Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) & Research Institutes

A lot of our time in Munich (much to our dismay) is spent in LMU. Afterall, this is a 'school' trip, so they had to make us attend lots of lectures, see the laboratories, reseach institutes etc etc ....

This is where we usually meet our student guides in the morning, at the fountain outside LMU, where they'll then bring us to our lectures.

those litter look-alike thingys on the floor are actually not waste paper, but actual tiles, replicated from the flyers given out as part of the anti-Nazi campaign conducted by the student-led White Rose group.

Here's a peek at what we do during lectures..

hahaha.. oh well, i'm guilty myself (according to prasanth I start nodding my head in 'agreement' before the prof even introduces himself), so I shall not comment :p

I quite like the culture there though. It seems like science has a higher regard there, as compared to singapore, and the students really seem interested in what they're study. Also, there are more girls doing physics :p
Unlike in NUS where the lecture halls are shared, the lecture halls there are dedicated, which means that the prof can also use the lecture hall to put lab equipments and have the lab technician conduct 'live demo' while he's talking.
Also, they've really cool 3-tier black boards that can scroll vertically!




Besides having to attend lectures at LMU, we also had to take the U-barn (train basically) all the way to the last stop where all the physics research institutes are located. The train station's pretty interesting though, its got posters of famous physicists, something which we'll nvr find in singapore


Dunno what this is, found it outside the nuclear reactor


the actual reactor