Study and career opportunities for physicists and mathematicians are the focus of the "Day of Physics" and the "Day of Mathematics", which will take place simultaneously on Wednesday, 9 November from 9.15 a.m. on the Wechloy campus of the University of Oldenburg. Both events are aimed at pupils, teachers, first-year students and interested members of the public. Guided tours of the research laboratories will be offered at the Physics Day. From 9.15 a.m., ForWind, the centre for wind energy research at the Universities of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen, will present the wind tunnel. At 10.15 a.m., Prof. Dr Martin Holthaus, Dean of School V - School of Mathematics and Science, will welcome visitors to the "Day of Physics". Physics didactics expert Prof. Dr Michael Komorek will award the "Facharbeiten-Preis" to outstanding student theses. Afterwards, Prof. Dr Martin Kühn, Endowed Professor of Wind Energy Systems, will give an insight into experimental physics in his lecture "Darth Vader and wind energy - how to learn to understand wind with laser swords". Prof Dr Claus Lämmerzahl presents the research field of theoretical physics in his lecture "Physics in Space - Gravitational Waves, Black Holes & Co". Graduates answer questions about starting a career in the "Degree . and then?" section. questions about starting a career. In addition, physics working groups and young scientists provide information about their research projects on the ring level. A presentation of the degree programmes rounds off the "Day of Physics".
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The motto of the "Day of Mathematics" is "From the baking tube to the X-ray tube - all maths". It begins at 9.45 a.m. with the official welcome. The keynote lecture "From the baking tube to the X-ray tube - all mathematics" will be given by Prof. Dr Alfred K. Louis, Professor of Mathematics at Saarland University, at 12.00 noon in the main lecture theatre (Building W3 Room 1-161). In workshops and at the Info-Café, which is offered by students, those interested can find out all about studying mathematics at the university.