Study programme
Dutch-taught Master of Physics
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2024-2025
Option in research
Mandatory courses year 1
You have to acquire all 30 ECTS in your first year.
Atom and Molecule Physics
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Mathematical Methods in Theoretical Physics
Statistical and Mathematical Physics
Symmetry in Physics
Master thesis
Masterthesis including internship
Research Module
You choose 1 research module.
Each research module counts 30 credits: 18 credits of compulsory courses and 12 credits of elective courses.
Research Module Theoretical Physics: Compulsory courses (18 ECTS)
Superconductivity and Superfluidity
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Many-body Theory of the Solid State
Research Module Theoretical Physics: electives (12 ECTS)
General Relativity
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Path integrals for option prices
Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics
Physics of Low-Dimensional Systems
Computational Physics
Device Physics
Quantum chromodynamics
Internship
Surface Physics
Theory of Fundamental Interactions
Research Module Nanophysics: Compulsory courses (18 ECTS)
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Nanosystems
Physics of Low-Dimensional Systems
Research Module Nanophysics: electives (12 ECTS-credits)
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics
Superconductivity and Superfluidity
Advanced Electron Microscopy
Computational Physics
Device Physics
Project microscopy and spectroscopy
Project in low-dimensional systems and electronic structure calculations
Quantum Many-body Theory of the Solid State
Internship
Surface Physics
Advanced X-ray (Micro)tomography
Research Module Subatomic physics: Compulsory courses (18 ECTS)
General Relativity
Quantum Field Theory
Theory of Fundamental Interactions
Research Module Subatomic physics: electives (12 ECTS)
Experimental Techniques in Particle Physics
- Steven Lowette
Experimental Lab
Accelerator Physics
Computer-controlled Experiments and Data Acquisition
Electroweak interactions
Project interaction of radiation with matter
Quantum chromodynamics
Internship
Research Module Biophysics / Medical Physics: Compulsory courses (18 ECTS)
Biomedical Imaging Techniques
Digital Signal and Image Processing
Advanced X-ray (Micro)tomography
Research Module Biophysics / Medical Physics: electives (12 ECTS)
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Nanosystems
Preclinical and clinical imaging with focus on neurology
Biomechanics
Biosensors and Bioelectronics
- Jeroen Lammertyn
Biostatistics
Computational Physics
Internship
General electives
You choose 30 ECTS choose from the list below.
You can also choose a course from one of the other research modules or from another programme for a maximum of 12 ECTS-credits.
Academic Literacies for Scientists
Advanced Magnetic Resonance
Capita Selecta X-ray Analysis and Analytical Imaging
Finite Difference Methods and Financial Mathematics
Plasma Modelling
Demonstrations and didactic tests in physics
Artificial Neural Networks
History of Science and Society
Iterative Methods for Linear Systems
Philosophy of Science
Theory and Practice of Finite Elements Methods
Optie Management & Entrepreneurship
2 year model path
Manadatory courses in Physics
You follow these courses in your first year.
Atom and Molecule Physics
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Mathematical Methods in Theoretical Physics
Management & Entrepreneurship
You follow these courses in your first year (18 ECTS)
Management and organisation
Strategic Business Communication
Financial management and legal aspects
You follow these courses in your second year (12 ECTS)
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
Master thesis
Masterthesis including internship
Research module
Choose course units worth 12 credits within the same research module (do this in consultation with the supervisor of your master's thesis). These 12 credits must include at least 1 compulsory course unit of that research module and it may not be the course unit Internship.
