During your Master’s in Applied Physics (AP), you will collect a total of 120 EC within two years. In addition to the compulsory courses of the Master’s in Applied Physics, you will follow additional courses within the specialisation in Quantum Physics. Your second year consists of an internship and your final master’s assignment.
Choose your direction
Within this specialisation, you can go in the direction of quantum optics or quantum electronics. So, next to two compulsory courses related to this specialisation, you will follow elective courses within either one of these directions. If you want to join a specific research group for your master’s assignment, you need to follow courses related to that specific direction.
Structure
| Number of EC |
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Compulsory courses
| 20 EC | |
Specialisation courses For the specialisation in Quantum Physics, you will follow two mandatory courses and two/three elective specialisation courses related to one of the two directions within this specialisation.
| 20-25 EC | Mandatory courses Quantum Optics (15EC) Quantum Electronics (10EC) |
Elective courses | 5-20 EC | You can fill up your elective space with courses that match your interests and ambitions. You can choose any master’s course offered at UT, both from the Master’s in Applied Physics and other master’s. There is a maximum of 10EC for non-physics/technical courses. |
Internship | 20/30 EC | In the first quartile of your second year, you will do an internship. |
Master’s thesis
| 40 EC | You will finish your Master’s in AP with your master’s thesis (40 EC). For the specialisation in Quantum Physics, you need a quantum topic for your master’s thesis. |
Total EC | 120 EC |
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Internship
During your Master’s in Applied Physics, you will gain practical experience by doing an internship for approximately three months. Within the specialisation in Quantum Physics, there are many options open to you when it comes to choosing your internship. The University of Twente has connections with a large number of companies and research institutes where you can do your internship.
Examples of internships students previously took on:
- Investigating photonic applications for optical quantum computing at Quandela in Paris, France
- Researching quantum dot devices with very long coherence times at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, which is famous for their work on spin qubits.
- Investigating a new semiconductor in combination with a superconductor at the world-famous lab of IBM in Zürich, Switzerland, in which they also investigate topological qubits.
Master's thesis
You will complete your Master’s by writing your master’s thesis. The choice of your graduation subject is largely up to you, and you will write your thesis under the supervision of a professor of one of the research groups. You might, for example work on the fabrication and manipulation of quantum bits (spin qubits, superconducting qubits, topological qubits). Or you could focus on improving the accuracy of measurement devices using quantum principles, leading to more sensitive sensors, which could impact fields like navigation, medical imaging, and environmental monitoring.