Curricula

General Information

The official version of the Curriculum was issued in German. We provide an unofficial English translation. The Curriculum contains information on the study rules of the University in Innsbruck and lectures of the whole program. We summarise the important issues concerning study paths and duration in the section Programme), but nevertheless you should read the whole Curriculum before you apply.

The minimum amount of credits to be earned per semester is 30 ECTS.

The compulsory courses will be held in the semesters according to the curriculum. Optional courses may not be offered in each semester.

If you fail an examination, you can retry it. But there are different rules at each location on the registration and number of repeats. In case you need a retry, inform yourself early in advance on the regulations.

In the 4th semester you have to write your master thesis and defend it. As there are different rules at each university on the deadlines, you should inform yourself at the beginning of the 4th semester in order to finish your study in time.

Curricula at each location

University of Belgrade (3rd and 4th semester)

The Department of Astronomy is a part of the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Belgrade.

It is contributing to the primary academic studies, master academic studies and PhD academic studies bringing students to the professional title of Bachelor, academic title of Master and scientific title of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of astronomy and astrophysics.

The University of Belgrade is a Third Country partner in the AstroMundus consortium and within the Masters programme it is one of the universities of choice for the third and fourth semesters of the Masters course. The courses offered at Belgrade during the third semester (S3) and the fourth semester (S4) are listed in the table below.

Detailed programmes of the courses can be downloaded as a pdf document from here.

All studies are structured and made according to the Bologna Process. The Department has eight teaching staff members (two professors, four associate professors, two assistant professors) and four teaching assistants, which are providing high quality lectures, seminars and lab practices, and are always available for students. Additionally, a large part of Master and Ph.D. studies is performed together with the Astronomical Observatory Belgrade, which has eight research professors among its staff members. The Observatory scientific staff is involved in the education of the students during their Master and Ph.D. studies, providing courses and particularly supervising the Master and Ph.D. thesis work. The teaching staff is constantly upgrading the offered courses trying to update it to current scientific discoveries and theories, and introduce an interdisciplinary working approach. Every year international summer schools and one-day student workshops are organized with a special emphasis on the exchange of knowledge and experience with the students from University of Novi Sad. Moreover, on these events students have the opportunity to present their studies and research in a conference-like environment. Also, every two years we organize the Conference on Spectral Line Shapes in Astrophysics which is a high-level international conference aiming to bring together eminent scientists to review the present stage of investigation and our knowledge in this field. The conference is always organized in the near-by towns, therefore is easily accessible to students. All staff is involved in the internationally acknowledged scientific research in e.g. interstellar matter (shock waves, supernova remnants and planetary nebulae), extragalactic astronomy (spectroscopy of active galactic nuclei), celestial mechanics and dynamics of minor planets, solar physics, etc.

Moreover, the Department is tightly cooperating in the scientific research with the Astronomical Observatory Belgrade. The Faculty of Mathematics offers many classrooms and computer labs for the students, as well as the library. Moreover, students can use the library of the Astronomical Observatory as well as their computer cluster.

Lectures

The lectures for the winter term (S3) are normally scheduled from the 1st week of October to the last week of January. Those for the summer term (S4) are scheduled from the 3rd week of February to the 2nd week of June. A 2-weeks summer school, intended to be open to both A-type and B-type students, is planned for mid-July 2012.

E-mail: astronom (AT) matf.bg.ac.rs