Position in the degree programme
The laboratory practical course is carried out by students on the Physics degree programme with a specialisation in Technical Physics in the main course instead of the Advanced Practical Course II. The aim of this practical course is to introduce students to current research in the Department of Physics. For this purpose, a total of three experiments are carried out on selected large-scale equipment, which is also used for research, in different working groups. Each experiment takes about a week to complete and is comparable to an experiment in the advanced practical course. By being closely involved in research activities, technical physics students gain an insight into the scientific world that they will enter when they start their degree dissertation.

Contents
In the individual working groups of Experimental Physics, Applied Physics and Technical Physics, experiments from the current fields of work are offered as standard.

Organisation and practical procedures

Admission
The requirements for admission to the laboratory practical course are identical to those for the advanced practical course II. In particular, the first part of the advanced practical course (FP I) must have been successfully completed.

Registration
Dr Döring (Building 46, Room 415) is responsible for the cross-group organisation of the laboratory internship (registration, information, issuing of internship certificates, etc.). The student registers here before the start of the work placement in order to coordinate the composition of the groups, for example.

Procedures
The practical course is usually carried out in groups of two and can be started at any time either during the semester or in the semester break. The dates of the three experiments are freely arranged by the students with the respective group leader. As in the advanced practical course, the experiment is analysed in writing at the end of the experimental phase and concluded with a consultation with the respective supervisor. The practical course begins on the first day of the experimental processing of the first experiment. Dr Döring will record the start date when you register. The prescribed period for completing all four required experiments, including the written report and consultation, is one year in total; once this period has elapsed, a work placement certificate can no longer be issued.

Grading
The individual experiments are graded with a total of three partial grades for the experimental work, the written elaboration and the consultation, from which the overall grade for each experiment is calculated by averaging. If the overall grade is higher than 4.5, the experiment is deemed to have been failed and must either be repeated or replaced by another experiment. The overall grade for the internship is then determined from the grades of the four passed attempts, whereby the calculated average is rounded to the nearest permissible grade level (1.0 / 1.3 / 1.7 / 2.0 / 2.3 / 2.7 / 3.0 / 3.3 / 3.7 / 4.0 / 4.3). The internship is deemed to have been passed if all three attempts have been successfully completed within the prescribed period. In this case, a graded internship certificate will be issued.