International Master in Subatomic and Astroparticle Physics (M2-PSA)

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• WARNING : a pre-admission session with lectures is organised from Monday 29 to Wednesday 31 August 2022 from 8:30 to 12:30 in the morning and 14:00 to 17:00 in the afternoon. Although not mandatory, attendance is strongly encouraged (additional information will be sent by email to enrolled students).
• Welcome meeting on Thursday 1 September 2022 at 9:00 to 12:00 (amphitheatre Grünewald, IPHC building 25), and first lecture in the afternoon.
• Admission procedure for 2022 starts in November 2021 for the semester beginning in September 2022. Consult Graduate School>Admission and Scholarship.
• For applying to QMat for the semester beginning in September 2022, submit via the online form before 18 March 2022 (All students). A second call specifically for European students will open in April 2022.

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Master supported by the French excellence initiative IdEx and included in the Graduate School QMAT and Magistere MdPF

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The PSA Master programme focuses on fundamental and applied research programmes conducted at facilities like large centres in particle physics (for instance LHC at CERN in Geneva, or JUNO in CHina) or in nuclear physics (for instance SPIRAL at GANIL in France) and on the strong connections with modern cosmology and astrophysics. The two-year Master programme includes advanced lectures on theoretical methods and experimental techniques and requires active participation of the students in research projects to prepare them for a professional career in science.
Student can enter the programme directly in second year, see the admission page.

Learning by active participation in research The educational programme is built around the wide range of research activities at the Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) hosting the second year specialisation of the Master. This assures close contacts between students and scientists participating in the Master programme via lectures and research projects proposed to students. In addition to theoretical physics, the institute has a long tradition in developing state of the art instrumentation for ambitious research programmes within large international collaborations. Scientists of the IPHC conduct world-class research in all current major centres and domains of subatomic physics.

The fundamental and applied research programmes in particle and nuclear physics and the strong connections with modern cosmology and astrophysics define the basic content of the second year of this Master.

The successful graduates acquire a solid expertise preparing them for the different phases of a scientific research programme in experimental or theoretical subatomic physics :

• Theoretical description and experimental aspects of a given physics problem
• Design study, development and realisation of appropriate detection systems
• Data taking and data analysis
• Simulation of experiments and modelling of physical processes and phenomena
• Interpretation of the experimental results

A two-year programme The first year of the Master aims at providing a solid and broad base in theoretical and experimental physics and is shared by all specialisations : Condensed Matter and Nanophysics, Astrophysics and Physics of Radiation and Imaging techniques. Students from other universities, who have acquired this base, can join the Master Programme directly at the second year, where the specialisation takes place. In the second year the students attend advanced lectures in particle and nuclear physics and cosmology. The second semester is devoted to a full time research project (Internship or Master thesis). This phase represents a crucial step in our educational approach driven by active participation in research and aims at high qualification to prepare a PhD thesis in France or abroad.

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M2-PSA : Internships & Thesis

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M2-PSA : Timetable

M2-PSA : Typical 2nd year schedule