24 monthsProgramme duration
9,493 EURTuition Fee/year
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Physics and Astronomy
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
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The Master of Science in Physics (120 ECTS) is a research-based master’s programme in which you can specialise in the following fields of physics:
- Condensed Matter Physics
- -Cluster Physics, Surface and Interface Physics, Correlated Electron Systems, Semiconductor Physics, Soft Matter Physics, Physics of Biosystems
- Nuclear Physics
- -Physics Beyond the Standard Model, Structure of Exotic Nuclei: Decay, Reactions and Laser Spectroscopy, Theoretical Nuclear Physics
- Theoretical Physics
- -Complex Systems, Cosmology, Mathematical Physics, String Theory
After a semester following advanced courses in different disciplines of physics, you choose a major research profile consisting of advanced and specialised courses and a master’s thesis of 30 ECTS. The remaining 30 ECTS allow you to follow one of two options:
- The Research Option prepares you for a research career in academia or industry. You will broaden your research skills by choosing a minor research domain, including at least 12 ECTS courses from that domain and complemented by a research internship or with other courses.
- The Physics in Society Option offers you the opportunity to prepare for a career as a physicist outside academia through courses preparing you for entrepreneurship or via an internship in a company.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Physics and Astronomy
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Get in touch: join KU Leuven’s Webinars
Discover all that KU Leuven has to offer via one of KU Leuven’s Webinars about KU Leuven, admissions & applying, housing, and more.
The Master of Science in Physics (120 ECTS) is a research-based master’s programme in which you can specialise in the following fields of physics:
- Condensed Matter Physics
- -Cluster Physics, Surface and Interface Physics, Correlated Electron Systems, Semiconductor Physics, Soft Matter Physics, Physics of Biosystems
- Nuclear Physics
- -Physics Beyond the Standard Model, Structure of Exotic Nuclei: Decay, Reactions and Laser Spectroscopy, Theoretical Nuclear Physics
- Theoretical Physics
- -Complex Systems, Cosmology, Mathematical Physics, String Theory
After a semester following advanced courses in different disciplines of physics, you choose a major research profile consisting of advanced and specialised courses and a master’s thesis of 30 ECTS. The remaining 30 ECTS allow you to follow one of two options:
- The Research Option prepares you for a research career in academia or industry. You will broaden your research skills by choosing a minor research domain, including at least 12 ECTS courses from that domain and complemented by a research internship or with other courses.
- The Physics in Society Option offers you the opportunity to prepare for a career as a physicist outside academia through courses preparing you for entrepreneurship or via an internship in a company.
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Admission Requirements
Students with a degree obtained at an institution outside the Flemish Community:
Diploma requirements
Bachelor of Physics, bachelor degrees with a minor Physics, Astronomy, obtained outside the Flemish Community or other degrees will be admitted on individual basis.
Language requirements
All applicants must prove their proficiency in English.
The following applicants are exempted from submitting an English proficiency certificate:
- Applicants who have obtained a previous university degree taught in English in Australia, English-speaking Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Their entire programme should have been completed in English.
- Applicants who have obtained a Belgian diploma.
Absolutely no other diplomas will be accepted as evidence even if the applicant has followed an exclusively English-taught programme.
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