
From August 2011 until June 2012 I was a Master’s student at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) in Waterloo/Canada. I was among the third year of the Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) program: In a group of 37 students coming from 23 different countries we had courses on the full range of modern theoretical physics, starting from General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory going over the Standard Model of Elementary Particles, Cosmology, Condensed Matter, Quantum Foundations and Information, up to Loop Quantum Gravity and String Theory. The courses were taught by researchers from all over the world, such as Neil Turok, Ruth Gregory, Renate Loll, Freddy Cachazo and Carlo Rovelli. Beside our regular coursework we got engaged with many other aspects of academic life at PI and activities among the students.