With about 25,000 students the University of Kassel is a young, modern and vibrant university in the center of Germany, characterized by its openness to new ideas. It has an unconventional profile with fields of expertise in nature, technology, culture and society.

The Institute of Physics has become a powerhouse in fundamental research, with many international and internationally renowned groups in the fields of AMO physics and nanoscience. Testament to that are flagship collaborative research centers on the microscopic and quantum mechanical understanding of chiral molecules (ELCH) and on interdisciplinary nanostructure science and technology (CINSaT).