- Faculté des sciences
- 120 credits
Credits | Hours/Semester | |||||||||||
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UE obligatoires | ||||||||||||
SPHYM136 | Data acquisition and digital processing | Frising Fernande | 4 | 30 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM138 | Scientific communication | 2 | 15 - 0 | |||||||||
SSPSM101 | Science, ethics and development | Leyens Stéphane | 3 | 18 - 6 | ||||||||
SPHYM101 | Radiation-matter interaction | Colaux Julien, Lucas Stéphane | 6 | 30 - 30 | ||||||||
SPHYM106 | Nanomaterials ans applications of solid state physics | HENRARD Luc, Sporken Robert | 6 | 45 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM109 | Laser physics, non-linear and quantum optics | Caudano Yves, Lepere Muriel | 6 | 45 - 15 | ||||||||
Finalité approfondie | ||||||||||||
SPHYM133 | Theoretical and digital photonics | Deparis Olivier | 3 | 30 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM216 | Molecular physics and the environment | Lepere Muriel | 3 | 30 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM222 | Synthesis of materials | Lucas Stéphane, Sporken Robert | 3 | 30 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM226 | Surface and interface characterisation techniques | Colaux Julien, Houssiau Laurent | 3 | 30 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM134 | Plasmonics and applications | HENRARD Luc | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
Projet | ||||||||||||
SPHYM122 | Research project | Louette Pierre | 9 | |||||||||
UE au choix | ||||||||||||
SDASM101 | Graph mining | Daquin Jérôme | 5 | 20 - 20 | ||||||||
SCHIM109 | Scientific Programming for Chemists | Liégeois Vincent | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM230 | Biological physics | HEUSKIN Anne-Catherine | 3 | 30 - 0 | ||||||||
SMATM121 | Part 1 : Relativistic gravitation and cosmology - partie 1 | Fuzfa Andre | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SMATM121 | Part 2 : Relativistic gravitation and cosmology - partie 2 | Fuzfa Andre | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM228 | simulations in material physics | HENRARD Luc | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SGOLB313 | Geophysics - Partim | Collinet Max | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM111 | Natural photonics and biomimicry | Deparis Olivier | 3 | 22 - 8 | ||||||||
SPHYM112 | Electron microscopy | Colomer Jean-François | 3 | 22 - 8 | ||||||||
SPHYM119 | Nuclear Astrophysics | 3 | 15 - 15 | |||||||||
SPHYM117 | Project Management | Lucas Stéphane | 3 | 22 - 8 | ||||||||
SPHYM123 | Course of Computational Physics I | MAYER ALEXANDRE | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM124 | Experimental optics of surfaces and nanostructures | Cecchet Francesca | 3 | 22 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM126 | Programming Methods for High-Performance Computing | MAYER ALEXANDRE | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM127 | Sounding and physics of the atmosphere | Lepere Muriel | 3 | 22 - 8 | ||||||||
SPHYM128 | Introduction to medical imaging | 3 | 22 - 8 | |||||||||
SPHYM135 | Quantum theory of information and measurement | Caudano Yves | 3 | 22 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM137 | Simulation of dose deposition on biological targets | HEUSKIN Anne-Catherine | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM215 | Spectral profiles | Lepere Muriel | 3 | 22 - 8 | ||||||||
SPHYM225 | Radioisotopes | Lucas Stéphane | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SBIOM122 | Cancer | Michiels Carine | 3 | 22 - 0 | ||||||||
SBIOB232 | System Histology - partim | Renard Patricia | 2 | 15 - 0 | ||||||||
SBIOM134 | Protein Structure and Function | De Bolle Xavier, Wouters Johan | 3 | 22 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM102 | Advanced Theoretical Chemistry | Champagne Benoit, Olivier Yoann | 6 | 36 - 24 | ||||||||
SCHIM218 | Further information on quantum chemistry | Champagne Benoit | 2 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SMATB304 | Optimization | Sartenaer Annick | 5 | 30 - 22.5 | ||||||||
SMATM103 | Numerical linear algebra: direct and iterative methods | Sartenaer Annick | 5 | 30 - 30 | ||||||||
SMATM225 | Chaos and determinism | Daquin Jérôme, Libert Anne-Sophie | 5 | 30 - 30 | ||||||||
