelor's/Master's program in Nanostructure Sciences. In addition, the Institute is responsible for the basic physics education in the engineering sciences, as well as for the other natural sciences.

In addition to the specialist disciplines, the Institute of Physics also offers teacher training in physics for grammar schools, secondary schools and vocational schools. The teacher training courses are characterized by integrated modules between subject science and subject didactics, which enable an intensive combination of these two study focuses from the first semester onwards. In this way, Kassel offers a highly up-to-date and innovative teacher training program. In addition, physics didactics makes a considerable contribution to the training of students for the subject of elementary school science teaching.

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The degree course for elementary school teachers (L1) at the University of Kassel leads to the First State Examination in a seven-semester course. In addition to the compulsory subjects of German and mathematics, a further subject must be studied. If the student chooses to study the sub-course in subject teaching, the technical perspective can be studied as a specialization.

The technical perspective is represented by the subject Technology and its Didactics in Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The subject deals with early technical education and the associated potential in research and teaching. Starting with children, who still have an unbridled curiosity to understand and shape their own world, technical subject areas are developed and tested for their educational effectiveness using exemplary teaching units. The subject of technology and its didactics is characterized by a high practical component and intensive cooperation with elementary school. The aim is to familiarize children with technology as a manageable and exciting field of activity from an early age.

The subject of technology and its didactics includes a wood, ceramics, metal and learning workshop, in which events and open offers take place.

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You can reach the examination office in rooms 1202 and 1203 at the AVZ or by calling 804 - 4114 or sending an e-mail to pruef-fb10[at]uni-kassel[dot]de.

Faculty 10 offers a study office as the first point of contact for students. In addition to advising students, the staff are responsible for room and event planning as well as other course coordination tasks. You can reach the Office of Student Affairs via the functional address studium-fb10[at]uni-kassel[dot]de.

Although the doctoral office at Holländischer Platz is the central point of contact for all formal procedural questions relating to your doctorate, FB10 offers you shorter routes for some procedural steps at our location.

The decentralized Women's and Equal Opportunities Office at FB10 advises you directly on site in the areas of gender equality, promotion of young talent, diversity and compatibility of family and career / studies. The development of concepts and advice on measures that promote the integration of gender and equality aspects in science, university, teaching and studies are also an important part of our tasks. There is close cooperation with the central Women's and Equal Opportunities Office at the University of Kassel.

The Faculty's media workshop supports students and lecturers in the creation and presentation of print and digital media of all kinds, including printing and binding of theses.