Tracks

The Engineering Physics programme is a broad educational programme where you can specialise into a number of different fields of physics. The programme is designed to give you a substantial freedom to tailor your own competence profile within physics.

Subsequently, there are only two mandatory courses that all students within the programme have to take (and these courses are normally taken during year 2 of the programme).

AK2030 Theory and methodology of science (Natural and technological sciences), 4.5 credits

SH2007 Research methodology in physics, 3.0 credits (*)

(*) However, students planning to make exchange studies at another university during the autumn semester of year 2, are strongly recommended to take the course SH2007 already in year 1 since it is given only once a year and it is difficult to find a corresponding course at another university.

The major part of your studies are within your chosen track and you need to choose a track already when you start your studies at the programme. Within each track, there are 2 mandatory track courses and you must also choose a minimum of 25 credits from a list of conditionally elective courses. This ensures that you will reach a sufficient depth in your studies to be eligible for a master thesis course within your track. The programme has 5 tracks and each track can lead to several specialisations. The tracks are:

Theoretical physics (TFYA)

Subatomic & astrophysics (TFYB)

Optical physics (TFYC)

Nanophysics (TFYD)

Biomedical physics (TFYE)

Although you must choose a track already when you start the programme, it is still possible to change tracks once you have started your studies at the programme. In such a case, please contact the programme director for a discussion.