“Theory for Technology”

Choose your own regular TN Master’s Track

and

Develop your theoretical talents and interests

Servaas Kokkelmans

Why ?

• Theory plays an increasingly large role in application-oriented research, because of

- Growing knowledge of phenomena at deeper level

- Rapidly increasing power of computers and modeling

- Need for cost-saving predictive power

• Growing number of theorists / simulators across TN department- ‘Netwerk Theoretische Fysica’ with over 15 staff theorists / simulators across all focus

areas / tracks

• There are always students with more theoretical / computational interests

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What ?

• You follow the regular courses of your chosen track

• You select optional courses of more theoretical character- From the existing track-specific courses

- From specially developed Capita Selecta Theoretical Physics

- Including an ‘active’ and ‘interactive’ Theoretical Student Seminar

• You choose your final-year project on a theory / simulation subject- Opportunities in all tracks and groups

• You still keep room for other courses and experimental work

• You get an annotation/endorsement ‘Theoretical Physics for Technology’ on your Masters Diploma Supplement

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How ? 88 ECTS

• 10 ECTS for the three TN-mandatory courses

• 10 ECTS for track courses with ‘theoretical character’ (listed on web)- Including most track-mandatory courses- Including 3 ECTS (preferably) from other track

• 5 ECTS Capita Selecta Theoretical Physics- Flexible, max. 2 ECTS per Caput- 2014-2015:

Quantum Field Theory, Collision Theory, Landau Theory of Phase Transitions- 2015-2016:

Irreversible Statistical Physics, Theory of Liquids, Percolation and Fractals

• 3 ECTS Theoretical Student Seminar- You learn to actively participate with discussion and presentation- Informal and stimulating academic atmosphere

• 60 ECTS for final-year project on theory / simulation

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More info

• Contacts for informationPaul van der Schoot

Peter Bobbert

Servaas Kokkelmans

• See also websitesSTOOR: www.phys.tue.nl/stoor

Netwerk Theoretische Fysica: www.phys.tue.nl/ntf

OITN: http://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-graduate-school/graduate-programs/applied-physics-graduate-program/applied-physics

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