Overview

About the programme

Frustration and topology are the corner stones of our Correlated Magnetism research programme at TU Dresden.

Frustration refers to the property of a physical system that it is impossible to simultaneously fulfill all boundary conditions (or to simultaneously minimize all contributions to the energy). Topology is a mathematical concept describing global properties of structures which are invariant under continuous deformations.

In modern many-particle physics, frustration and topology are important sources for unconventional behavior of matter. The discovery and investigation of such behavior form the central goals of our collaborative research center.

Programme Structure

Research topics include:

Spin liquids and their descendants: Phenomenology, dynamics, and defects
Transport, excitations, and criticality in frustrated quantum magnets
Magnetic nodal semimetals
Mapping out materials properties from first principals
Emergent non-Hermitian topology in correlated systems
New types of frustrated and topological matter
Synthesis, crystal growth, and phase diagrams of frustrated magnets
Synthesis of frustrated magnets on triangular lattices
Synthesis of magnetic nodal semimetals
Synthesis of unconventional magnetic materials

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-04-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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67

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Dresden, Germany

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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90

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67

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6.5

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General requirements

Generally, an academic degree on the level of master, Diplom, Staatsexamen, or Magister is required for enrolling as a doctoral candidate at a German university.

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Free
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Free

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Living costs

Dresden

Germany

756 - 1107 EUR / month

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