Campus
Cergy-Pontoise
Durée (Qualiopi)
1 an
Langue(s) d'enseignement
Anglais
Composante
CY Sciences et techniques
Présentation
This is the second year of a two year Master program in Theoretical Physics, entirely taught in English in an international setting, it is a natural continuation of the first year of the Master of Physics option Theoretical Physics.
This is the second year of a two year Master program in Theoretical Physics, entirely taught in English in an international setting, it is a natural continuation of the first year of the Master of Physics option Theoretical Physics
(one of the paths of the first year (M1) of the CYU 's Master of Physics).
It aims at providing students with a high-level formation in Theoretical and Computational Physics, together with a deeper insight in one selected research field: Statistical Physics, Quantum systems, Condensed matter, Integrable Systems, Complex Systems, Dynamical Systems.
In addition to solid foundations in Fundamental Physics, the students will have acquired a reinforced formation in the domain they chose not only through the specialized courses they take during the third semester but also by the practical experience they will have obtained after four month of research work.
Objectifs
This second year of Master definitely prepare students to start a PhD work in the domain of theoretical physics, nevertheless it has been done in such a way, that reorientation to more applied physics is made possible.
The choice of a national French degree fully taught in English has the double advantage of an international open up:
It makes this training accessible to students from all over the world and allows world specialists to participate in the teaching and supervision of students, thus guaranteeing excellence in the discipline.
It also allows French-speaking students to receive disciplinary training in a familiar environment, while being exposed to international realities and improving their practical and professional English.
At the European level, the absence of language barriers facilitates exchanges of both students and professors between universities and possible double degrees.
Compétences visées
Analyze a given problem and link it to general and well known results of physics within the framework of a fixed model.
Apply abstraction, logic and knowledge of orders of magnitude to question the relevance of a suggested model.
Carry out a reasoning, knowing how to identify the required hypothesis that underlie it and to elaborate the proofs to establish it, with the help of either mathematical or computational tools.
Analyze results with a critical, curious and innovative mind.
Communicate in writing and orally in a rigorous and appropriate manner.
Be familiar with the large disciplinary knowledge of fundamental physics and Master some specialization domain of theoretical physics.
Programme
Short after September 15th start the lectures (and exercises classes). Mid-term exams take place after 6 or 7 weeks of courses. The same scheme of 6 or 7 weeks of classes repeat until the Christmas holidays. Examinations for the compulsory courses take place at the beginning of January. Then starts another 6 or 7 weeks’ period of classes, dedicated to options and projects ending with an examination session which closes the first semester. After the winter holidays starts the last period of the year consisting in four months of research work (that may include some literature search and tutored project if needed before the internship), evaluated around June 15th by a master thesis defense.
Stages
There is a compulsory internship of a minimum of 8 weeks, if literature search has been done for 4 weeks and continued with a 2-weeks tutored project to prepare to the internship.
In case of a bare internship, it should last for a minimum of 16 weeks.
Sélectionnez un programme
M2 - Physique et modélisation
1st semester 2nd Yr (S3)
Compulsory courses :
Advanced Quantum Mechanics (4 ECTS)
Advanced Statistical Mechanics (4 ECTS)
Introduction to Dynamical Systems (4 ECTS)
Introduction to Hamiltonian systems (3 ECTS)
Renormalization Group (3 ECTS)
Choice 1: Option “Simulation of Quantum Systems”
Decay of a flipped spin in an antiferromagnetic spin chain into two domain walls
The block of compulsory courses can be complemented by the following block of 4 options that lead to a specialization in quantum many-body problems and their numerical simulation:
Quasi-exact Numerical Methods for Quantum Systems (3 ECTS)
Quantum Monte Carlo (3 ECTS)
Quantum many-body problem (3 ECTS)
Artificial intelligence – Machine Learning (3 ECTS)
Choice 2: Option “Physics of Complex Living Systems”
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Alternatively, the block of compulsory courses can be complemented by the following block of 4 options that lead to a specialization in complex systems and the physics of living matter:
Introduction to Chaotic and Complex Systems (3 ECTS)
Physics of living matter (3 ECTS)
Networks: Theory and Applications (3 ECTS)
Artificial intelligence – Machine Learning (3 ECTS)
Choice 3: General Theory
Finally, students have the possibility to construct their own profile in theoretical physics. For this purpose, they choose 12 ECTS among the courses of choices 1 & 2, or for example (opening and compatibility subject to demand):
French for Foreigners / Scientific Communication in English(*) (3 ECTS)
Symmetries in physics (3 ECTS)
Integrable Systems (3 ECTS)
Classical and Quantum Information (3 ECTS)
Introduction to Quantum Information (3 ECTS)
Transport Phenomena and nanomaterials (3 ECTS)
Density Functional Theory (3 ECTS)
Markov Chains (3 ECTS)
Graph Theory (3 ECTS)
Introduction to Databases (3 ECTS)
Big Data (3 ECTS)
Soft Matter (3 ECTS)
Tutored Project (3 ECTS)
The subjects of the tutored projects are to be chosen by the student in agreement with the pedagogical committee. One tutored project (3ECTS) amounts to a full time work of two weeks, plus writing a report and preparing an oral presentation. The student may decide, with the approval of the Master committee, to gather two projects into a larger one.
2nd semester 2nd Yr (S4)
The student will choose a research subject among those proposed by our laboratory or any research institution approved by the Master Pedagogical Committee. This internship (30 ECTS) is concluded by a written report and a public Master thesis defense.
(*) Proposed to improve English skills of French speaking students
Admission
Critères d’admission
Master 1
240 ECTS or equivalent (3/4 years BSc one year of Master) in an academic program including knowledge of Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, and Mathematics for Physics are required. A good mastering of English is essential to follow the lectures. Knowledge in coding (python for example) and computational methods is a real plus.
Modalités de candidature
There are three ways to apply :
- e-candidat (for students in France)
- Campus France (from abroad)
- Direct application to the program (when a personal contact with the master academic committee is needed)
Non-EU students have to apply via their local Campus France agency (through a new procedure called "Etudes en France").
Candidates can in addition, if they have special issues to discuss (like fees exemption or grant application), apply by sending an email to one of the academic directors of the program (they should in any case contact their local Campus France agency).
Admission is based on the student's transcripts, the syllabus of his or her curriculum and recommendation of professors. The study of the application file may be completed by an online interview.
Droits de scolarité
- For students from the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland, and for students who have obtained a partial fees exemption : National fees + for non-French speakers the cost of one semester of "French as a foreign language" courses at the CYU CILFAC (Centre International Langue Française et Action Culturelle) (for more details on tuition fees).
Et après
Poursuite d'études
This master program is definitely research oriented.
Most students will continue with a PhD program.
Dimension internationale
Mobilité
A collaboration between LPTM, the Theoretical Physics and the Condensed Matter Departments of Zaragoza University and the Institut for Biocomputational Physics (BIFI) of Zaragoza has led to a joint Master program, which has received the label "Spanish-French International Master Program" and proposes to especially selected students a double diploma (our Master and the Master en Fisica y Tecnologias Fisicas from Zaragoza University) including an international mobility of at least one semester during the two years.
In addition, the physics department has a large number of international partnerships.
Of Erasmus type:
University of: Bologna, Chester, Edinburgh, Oldenburg, Parma, Zaragoza, Firenze, Groningen, Mons, München.
Or not:
University of: Warwick, Montréal (CA), Laval (CA), Osaka Prefecture (Japon), Kazan (Russie), NUS (Singapour), Pusan (Corée), FUMEC (Brésil), Buenos Aires (Argentine).