6 Physics Degree Programs in Hungary

The study program in BSc in Physics for the full-time training offers a complete education in physics, with special directions particularly in IT in physics and Applied physics (with a strong emphasis on laser physics). The curriculum is organized in modules covering the Introductory courses in nature sciences (24 credits) and Common courses (52 credits) for all physics students (basic courses in mathematics, physics and informatics).

The Doctoral School of PhD in Physics covers the fields that are the subjects of research in the Institute of Physics; namely, laser physics, including THz and X-ray laser research, nonlinear optics, generation of ultrashort laser pulses, laser-based acceleration of particles, quantum informatics, theoretical atomic and molecular physics. World-leading research on high-energy THz pulses and their applications has a strong tradition at the Institute. There is a close collaboration between the doctoral school and three institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences: both the Institute for Solid State Physics and the Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Wigner Research Center, and the Institute for Technical Physics and Material Science, further the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI-ALPS) institute in Szeged, as well as several international scientific collaborators and local industrial partners. Students will be able to synthesize theoretical and empirical studies, conduct their own research, and present them both orally and in written form.

This program enables students to have a broad background in the major fields of physics (atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, particle physics, statistical physics) and to specialize in selected areas (astrophysics, atomic and molecular physics, nuclear and heavy ion physics.

In the MSc in Physics, we offer comprehensive knowledge. Those skills and subject groups such as Modern Physics, Optics, Laser Physics, Physics of Quantum Systems, and Atomic and Molecular Physics encompass the science of the main areas of Physics based on the bachelor’s level of Physics. Practical courses and seminars provide students with hands-on skills. The seminars and practical courses outnumber the number of lectures in the curriculum. This is a good reflection of our preference for learning methods based on active student participation. We encourage students' activity with homework, and self-project tasks, and we support cooperative learning methods. The subjects of Quantum Systems and Laser Physics are closely related to the important research areas of the Institute of Physics.

Students of the physics BSc program obtain a thorough training in subject areas pertaining to physics – from mechanics to particle physics.

Physics looks at the entire universe, from clusters of galaxies to the elementary particles that make up matter. His guide is the method scientific, based on a dialectical and constant relationship between theory and experiments. There ability to move between these two levels and the ability to represent reality through models constitute the peculiar aspects of the cultural background of a physicist. It is precisely these skills that allow a person with a degree in physics to solve problems, even in apparently unrelated areas: for example, very many physicists and physicists work in the world of finance through the development of models for the economy and investments.