The programme leading to the Master's [120] degree in physics includes a core curriculum, which consists of :
- 30 credits of specialized training in physics, to be chosen from a list of teaching units organized into subject blocks and to be followed during the first semester of the first annual unit,
- 5 credits of physics seminar, to be followed during the second annual unit,
- 2 credits of training in human sciences, to be chosen from a list of teaching units and to be followed during the first or second annual unit,
- 28 credits of activities related to the Master’s thesis, which include the Master’s thesis itself (26 credits) and the thesis tutorial (2 credits), to be carried out during the second annual unit.
The programme also includes 30 credits of teaching units specific to the chosen focus, to be followed during the first or second annual unit, as well as 25 credits of elective teaching units, to be selected from a list of teaching units organized into subject blocks and to be followed mainly during the second annual unit.
Regarding the research focus, typical programmes, according to the different orientations of the research in physics carried out at UCLouvain, are proposed on the website of the School of Physics in the "Education and Training" section. There are nine of them. They relate to :
- statistical physics and mathematical physics,
- formal aspects of fundamental interactions,
- theory and phenomenology of fundamental interactions,
- experimentation in physics of fundamental interactions,
- instrumentation in physics of fundamental interactions,
- atomic, molecular physics and optics from the theoretical point of view,
- atomic, molecular physics and optics from the experimental point of view,
- physical climatology,
- physics of the Earth and planets.
For a typical programme, this master will total, for any focus, a minimum of 120 credits spread over two annual units, corresponding to 60 credits each.