Structure

• Humanities and Social Sciences

• Life Sciences

• Natural Sciences

• Engineering Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

RB-Nr.	Review Board / Subject Area
1.11	Ancient Cultures
	1.11-01	Prehistory and World Archaeology
	1.11-02	Greek and Latin Philology
	1.11-03	Ancient History
	1.11-04	Classical, Roman, Christian and Islamic Archaeology
	1.11-05	Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
1.12	History
	1.12-01	Medieval History
	1.12-02	Early Modern History
	1.12-03	Modern and Contemporary History
	1.12-04	History of Science
1.13	Art History, Music, Theatre and Media Studies
	1.13-01	Art History
	1.13-02	Musicology
	1.13-03	Theatre and Media Studies
1.14	Linguistics
	1.14-01	General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
	1.14-02	Individual Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
	1.14-03	Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics
1.15	Literary Studies
	1.15-01	German Medieval Studies (Medieval German Literature)
	1.15-02	German Literary and Cultural Studies (Modern German Literature)
	1.15-03	European and American Literary and Cultural Studies
	1.15-04	General and Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
1.16	Social and Cultural Anthropology, Non-European Cultures, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies
	1.16-01	Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
	1.16-02	Asian Studies
	1.16-03	African, American and Oceania Studies
	1.16-04	Islamic Studies, Arabian Studies, Semitic Studies
	1.16-05	Religious Studies and Jewish Studies
1.17	Theology
	1.17-01	Protestant Theology
	1.17-02	Roman Catholic Theology
1.18	Philosophy
	1.18-01	History of Philosophy
	1.18-02	Theoretical Philosophy
	1.18-03	Practical Philosophy
1.21	Educational Research
	1.21-01	General Education and History of Education
	1.21-02	General and Domain-Specific Teaching and Learning
	1.21-03	Education Systems and Educational Institutions
	1.21-04	Educational Research on Socialization, Welfare and Professionalism
1.22	Psychology
	1.22-01	General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
	1.22-02	Biological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
	1.22-03	Developmental and Educational Psychology
	1.22-04	Social Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology
	1.22-05	Personality Psychology, Clinical and Medical Psychology, Methodology
1.23	Social Sciences
	1.23-01	Sociological Theory
	1.23-02	Empirical Social Research
	1.23-03	Communication Sciences
	1.23-04	Political Science
1.24	Economics
	1.24-01	Economic Theory
	1.24-02	Economic Policy, Applied Economics
	1.24-03	Accounting and Finance
	1.24-04	Management and Marketing
	1.24-05	Operations Management and Computer Science for Business Administration
	1.24-06	Statistics and Econometrics
	1.24-07	Economic and Social History
1.25	Jurisprudence
	1.25-01	Principles of Law and Jurisprudence
	1.25-02	Private Law
	1.25-03	Public Law
	1.25-04	Criminal Law
	1.25-05	Criminology