Research module Theoretical Physics
Superconductivity and Superfluidity
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Many-body Theory of the Solid State
Research module Theoretical Physics: electives
General Relativity
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Path integrals for option prices
Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics
Physics of Low-Dimensional Systems
Computational Physics
Device Physics
Quantum chromodynamics
Internship
Surface Physics
Theory of Fundamental Interactions
Research module Nanophysics
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Nanosystems
Physics of Low-Dimensional Systems
Research module Nanophysics: electives
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics
Superconductivity and Superfluidity
Advanced Electron Microscopy
Computational Physics
Device Physics
Project microscopy and spectroscopy
Project in low-dimensional systems and electronic structure calculations
Quantum Many-body Theory of the Solid State
Internship
Surface Physics
Advanced X-ray (Micro)tomography
Research module Subatomic physics
General Relativity
Quantum Field Theory
Theory of Fundamental Interactions
Research module Subatomic physics: electives
Experimental Techniques in Particle Physics
- Steven Lowette
Experimental Lab
Accelerator Physics
Computer-controlled Experiments and Data Acquisition
Electroweak interactions
Project interaction of radiation with matter
Quantum chromodynamics
Internship
Research module Biophysics / Medical Physics
Biomedical Imaging Techniques
Digital Signal and Image Processing
Advanced X-ray (Micro)tomography
Research module Biophysics / Medical Physics: electives
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Nanosystems
Preclinical and clinical imaging with focus on neurology
Biomechanics
Biosensors and Bioelectronics
- Jeroen Lammertyn
Biostatistics
Computational Physics
Internship
general electives
Choose 30 credits from the list below
You may also choose Statistical and Mathematical Physics and/or Symmetry in Physics, a course unit from one of the other research modules or course units from another master's program (subject to approval by the Study Progress Committee) with a maximum of 12 credits.
Academic Literacies for Scientists
Advanced Magnetic Resonance
Capita Selecta X-ray Analysis and Analytical Imaging
Finite Difference Methods and Financial Mathematics
Plasma Modelling
Demonstrations and didactic tests in physics
Artificial Neural Networks
History of Science and Society
Iterative Methods for Linear Systems
Philosophy of Science
Theory and Practice of Finite Elements Methods
2023-2024
Model Path 1st and 2nd part
Mobility is compulsory.The student has to acquire 12 ECTS-credits elsewhere for instance by following courses at another university or by doing an internship outside the UA.
Module general courses (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory in the 1st year.
The student has to acquire all 30 ECTS-credits (18 ECTS-credits for the option Management and Entrepreneurship or the option Education) from the list below.
Students who choose the option Management and Entrepreneurship can replace the courses “Statistical and mathematical physics” and “Symmetry in physics” with courses from the research modules (=12 ECTS-credits in consultation with the promotor). Please note that these 12 ECTS-credits should be taken within the compulsory courses of one research module and it cannot be the Internship.
Atom and Molecule Physics
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Mathematical Methods in Theoretical Physics
Statistical and Mathematical Physics
Symmetry in Physics
Master thesis (30 ECTS-credits)
Masterthesis including internship
Student chooses an option: management & entrepreneurship or research (1 module)
OPTION MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Take the courses from the list below in the first year (18 ECTS-credits).
Management and organisation
Strategic Business Communication
Financial management and legal aspects
Take the courses from the list below in the second year (12 ECTS-credits).
