Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung

It emerged from the largest materials science center of the former GDR, which was at the time already internationally acknowledged.

Since then the IFW developed into a leading institute in selected topics of materials science.

At present the IFW employs about 400 people, among them 190 scientists, mostly physicists, chemists and materials engineers.

About 100 guest scientists from all over the world come every year for some weeks or months to work at the IFW.

Additionally to institutional funding the IFW Dresden raises project resources of about 5 Million Euro per year.