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The Department of Physics of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) offers a PhD Program in Physics (PDF) covering some areas of expertise of its professors and researchers, in close connection with the research units associated with the Department of Physics:
• Centre for Astrophysics and Gravitation (CENTRA)
• Centre of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials (CeFEMA)
• Centre for Theoretical Particle Physics (CFTP)
• Centre for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN)
• INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies (INESC-MN)
• Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear (IPFN)
• Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP)
The main areas of the PDF are:
• Astrophysics and Gravitation
• Plasmas Physics, Nuclear Fusion, Photonics and Intense Lasers;
• Physics of Condensed Matter, Nanotechnology, Solid State Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics;
• Particle and High-Energy Physics, and Nuclear Physics.
Other areas of research within the Department of Physics (e.g. Dynamical Systems, Renewable Energies and Biomedical Physics) are also covered by the PhD Program.
The PhD Program in Physics together with the PhD Program in Physics Engineering integrate the 3rd study cycle of higher education courses resulting from the Bologna Agreement. They complement the undergraduate training the 1st and 2nd cycles (Bachelor and Master) in Physics Engineering.
The PhD Program in Physics is designed to provide advanced knowledge and research capabilities into subjects consistent with expertise available in the Department of Physics of IST.
After completing their PhD, graduates of this program are expected to have acquired the ability to perform autonomous scientific work in their particular field of study, expanding the frontiers of knowledge with their original research to the highest standards of quality and integrity. These graduates should promote academic, professional, technological, social and cultural progress, in interaction with the academic community and the society at large.
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