8 Physics Master's Degree Programs in Spain

The master's degree gives students the chance to specialize in the field of forensics.

The Master's Degree in Physics is especially aimed at Graduates in Physics and Graduates of the double Degree in Physics and Mathematics. It is also aimed at graduates from other related areas, such as Mathematics, Chemistry, Engineering or Biotechnology. This master degree is oriented towards research and a potential doctorate. It is structured in three specialties that are among some of the most active branches in present day Physics, taught by experienced professors and researchers from the research groups that investigate on the following topics: Physics of the Atmosphere and Climate, Physics of Materials and Mathematical Physics.

The Master’s Degree in Physics and Laser Technology is a joint Master degree with the University of Salamanca (area of Optics, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Fundamental Physics), the University of Valladolid (area of Optics from the Department of Theoretical Physics, Atomic Physics, and Optics and the Group of Semiconductors from the Department of Physics of Condensed Matter, Crystallography and Mineralogy, Department of Signal Theory and Communications and Telematics Engineering) and the Center for Ultra-short and Ultra-intense Pulsed Laser (CLPU). This master's degree is aimed at training specialists in lasers in general, but with special attention to the high-power field and ultra-short pulses. Although it has an eminently practical focus, it also includes an important component on the theoretical foundations of applied optics.

This master's degree, essentially a researcher, provides current cutting-edge training in Physics, which also allows graduates to enter jobs in different productive sectors such as academics, industry, technology or research.

The reductionist method of tackling a complex problem by isolating its components has lost strength and has led to a more holistic approach in which different disciplines are combined: The interactions between the components of a complex system (an organism, a city or the Internet) require a new treatment with new tools. Thus, if we consider the case of the brain, we see how this is not just a collection of interacting neurons, but a neural network that generates many emerging phenomena (memory, thought) at the frontier of physics and biology, biophysics.

In recent years there have been enormous developments in the design of supercomputers. The increase in computing power has opened the door to the study of physical and chemical processes of interest using multiscale models and computer simulation techniques, in terms of the system size (length scale) and the duration of the process (time scale), based on the atomic-molecular elements involved.

The master provides advanced knowledge to develop cutting-edge research both theoretical and experimental in quantum simulation, quantum computing, quantum sensors, quantum communications, as well as in purely formal theoretical aspects. Various universities, research centers and companies actively participate in teaching the master's degree.