Life Sciences

RB-Nr.	Review Board / Subject Area
2.11	Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
	2.11-01	Biochemistry
	2.11-02	Biophysics
	2.11-03	Cell Biology
	2.11-04	Structural Biology
	2.11-05	General Genetics and Functional Genome Biology
	2.11-06	Developmental Biology
	2.11-07	Bioinformatics and Theoretical Biology
2.12	Plant Sciences
	2.12-01	Evolution and Systematics of Plants and Fungi
	2.12-02	Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
	2.12-03	Organismic Interactions, Chemical Ecology and Microbiomes of Plant Systems
	2.12-04	Plant Physiology
	2.12-05	Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics
	2.12-06	Plant Cell and Developmental Biology
	2.12-07	Plant Genetics and Genomics
2.13	Zoology
	2.13-01	Systematics and Morphology (Zoology)
	2.13-02	Evolution, Anthropology
	2.13-03	Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
	2.13-04	Sensory and Behavioural Biology
	2.13-05	Animal Physiology and Biochemistry
	2.13-06	Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology (Zoology)
2.21	Microbiology, Virology and Immunology
	2.21-01	Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms
	2.21-02	Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
	2.21-03	Medical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology
	2.21-04	Virology
	2.21-05	Immunology
	2.21-06	Parasitology and Biology of Tropical Infectious Disease Pathogens
2.22	Medicine
	2.22-01	Epidemiology and Medical Biometry/Statistics
	2.22-02	Public Health, Healthcare Research, Social and Occupational Medicine
	2.22-03	Human Genetics
	2.22-04	Anatomy and Physiology
	2.22-05	Nutritional Sciences
	2.22-06	Pathology
	2.22-07	Medical Informatics and Medical Bioinformatics
	2.22-08	Pharmacy
	2.22-09	Pharmacology
	2.22-10	Toxicology, Laboratory Medicine
	2.22-11	Anaesthesiology
	2.22-12	Cardiology, Angiology
	2.22-13	Pneumology, Thoracic Surgery
	2.22-14	Hematology, Oncology
	2.22-15	Gastroenterology
	2.22-16	Nephrology
	2.22-17	Endocrinology, Diabetology, Metabolism
	2.22-18	Rheumatology
	2.22-19	Dermatology
	2.22-20	Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
	2.22-21	Gynaecology and Obstetrics
	2.22-22	Clinical Immunology and Allergology
	2.22-23	Reproductive Medicine, Urology
	2.22-24	Biogerontology and Geriatric Medicine
	2.22-25	General and Visceral Surgery
	2.22-26	Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
	2.22-27	Orthopaedics, Traumatology, Reconstructive Surgery
	2.22-28	Dentistry, Oral Surgery
	2.22-29	Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics and Audiology
	2.22-30	Radiology
	2.22-31	Clinical Infectiology and Tropical Medicine
	2.22-32	Medical Physics, Biomedical Technology
	2.22-33	Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Radiobiology
2.23	Neurosciences
	2.23-01	Developmental Neurobiology
	2.23-02	Molecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells
	2.23-03	Experimental and Theoretical Network Neuroscience
	2.23-04	Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology
	2.23-05	Experimental Models for the Understanding of Nervous System Diseases
	2.23-06	Molecular and Cellular Neurology and Neuropathology
	2.23-07	Clinical Neurology; Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology
	2.23-08	Human Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
	2.23-09	Biological Psychiatry
	2.23-10	Clinical Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
	2.23-11	Ophthalmology
2.31	Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
	2.31-01	Soil Sciences
	2.31-02	Plant Breeding and Plant Pathology
	2.31-03	Plant Cultivation, Plant Nutrition, Agricultural Technology
	2.31-04	Ecology of Land Use
	2.31-05	Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Sociology
	2.31-06	Forestry
	2.31-07	Animal Breeding, Animal Nutrition, Animal Husbandry
	2.31-08	Veterinary Medical Science

Natural Sciences

RB-Nr.	Review Board / Subject Area
3.11	Molecular Chemistry
	3.11-01	Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
	3.11-02	Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
3.12	Chemical Solid State and Surface Research
	3.12-01	Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
	3.12-02	Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation
3.13	Physical Chemistry
	3.13-01	Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
3.14	Analytical Chemistry
	3.14-01	Analytical Chemistry
3.15	Biological Chemistry and Food Chemistry
	3.15-01	Biological and Biomimetic Chemistry
	3.15-02	Food Chemistry
3.16	Polymer Research
	3.16-01	Preparatory and Physical Chemistry of Polymers
	3.16-02	Experimental and Theoretical Physics of Polymers
	3.16-03	Polymer Materials
3.17	Theoretical Chemistry
	3.17-01	Theoretical Chemistry: Electronic Structure, Dynamics, Simulation
	3.17-02	Theoretical Chemistry: Molecules, Materials, Surfaces
3.21	Condensed Matter Physics
	3.21-01	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
	3.21-02	Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
3.22	Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Soft and Fluid Matter, Biological Physics
	3.22-01	Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Soft and Fluid Matter, Biological Physics
3.23	Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
	3.23-01	Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
3.24	Particles, Nuclei and Fields
	3.24-01	Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Fields
3.25	Astrophysics and Astronomy
	3.25-01	Astrophysics and Astronomy
3.31	Mathematics
	3.31-01	Mathematics
3.41	Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Climate Research
	3.41-01	Atmospheric Science
	3.41-02	Oceanography
3.42	Geology and Palaeontology
	3.42-01	Geology
	3.42-02	Palaeontology
3.43	Geophysics and Geodesy
	3.43-01	Geophysics
	3.43-02	Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Cartography
3.44	Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
	3.44-01	Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
3.45	Geography
	3.45-01	Physical Geography
	3.45-02	Human Geography
3.46	Water Research
	3.46-01	Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Urban Water Management, Water Chemistry, Integrated Water Resources Management

