Bachelor’s Programme Physics
You want to understand the nature of physical processes and create foundations for new applications?
All areas of high technology in our modern society are built on physics. Numerous applications resulted from a combination of deep understanding of physical processes and the desire to strive for knowledge: Computers, satellites, GPS navigation, lasers, modern imaging technology in medicine and the internet are a direct result of basic research in physics.
Physics provides and develops answers to many challenges we face in the present and the future, such as climate, environment and energy and also to fundamental topics, such as the origin of the universe or the wondrous world of quanta.
Bachelor of Science
Duration/ECTS-Credits
6 semesters/180 ECTS-Credits
Mode of Study
Full-time
Language
German
Requirements
Secondary school completion certificate/equivalent
and Language Certificates
Faculty
Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics
Level of qualification
Bachelor (First Cycle)
ISCED-11: Level 6, EQF/NQF: Level 6
ISCED-F
0533 Physics
Study Code
UC 033 676
FAQ
Graduates possess scientifically well-founded theoretical and methodical problem-solving skills in order to apply technical issues in natural science, engineering, economy, medicine and economy in interdisciplinary contexts. The training in basic and research-oriented teaching in the fields of experimental and theoretical physics enables graduates to make knowledge-based solutions on creative approaches.
The Bachelor’s Programme Physics prepares graduates for occupational opportunities as physicists in industry and economy, and for the Master’s Programme Physics. The bachelor’s programme gives an overview of the fundamental principles of the different disciplines in the field of physics, and it offers a wide range of elective modules. Graduates are able to analyze and solve physical issues in natural science, engineering, economy, medicine, and other fields.
The programme conveys:
- basic knowledge of mechanics, themrodynamics, electromagnetism, optics, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics, solid-state physics, astrophysics, plasma physics, molecular physics, quantum theory, and the introduction to mathematics and computer science,
- practial training with interships,
- the ability to independently develop in-depth knowledge,
- the ability to work in a team as well as to present and document results.
Graduates of the Bachelor’s Programme Physics are in demand in the fields of natural science and engineering, as well as in industry and research. In particular, by their ability to provide independent problem solutions, they are characterized for a wide range of career fields.
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Curriculum
From the field
A supersolid made using photons
Manuele Landini from the University of Innsbruck was part of an international team led by researchers at CNR Nanotec in Lecce, Italy, that has demonstrated the emergence of a supersolid phase of matter in a photonic crystal polariton condensate. This pioneering work, published in Nature, introduces a new platform for exploring supersolidity beyond traditional ultracold atomic systems.
First OS for quantum networks created
An international research team including the group led by Tracy Northup has developed the first operating system designed for quantum networks: QNodeOS. The research, published in Nature, marks a major step forward in transforming quantum networking from a theoretical concept to a practical technology that could revolutionize the future of the internet.
Thousands of dwarf galaxies discovered
The European Space Agency ESA today published new data from its Euclid space telescope. These used for a galactic census undertaken by astronomer Francine Marleau and her team at the Department of Astro- and Particle Physics at the University of Innsbruck: In Euclid images the scientists identified and characterized 2,674 dwarf galaxies.
New type of quantum computer studies the dance of elementary particles
The study of elementary particles and forces is of central importance to our understanding of the universe. Now a team of physicists from the University of Innsbruck and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo show how an unconventional type of quantum computer opens a new door to the world of elementary particles.
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