SPHYM150 | Physics practice and commitment | 3 | 12 - 0 | |||||||||
SGOGB314 | Physical Partim : Climatology - Partim physique | 3 | 30 - 0 |
Credits | Hours/Semester | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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UE obligatoires | ||||||||||||
SPHYM231 | Fundamental interactions | 3 | 30 - 0 | |||||||||
SCHIM223 | Science and Energy | Olivier Yoann, Su Bao Lian | 3 | 24 - 0 | ||||||||
SSPSM202 | Philosophy of material sciences | Sartenaer Olivier | 3 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
Finalité approfondie | ||||||||||||
SPHYM233 | Internship | HAYE Emile | 15 | |||||||||
UE au choix | ||||||||||||
SDASM101 | Graph mining | Daquin Jérôme | 5 | 20 - 20 | ||||||||
SCHIM109 | Scientific Programming for Chemists | Liégeois Vincent | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM230 | Biological physics | HEUSKIN Anne-Catherine | 3 | 30 - 0 | ||||||||
SMATM121 | Part 1 : Relativistic gravitation and cosmology - partie 1 | Fuzfa Andre | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SMATM121 | Part 2 : Relativistic gravitation and cosmology - partie 2 | Fuzfa Andre | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM228 | simulations in material physics | HENRARD Luc | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SGOLB313 | Geophysics - Partim | Collinet Max | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM111 | Natural photonics and biomimicry | Deparis Olivier | 3 | 22 - 8 | ||||||||
SPHYM112 | Electron microscopy | Colomer Jean-François | 3 | 22 - 8 | ||||||||
SPHYM119 | Nuclear Astrophysics | 3 | 15 - 15 | |||||||||
SPHYM117 | Project Management | Lucas Stéphane | 3 | 22 - 8 | ||||||||
SPHYM123 | Course of Computational Physics I | MAYER ALEXANDRE | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM124 | Experimental optics of surfaces and nanostructures | Cecchet Francesca | 3 | 22 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM126 | Programming Methods for High-Performance Computing | MAYER ALEXANDRE | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM127 | Sounding and physics of the atmosphere | Lepere Muriel | 3 | 22 - 8 | ||||||||
SPHYM128 | Introduction to medical imaging | 3 | 22 - 8 | |||||||||
SPHYM135 | Quantum theory of information and measurement | Caudano Yves | 3 | 22 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM137 | Simulation of dose deposition on biological targets | HEUSKIN Anne-Catherine | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SPHYM215 | Spectral profiles | Lepere Muriel | 3 | 22 - 8 | ||||||||
SPHYM225 | Radioisotopes | Lucas Stéphane | 3 | 15 - 15 | ||||||||
SBIOM122 | Cancer | Michiels Carine | 3 | 22 - 0 | ||||||||
SBIOB232 | System Histology - partim | Renard Patricia | 2 | 15 - 0 | ||||||||
SBIOM134 | Protein Structure and Function | De Bolle Xavier, Wouters Johan | 3 | 22 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM102 | Advanced Theoretical Chemistry | Champagne Benoit, Olivier Yoann | 6 | 36 - 24 | ||||||||
SCHIM218 | Further information on quantum chemistry | Champagne Benoit | 2 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SMATB304 | Optimization | Sartenaer Annick | 5 | 30 - 22.5 | ||||||||
SMATM103 | Numerical linear algebra: direct and iterative methods | Sartenaer Annick | 5 | 30 - 30 | ||||||||
SMATM225 | Chaos and determinism | Daquin Jérôme, Libert Anne-Sophie | 5 | 30 - 30 | ||||||||
SPHYM150 | Physics practice and commitment | 3 | 12 - 0 | |||||||||
SGOGB314 | Physical Partim : Climatology - Partim physique | 3 | 30 - 0 | |||||||||
Langues | ||||||||||||
SELVM202 | Refresher course in Dutch (level B1) - Partim | LABATE Simon, Vanparys Johan | 3 | 30 - 0 | ||||||||
SELVM201 | Further training in English (level B2+) - Partim Master Physique | Zimmer Carole | 3 | 30 - 0 | ||||||||
Mémoire | ||||||||||||
SPHYM205 | Master thesis | Louette Pierre | 21 |
