Master's Degree Programme in Physical and Chemical Sciences

The Master’s Degree Programme in Physical and Chemical Sciences offers students five specialization fields: Astronomy and Space Physics, Chemistry of Drug Development, Materials Chemistry, Materials Physics, and Theoretical Physics.

Students specializing in Astronomy and Space Physics will study various astrophysical phenomena and plasma physics - from Solar systems to neutron stars, to quasars. As a student of this field, you will also get hands-on experience with observational techniques, space instrumentation, numerical methods, and analysis of large data sets.

The Chemistry of Drug Development specialization track provides students with strong knowledge on one or more of the following topics: design and synthesis of new drugs, radiolabelling and enhanced targeting of drugs, or screening, isolation and modification of new drug candidates from bioactive plants and development of novel analytical methods for drug discovery. In addition, you will learn to master the state-of-the-art methods needed for the full identification of drug molecules and for their quantitation from different types of tissues and metabolite mixtures.

The studies of Materials Physics and Chemistry will give you an ability to understand and to develop the properties of materials from molecules and nanoparticles of metals, magnetic and semiconducting compounds, pharmaceutical and biomaterials. After graduation, you will be familiar with the current methodologies, research equipment, and modern numerical methods needed to model properties of materials used in research and technology.

In Theoretical physics, you can specialize in various fields at the forefront of European and international research, such as quantum technologies, fundamentals of quantum physics, quantum information and optics, quantum field theory, and cosmology. You will learn rigorous mathematical and numerical methods to model physical phenomena and solve physical problems with several possible interdisciplinary applications also outside physics. Examples are the studies of complex systems, data science, and machine learning.

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