Engineering Sciences

RB-Nr.	Review Board / Subject Area
4.11	Production Technology
	4.11-01	Metal-Cutting and Abrasive Manufacturing Engineering
	4.11-02	Primary Shaping and Reshaping Technology, Additive Manufacturing
	4.11-03	Joining and Separation Technology
	4.11-04	Plastics Engineering
	4.11-05	Production Systems, Operations Management, Quality Management and Factory Planning
	4.11-06	Production Automation and Assembly Technology
4.12	Mechanics and Constructive Mechanical Engineering
	4.12-01	Engineering Design, Machine Elements, Product Development
	4.12-02	Mechanics
	4.12-03	Lightweight Construction, Textile Technology
	4.12-04	Acoustics
4.21	Process Engineering, Technical Chemistry
	4.21-01	Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering
	4.21-02	Technical Chemistry
	4.21-03	Mechanical Process Engineering
	4.21-04	Biological Process Engineering
	4.21-05	Process Systems Engineering
4.22	Fluid Mechanics, Technical Thermodynamics and Thermal Energy Engineering
	4.22-01	Energy Process Engineering
	4.22-02	Technical Thermodynamics
	4.22-03	Fluid Mechanics
	4.22-04	Hydraulic and Turbo Engines and Piston Engines
4.31	Materials Engineering
	4.31-01	Metallurgical, Thermal and Thermomechanical Treatment of Materials
	4.31-02	Materials in Sintering Processes and Generative Manufacturing Processes
	4.31-03	Coating and Surface Technology
	4.31-04	Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials and their Microstructural Origins
	4.31-05	Glass, Ceramics and Derived Composites
	4.31-06	Polymeric and Biogenic Materials and Derived Composites
4.32	Materials Science
	4.32-01	Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
	4.32-02	Biomaterials
	4.32-03	Thermodynamics and Kinetics as well as Properties of Phases and Microstructure of Materials
	4.32-04	Computer-Aided Design of Materials and Simulation of Materials Behaviour from Atomic to Microscopic Scale
4.41	Systems Engineering
	4.41-01	Automation, Mechatronics, Control Systems, Intelligent Technical Systems, Robotics
	4.41-02	Measurement Systems
	4.41-03	Microsystems
	4.41-04	Traffic and Transport Systems, Intelligent and Automated Traffic
	4.41-05	Human Factors, Ergonomics, Human-Machine Systems
	4.41-06	Biomedical Systems Technology
4.42	Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
	4.42-01	Electronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering
	4.42-02	Communication Technology and Networks, High-Frequency Technology and Photonic Systems, Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Information Technology
	4.42-03	Electrical Energy Systems, Power Management, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Drives
	4.42-04	Hardware Systems and Architectures for Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Engineering Systems
4.43	Computer Science
	4.43-01	Theoretical Computer Science
	4.43-02	Software Engineering and Programming Languages
	4.43-03	Security and Dependability, Operating-, Communication- and Distributed Systems
	4.43-04	Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Methods
	4.43-05	Image and Language Processing, Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing
	4.43-06	Data Management, Data-Intensive Systems, Computer Science Methods in Business Informatics
	4.43-07	Computer Architecture, Embedded and Massively Parallel Systems
4.51	Construction Engineering and Architecture
	4.51-01	Architecture, Building and Construction History, Construction Research, Sustainable Building Technology
	4.51-02	Urbanism, Spatial Planning, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Landscape Planning
	4.51-03	Construction Material Sciences, Chemistry, Building Physics
	4.51-04	Structural Engineering, Building Informatics and Construction Operation
	4.51-05	Applied Mechanics, Statics and Dynamics
	4.51-06	Geotechnics, Hydraulic Engineering