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
Research Module Theoretical Physics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
Superconductivity and Superfluidity
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Many-body Theory of the Solid State
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
General Relativity
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Path integrals for option prices
Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics
Physics of Low-Dimensional Systems
Computational Physics
Device Physics
Quantum chromodynamics
Internship
Surface Physics
Theory of Fundamental Interactions
OPTION RESEARCH (30 ECTS-credits)
Research Module Nanophysics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Nanosystems
- Thomas Altantzis
- Sofie Cambré
- Joke Hadermann
Physics of Low-Dimensional Systems
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics
Superconductivity and Superfluidity
Advanced Electron Microscopy
Computational Physics
Device Physics
Project microscopy and spectroscopy
Project physics of low-dimensional systems
Quantum Many-body Theory of the Solid State
Internship
Surface Physics
Advanced X-ray (Micro)tomography
Research Module Subatomic physics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
Experimental Techniques in Particle Physics
- Albert De Roeck
- Steven Lowette
Quantum Field Theory
Theory of Fundamental Interactions
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
General Relativity
Experimental Lab
Accelerator Physics
Computer-controlled Experiments and Data Acquisition
Electroweak interactions
Project interaction of radiation with matter
Quantum chromodynamics
Internship
Research Module Biophysics / Medical Physics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
Biomedical Imaging Techniques
Digital Signal and Image Processing
Advanced X-ray (Micro)tomography
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Nanosystems
- Thomas Altantzis
- Sofie Cambré
- Joke Hadermann
Preclinical and clinical imaging with focus on neurology
Biomechanics
Biosensors and Bioelectronics
- Jeroen Lammertyn
Biostatistics
Computational Physics
Internship
General optional courses (30 ECTS-credits)
30 ECTS-credits to choose from:
* the list below
* or a course to choose from the research modules
* or from another programme for a maximum of 12 ECTS-credits
* or Statistical and mathematical physics and/or Symmetry in physics for the option Education and the option Management and Entrepreneurship.
Academic Literacies for Scientists
Advanced Magnetic Resonance
Capita Selecta X-ray Analysis and Analytical Imaging
Finite Difference Methods and Financial Mathematics
Plasma Modelling
Demonstrations and didactic tests in physics
Artificial Neural Networks
History of Science and Society
Iterative Methods for Linear Systems
Philosophy of Science
Theory and Practice of Finite Elements Methods
2022-2023
Model Path 1st and 2nd part
Mobility is compulsory.The student has to acquire 12 ECTS-credits elsewhere for instance by following courses at another university or by doing an internship outside the UA.
Module general courses (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory in the 1st year.
The student has to acquire all 30 ECTS-credits (18 ECTS-credits for the option Management and Entrepreneurship or the option Education) from the list below.
Students who choose the option Management and Entrepreneurship can replace the courses “Statistical and mathematical physics” and “Symmetry in physics” with courses from the research modules (=12 ECTS-credits in consultation with the promotor). Please note that these 12 ECTS-credits should be taken within the compulsory courses of one research module and it cannot be the Internship.
Atom and Molecule Physics
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Mathematical methods in theoretical physics
Statistical and mathematical physics
Symmetry in physics
Master thesis (30 ECTS-credits)
Masterthesis including internship
Student chooses an option: management & entrepreneurship or research (1 module)
OPTION MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Take the courses from the list below in the first year (18 ECTS).
Management and organisation
Strategic Business Communication
Financial management and legal aspects
Student chooses an option: management & entrepreneurship or research (1 module)
OPTION MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Take the courses from the list below in the second year (12 ECTS).
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
OPTION RESEARCH (30 ECTS-credits)
Research Module Nanophysics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
The student has to acquire all 18 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Microscopy and spectroscopy of nanosystems
- Thomas Altantzis
- Sofie Cambré
- Joke Hadermann
Physics of low-dimensional systems
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
The student has to choose a total of 12 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics
Superconductivity and superfluidity
Advanced electron microscopy
Biosensors and bioelectronics
- Jeroen Lammertyn
Computational physics
Device physics
Project microscopy and spectroscopy
Project physics of low-dimensional systems
Quantum many-body theory of the solid state
Internship
Surface physics
X-ray (micro)tomography
Research Module Subatomic physics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
The student has to acquire all 18 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Experimental Techniques in Particle Physics
- Albert De Roeck
- Steven Lowette
Quantum Field Theory
Theory of Fundamental Interactions
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
The student has to choose a total of 12 ECTS-credits from the list below
General Relativity
Experimental Lab
Accelerator physics
Computer-controlled experiments and data acquisition
Electroweak interactions
Project interaction of radiation with matter
Quantum chromodynamics
Internship
Research Module Biophysics / Medical Physics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
The student has to acquire all 18 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Biomedical imaging techniques
Digital signal and image processing
Advanced magnetic resonance
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
The student has to choose a total of 12 ECTS-credits from the list below
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
Microscopy and spectroscopy of nanosystems
- Thomas Altantzis
- Sofie Cambré
- Joke Hadermann
Preclinical and clinical imaging with focus on neurology
Reconstruction techniques in medical imaging
Biomechanics
Biosensors and bioelectronics
- Jeroen Lammertyn
Biostatistics
Computational physics
Internship
X-ray (micro)tomography
Research Module Theoretical Physics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
The student has to acquire all 18 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Superconductivity and superfluidity
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum many-body theory of the solid state
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
The student has to choose a total of 12 ECTS-credits from the list below.
