The Department of Physics
This page is updated for the academic year 2023-2024.
Information for the academic year 2024-2025 will be updated in the coming days.
Master's Degree
Master’s degree studies includes research and thesis submission.
Program duration – two years.
Programs
- Physics
- Biophysics
3 Nanotechnology
Areas of research are established on an individual basis by the advisor.
Admission requirements
For the physics programs: a bachelor's degree in physics with a minimum grade point average of 80.
Applicants with an undergraduate major in engineering, mathematics, chemistry or life sciences may be admitted for the physics or biophysics program if they complete background courses to be determined based on the research specialization track.
Before being admitted to the program, applicants for any area of specialization must obtain written agreement by a department faculty member to serve as their advisor, using the advisory form.
Credit and seminar requirements
13 AC (annual-based credits) (26 credits) including participation in required courses (by program or specialization) and an advanced seminar. The list of required courses and elective courses are published by the department each year.
Participation in the departmental colloquium is mandatory each year throughout the degree.
Participation in seminars (per research area) is mandatory each year throughout the degree.
Courses may be taken at other departments by recommendation of the advisor and with the approval of the departmental committee chair, these may be included in the required 13 AC (26 credits).
Language proficiency
English at the master’s degree level (details on placement tests, course levels and exemption eligibility criteria – see introductory chapter).
Thesis guidelines
See School of Graduate Studies Rules and Regulations in the introductory chapter.
Final exam for the master’s degree
The exam is based on the thesis and its underlying bibliography.
Jewish studies
As per general requirements for the master's degree (see introductory chapter).
Scholarships
In all master’s degree physics tracks – sustenance scholarships, tuition waivers and possible teaching employment may be available.
Research proposals are to be submitted
by the end of the first year of study.
PhD
All PhD students must take 8 AC (16 credits) of physics courses over the four years of study from the list of courses published annually by the department. The PhD program has no required courses other than the colloquium, instruction and a seminar based on the domain of research; these do not contribute to the 8 AC (16 credits) required credits, even though they are required courses with attendance mandatory throughout the degree.
Additional courses required by the School of Graduate Studies as specified in the introductory chapter obligate students as well.
Courses may be taken at other departments by recommendation of the advisor and with the approval of the departmental committee chair, these may be included in the required 8 AC (16 credits).
Areas of specialization
A. Condensed matter physics
- Electrical and magnetic properties of metals and alloys (theoretical research + experimental research)
- Nanoscopic, mesoscopic and low-dimensional systems (theoretical research + experimental research)
- Study of solid structures, liquid surfaces and single-molecule layers by x-rays and x-ray spectroscopy
- Magnetic properties and conduction properties of superconductors (theoretical research + experimental research)
- Magnetic metals with strong electronic interactions (theoretical research + experimental research)
- Physics of semiconductors (experimental research)
B. Optics and spectroscopy
- Molecular photophysics and spectroscopy. Medical physics (experimental research)
- Interaction of light with tissue, kinetics of chemical reactions (theoretical research)
- Nonlinear optics and optics in unordered systems (experimental research)
- Wave propagation in unordered systems (theoretical research)
- Laser physics and nonlinear optics (experimental research)
- Synchronization and communication through laser networks and chaotic lasers (theoretical research + experimental research)
- Quantum optics, measuring quantum properties in the interaction of light and matter, accurate spectroscopy (experimental research)
- Experimental physics of degenerate quantum gases, Bose condensate and degenerate Fermi gas (experimental research)
C. Statistical and quantum mechanics
- Classic Hamiltonian chaos and quantum chaos (theoretical research)
- Statistical and fractal mechanics and their function in biology and medicine (theoretical research)
- Dynamics of complex systems (theoretical research)
- Neural nets and learning algorithms (theoretical research)
- Statistical physics of unbalanced systems (theoretical research + experimental research)
- Statistical mechanics of polymers and complex fluids (theoretical research + experimental research)
- Computational and simulational physics (theoretical research)
D. Medical physics and biophysics
- Biophysics of membranes (experimental research)
- Fluorescence as a method for diagnosing malignancy (experimental research)
- Early cancer detection (experimental research)
- DNA and biopolymer models (theoretical research)
- Optical imaging of chromosome organization in the cell nucleus (experimental research)
- Single-molecule protein-DNA interaction (experimental research)
E. Geophysics
- Geophysical hydrodynamics (theoretical research)
- Remote sensing through microwaves (theoretical research + experimental research)
F. Astrophysics (theoretical research)
Scholarships
In all PhD physics tracks – sustenance scholarships, tuition waivers and possible teaching employment may be available.
For further details
contact the department by phone at 03-5318433, via email,
or visit the Department of Physics website
Last Updated Date : 03/04/2024
