M1 Physics of Complex Matter
The M1 Physics of Complex Matter is accessible to student having a background in physics, physico-chemistry, or engineering, including mechanical and chemical engineering.
The core courses provide the theoretical, numerical and experimental background to pursue a 2nd year M2in one of the tracks:
The curriculum of the 1st year (M1) contains a significant amount of electives, allowing students to broaden their formation in biology and biophysics, or in physico-chemistry and engineering, depending on the M2 program they head for.
The M1 Physics of Complex Matter can be followed through the UGA Graduate School program in Soft Nanosciences. In this case students follow the Research Methodology course in the 1st semester and take only 6 credits of elective courses. In the second semester they take the Graduate School Soft-Nano internship and do not take electives.
First semester 30 ECTS
Compulsory courses 15 ECTS
- Microscale mechanics and fluidics
- Statistical Physics: theory and computation
- Surfaces and interfaces
Transverse course: 3 ECTS
- Professional insertion OR
- French foreign language
Elective courses 12 ECTS
- Image and signal processing
- Optics
- Physics of granular media
- Quantum Physics I
- Solid state physics I
- Active Matter
- Electromagnetism for biomedical engineering
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Biology Labwork
- Physics of biological systems
Second semester 30 ECTS
Compulsory courses 18 ECTS
Research intership 6 ECTS
Elective courses 6 ECTS
- Cell Biology
- Materials science
- Modeling and numerical simulations
- Research Intensive Training
- Surface functionnalization
- Modeling in systems biology
- Bioenergetics
other courses in M1 Nanochemistry, M1 Nanophysics, or M1 Applied Mechanics
NB: the GR Soft Nano internship course (6 credits) is accessible only to students of the Graduate School program Soft Nano, and is compulsory for these students. This research internship is coupled to the Research Internship course.