General Relativity
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Path integrals for option prices
Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics
Physics of low-dimensional systems
Computational physics
Device physics
Quantum chromodynamics
Internship
Surface physics
Theory of Fundamental Interactions
General optional courses (30 ECTS-credits)
30 ECTS-credits to choose from:
* the list below
* or a course to choose from the research modules
* or from another programme for a maximum of 12 ECTS-credits
* or Statistical and mathematical physics and/or Symmetry in physics for the option Education and the option Management and Entrepreneurship.
Academic Literacies for Scientists
Capita selecta X-ray analysis and analytical imaging
Finite difference methods and financial mathematics
Integrable Hamiltonian systems
Multilevel and Multigrid methods
- Siegfried Cools
Numerical Optimisation
Plasma modelling
Demonstrations and didactic tests in physics
Artificial Neural Networks
History of science and society
Introduction to Integrable PDEs: the Korteweg-de Vries equation
Iterative methods for linear systems
Philosophy of science
Selected topics in differential geometry
- Marta Farre Puiggali
- Tom Mestdag
Theory and practice of finite elements methods
2021-2022
Model Path 1st and 2nd part
Mobility is compulsory.The student has to acquire 12 ECTS-credits elsewhere for instance by following courses at another university or by doing an internship outside the UA.
Module general courses (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory in the 1st year.
The student has to acquire all 30 ECTS-credits (18 ECTS-credits for the option Management and Entrepreneurship or the option Education) from the list below.
Students who choose the option Management and Entrepreneurship can replace the courses “Statistical and mathematical physics” and “Symmetry in physics” with courses from the research modules (=12 ECTS-credits in consultation with the promotor). Please note that these 12 ECTS-credits should be taken within the compulsory courses of one research module and it cannot be the Internship.
Atom and Molecule Physics
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Mathematical methods in theoretical physics
Statistical and mathematical physics
Symmetry in physics
Master thesis (30 ECTS-credits)
Masterthesis including internship
Student chooses an option: management & entrepreneurship or research (1 module)
OPTION MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Take the courses from the list below in the first year (18 ECTS).
Management and organisation
Strategic Business Communication
- Rebecca Van Herck
Financial management and legal aspects
Student chooses an option: management & entrepreneurship or research (1 module)
OPTION MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Take the courses from the list below in the second year (12 ECTS).
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
OPTION RESEARCH (30 ECTS-credits)
Research Module Nanophysics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
The student has to acquire all 18 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Microscopy and spectroscopy of nanosystems
- Thomas Altantzis
- Sofie Cambré
- Joke Hadermann
Physics of low-dimensional systems
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
The student has to choose a total of 12 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics
Superconductivity and superfluidity
Advanced electron microscopy
Biosensors and bioelectronics
- Jeroen Lammertyn
Computational physics
Device physics
Project microscopy and spectroscopy
Project physics of low-dimensional systems
Quantum many-body theory of the solid state
Internship
Surface physics
X-ray (micro)tomography
Research Module Subatomic physics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
The student has to acquire all 18 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Experimental Techniques in Particle Physics
- Albert De Roeck
- Steven Lowette
Quantum Field Theory
Theory of Fundamental Interactions
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
The student has to choose a total of 12 ECTS-credits from the list below
General Relativity
Experimental Lab
Accelerator physics
Computer-controlled experiments and data acquisition
Electroweak interactions
Project interaction of radiation with matter
Quantum chromodynamics
Internship
Research Module Biophysics / Medical Physics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
The student has to acquire all 18 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Biomedical imaging techniques
Digital signal and image processing
Magnetic resonance of bio-molecules
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
The student has to choose a total of 12 ECTS-credits from the list below
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
Microscopy and spectroscopy of nanosystems
- Thomas Altantzis
- Sofie Cambré
- Joke Hadermann
Preclinical and clinical imaging with focus on neurology
Reconstruction techniques in medical imaging
Biomechanics
Biosensors and bioelectronics
- Jeroen Lammertyn
Biostatistics
Computational physics
Internship
X-ray (micro)tomography
Research Module Theoretical Physics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
The student has to acquire all 18 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Superconductivity and superfluidity
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum many-body theory of the solid state
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
The student has to choose a total of 12 ECTS-credits from the list below.
