Master's degree in materials physics

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Program Overview

Semester 01:

  • POEM
  • Organisation of matter
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Statistical thermo.
  • Molecular chemistry
  • Characterisation techniques
  • Personal project 1
  • Artificial intelligence applied to science and technology
  • English 1

Semester 02:

  • PMM
  • Materials class
  • Molecular Chemistry
  • Computing
  • Practical work
  • personal project II
  • laboratory internship
  • Management
  • English II

Semester 03:

  • Approaches to the N-body problem and electronic structure
  • Magnetism and Resonance Spectroscopy or Magnetic Properties Calculus
  • Molecular materials or Wave propagation
  • Catalysis or ab initio calculation
  • Physical and chemical surface properties of inorganic materials
  • Semiconductors and components
  • Personal project III
  • Elaboration and Characterisation of M.C. or Initiation to calculation codes
  • Introduction to start-ups and entrepreneurship
  • English III

Semester 04:

·       Personal work placement or work placement in pairs, in a laboratory or company, culminating in a dissertation and presentation to a panel of teacher-researchers. The work placement will involve the development of materials in the form of thin films, nanopowders, nanowires, etc., characterisation techniques or calculations of the physical properties of materials.

Teaching Language : French and English

Curriculum Highlights

Core Courses

  • Material organisation
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Semiconductors
  • Statistical thermodynamics
  • Molecular chemistry

·       Technical characterisation


Advanced Topics

  • Molecular Materials or Wave Propagation
  • Catalysis or ab-initio  calculation.
  • Surface Physical Chemical Properties of Semiconductors and Components.
  • Introduction to start-ups and entrepreneurship


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Admissions Information

The current application of Articles 171 and 1023 of Decrees:

v  Skills and knowledge acquisition are assessed every six months through continuous assessment and a final exam.

v  Progress from the first to the second year is automatic if the student has completed the first two semesters of the training program.

v  The student's assessment focuses on, depending on the training program: lectures, practical work, tutorials, and practical internships.


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