The Master’s degree in Physical Sciences that Unamur offers aims at furthering the training that students have received while completing their bachelor’s degree. Students make a choice among three focuses (in-depth focus, focus on specialisation, focus on teaching) in the first year of the Master’s training, which allows them to perfect their knowledge in Physics within a more specific domain. Besides broadening the general knowledge of modern Physics that every physicist is expected to have acquired, this training is clearly oriented towards research. Students will benefit from the members of staff’s expertise in research, specifically in the areas of Matter and Radiance and in the exploitation of the interactions between this duality. They receive constant guidance from renowned researchers and from professors who have developed teaching strategies whose effectiveness and reliability have been highly rated over the years.
The general subject-linked training is supplemented by a more interdisciplinary approach, including courses such as philosophy, ethics, languages and communication in the field of science, aiming at developing openmindedness and critical thinking.
Aims and objectives are established as follows :
The research focus of the master 120 physical addresses current problems of the society such as new materials, energy and the environment.
In addition to the core courses designed to improve the general education of the physicist, the research focus is characterized by 5 courses, which are specific to research topics in the physics department: synthesis and characterization of materials, optical properties and methods simulation in physics and optics. The student can also choose courses for specialization in a non-exhaustive list. It may also choose courses from another department, another faculty or another university. A research project organized in the second semester of the 1st year of Master is to perfect the research training that will culminate in the realization of a final dissertation during the second year of master. An 8-week internship in Belgium or abroad is also organized in the second semester of the last year of master.
The Master’s degree in Physical Sciences is offered at Unamur under three different focuses. Regardless of the orientation, the programme includes a common core as well as courses that students can choose from a wide range of options. The compulsory courses ensure that students acquire throrough knowledge in crucial domains of modern Physics. The courses chosen from options cover more specialised fields linked with Physics of Matter, Radiation and Wave-Matter Interaction.
Alongside this traditional course-oriented training, students receive initiation to research, which will include the acquisition of teaching skills for those choosing the teaching focus. This training towards research will add to a good number of credits, as it associates two types of activities. In the first stage of the initation to research, students will undertake a project on a well-defined subject during the first year, involving bibliographical research, a personal experimental or theoretical development, and a presentation of the obtained results. The second stage constitutes the actual research project and dissertation, which is to be completed throughout the second year. It must be an innovative project, carried out under the guidance of a member of the academic staff or a member of the department. A dissertation and an oral presentation will allow a jury to assess its value.
The training as described above is completed through a work placement / internship in accordance with the chosen focus. It can take place in industry (specialised focus), within the University department or at an external research centre (in-depth focus), or within the Belgian Secondary system (focus on teaching). The choice of focus has to be made at the beginning of the second year, and leads to thirty specific credits.
Depending on the activities, the assessment of the acquired knowledge is done following three main methods :
The assessments take place during the specific periods of the academic year that have been assigned for this purpose.
For a certain number of activities, ongoing assessment is carried out as the activity develops. This approach is certainly the one used in the framework of internships and projects and their dissertation.
Students have the opportunity to study abroad within the Erasmus scheme for Europe, they can also do an internship in a research centre in Belgium or abroad, and a department theme trip to a renowned international laboratory (USA, Switzerland, France, etc. ).