Welcome to PhyQS

The specialty Physics of Quantum and Soft Condensed Matter (PhyQS) is one of the six specialties offered in the second year (M2) of the Master of Physics at the University of Strasbourg. The first year (M1) of the Master of Physics is common to all specialties. The possibility of preparing the “aggregation de physique” is also offered to students.

The PhyQS Master aims to provide physicists with a broad fundamental training in condensed matter physics, suitable for both experimental and theoretical research. The first semester of the PhyQS track includes a core advanced courses on quantum mechanics applied to condensed matter physics, statistical physics and radiation-matter interaction. In parallel, students can, through their choice of elective courses, orient their training either towards quantum sciences and nanomaterials (electronic, optical, magnetic, spintronic properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic or open quantum systems…), or towards the physics of soft matter and complex systems (surfaces and interfaces, complex fluids, colloids,  active matter…). A project focusing of modern topics in condensed matter physics is proposed during the first semester. This project can be experimental, numerical or both. The second semester consists in a research internship of at least four months.