Academic anniversary 2026
On Friday, 10 July 2026, from 16:30 in lecture hall 42-115 (Audimax), the Academic anniversary of the Department of Physics will take place.
During the ceremony, all graduates who graduated in the period from 01.04.2025 - 31.03.2026 will be honoured and the Student Prize, the Young Physicist Prize as well as the Hartmut-Hotop-Prize will be awarded.
In addition to musical performances by the Nadiia Zhurba Trio, Prof. Dr. Jörg Pretz will provide further entertainment with “Physics and Music—From the Garden Hose to the Trombone.”
We look forward to your registration by June 28 at:
https://rptu-anmeldungen.procampus.de/de/anmeldung-akademische-jahresfeier-physik-2026/
Program PDF-Flyer
Detailed directions to the university campus can be found on our directions page.
The Department of Physics would like to thank the Physics Alumni Association and the Helmut Ehrhardt Foundation for Physics for their generous support of this event!
Planned schedule
Time | Program | Person |
|---|---|---|
| from 16:30 | Refreshments in the foyer of building 42 | |
| 17:00 | Musical prelude | Nadiia Zhurba Trio |
| Welcoming address | Prof. Dr. James Anglin | |
| Annual review | Prof. Dr. Artur Widera (Dekan) | |
| Honouring the 2025/26 graduates | Prof. Dr. Artur Widera | |
| Award of the Student Prize 2025 of the Physics Alumni Association | Prof. Dr. Artur Widera | |
| Awarding of the Young Physicist Prize 2025 | Prof. Dr. Artur Widera | |
| Honouring the doctoral graduates 2025/26 | Prof. Dr. Artur Widera | |
| Awarding of the 2025 Hartmut Hotop Prize by the Physics Alumni Association | Prof. Dr. Volker Schünemann | |
| Musical interlude | Nadiia Zhurba Trio | |
| Pause | ||
| ca. 18:45 | Musical Opening | Nadiia Zhurba Trio |
| "Physik und Musik - Vom Gartenschlauch zur Posaune" | Astrid Vosberg, Soyo Liu & Johannes Fritsche | |
| Closing Musical Performance | Nadiia Zhurba Trio | |
| ca. 20:00 | Snacks and drinks in the foyer of building 42A Donation can be made on the evening! |