![Dr Nihit Saigal (first author of the study) selects an ultra-thin layer from a crystal sample for further processing under a microscope.<address>© Uni MS - Peter Leßmann</address>](http://www.uni-muenster.de/news/data/img/2024/07/14201-6CY74CnA-webL.jpg)
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The two Clusters of Excellence, which the University of Münster has acquired as part of the federal and state Excellence Strategy, comprise faculties from the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. The Department of Mathematics was successful with the Cluster of Excellence "Mathematics Münster: Dynamics - Geometry - Structure". The Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics", funded for the third time, comprises around 200 researchers in the humanities and social sciences from 20 disciplines.