General Relativity
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Path integrals for option prices
Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics
Physics of low-dimensional systems
Computational physics
Device physics
Quantum chromodynamics
Internship
Surface physics
Theory of Fundamental Interactions
General optional courses (30 ECTS-credits)
30 ECTS-credits to choose from:
* the list below
* or a course to choose from the research modules
* or from another programme for a maximum of 12 ECTS-credits
* or Statistical and mathematical physics and/or Symmetry in physics for the option Education and the option Management and Entrepreneurship.
Academic Literacies for Scientists
Capita selecta X-ray analysis and analytical imaging
Finite difference methods and financial mathematics
Integrable Hamiltonian systems
Multilevel and Multigrid methods
- Siegfried Cools
Numerical Optimisation
Plasma modelling
Demonstrations and didactic tests in physics
Artificial Neural Networks
History of science and society
Iterative methods for linear systems
Philosophy of science
- Bert Leuridan
- Raoul Gervais
Selected topics in differential geometry
- Marta Farre Puiggali
- Tom Mestdag
Theory and practice of finite elements methods
2020-2021
Model Path 1st and 2nd part
Mobility is compulsory.The student has to acquire 12 ECTS-credits elsewhere for instance by following courses at another university or by doing an internship outside the UA.
Module general courses (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory in the 1st year.
The student has to acquire all 30 ECTS-credits (18 ECTS-credits for the option Management and Entrepreneurship or the option Education) from the list below.
Students who choose the option Management and Entrepreneurship can replace the courses “Statistical and mathematical physics” and “Symmetry in physics” with courses from the research modules (=12 ECTS-credits in consultation with the promotor). Please note that these 12 ECTS-credits should be taken within one research module and it cannot be the Internship.
Atom and Molecule Physics
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Mathematical methods in theoretical physics
Statistical and mathematical physics
Symmetry in physics
Master thesis (30 ECTS-credits)
Masterthesis including internship
Student chooses an option: management & entrepreneurship or research (1 module)
OPTION MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Take the courses from the list below in the first year (18 ECTS).
Financial management and legal aspects
Management and organisation
Strategic Business Communication
Student chooses an option: management & entrepreneurship or research (1 module)
OPTION MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Take the courses from the list below in the second year (12 ECTS).
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
OPTION RESEARCH (30 ECTS-credits)
Research Module Nanophysics (30 ECTS-credits)
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
The student has to acquire all 18 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Computational Materials Physics
- Stefaan Cottenier
- Bart Partoens
Microscopy and spectroscopy of nanosystems
- Thomas Altantzis
- Sofie Cambré
- Joke Hadermann
Physics of low-dimensional systems
Recommended optional courses (12 ECTS-credits)
The student has to choose a total of 12 ECTS-credits from the list below.
Advanced electron microscopy
Biosensors and bioelectronics
- Jeroen Lammertyn
Neuro Data Processing
- Georgios A. Keliris
- Winnok De Vos
- Reinoud Maex