At the Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), we base our pursuit of new knowledge and tackling societal challenges on the natural sciences. By combining experimental and theoretical tools, we strive to understand, explain, and improve our world.
We conduct world-leading research in advanced semiconductor technology, organic solar cells and energy materials, biophysics and biochemistry, new multifunctional materials, ecology and ethology, among other fields. Our work spans from fundamental principles and concepts, mathematical models and simulations, to the synthesis and analysis of molecules, particles, organisms, materials, and systems from the nano to the macro scale.
Our students are primarily enrolled in civil and university engineering programmes, but also in teacher training programmes, technical/natural science foundation year, and various standalone courses. Our three master's programmes, which are entirely taught in English, attract a large proportion of international students.
