- Overview of machine learning and its relation to physics
- Classification and regression
- Supervised and unsupervised learning
- Common machine learning models used in physics, including artificial neural networks
- How to evaluate the validity and applicability of machine learning models
- Generative models
- Applications of machine learning in physics, for example in the processing of experimental data, simulations and optimization
- The ethics and sustainability of machine learning
- Ongoing research in machine learning related to physics
SH2150 Machine Learning in Physics 7.5 credits

Information per course offering
Information for Autumn 2025 Start 27 Oct 2025 programme students
- Course location
AlbaNova
- Duration
- 27 Oct 2025 - 12 Jan 2026
- Periods
Autumn 2025: P2 (7.5 hp)
- Pace of study
50%
- Application code
50436
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
English
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
Places are not limited
- Target group
- No information inserted
- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
- Part of programme
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Course syllabus as PDF
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student must be able to:
- Apply numerical programming and common machine learning methods to solve a given problem
- Choose and justify an appropriate machine learning method for a given problem
- Critically evaluate and validate the results of applying a machine learning algorithm in order to be able to independently solve a physics problem using machine learning.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
English B/English 6
Approved thesis at bachelor's level from a science-related program
Completed course in basic modern physics (SH1014 or equivalent).
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- INL1 - Hand-in assignments, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- PRO1 - Project, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Engineering Physics
Education cycle
Second cycle