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Partner universities

Here you will find a current overview of the universities with which we currently have Erasmus cooperation agreements. The International Office also maintains a list of our partner universities.

France

Number of spots: 2 x 10 months

Language requirements: English B2 and French B2 (if attending courses in French)

More information can be found on the  page of the university.

Research areas

The research areas (as well as the focus for the Master degree courses) at the Université Clermont Auvergne are:

IMAPP

The Université Clermont Auvergne is a partner university of the International Master on Advanced Methods in Particle Physics (IMAPP). The cohort is in Clermont Ferrand during the winter term and the following courses are offered: 

  • Introduction to quantum field theory and gauge theories

  • Introduction to particle physics and the experimental foundations of the Standard Model

  • Programming and data analysis

  • Statistics and artificial intelligence

More information can be found on the IMAPP webpage (see first semester). Detailed descriptions of the courses can be found in the IMAPP handbook.

Number of spots: 2 x 10 months

Language requirements: English B2 and French B2 (if attending courses in French)

More information can be found on the page of the university.

Research areas

The research areas at the department of physics (PhiTEM) at the Université Grenoble Alpes are:

  • Astrophysics
  • Energy materials
  • Medical physics and radiation protection
  • Nuclear energy
  • Particle physics (ATLAS), astroparticle physics and cosmology
  • Photonics and semiconductors
  • Quantum materials
  • Turbulences, methods and applications

Greece

Number of spots: 2 x 10 months

Language requirements: exchange students can attend courses in English or work e.g. on supervised projects . To be able to attend english courses, a level of B2 is required.

More information can be found on the page of the university as well as the webpage for Erasmus students.

Research areas

The research areas at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki are:

  • Astrophysics, astronomy and mechanics
  • Nuclear and elementary particle physics
  • Electronics and computers
  • Applied and environmental physics

 

Italy

Number of spots: 2 x 12 months

Language requirements: The courses of the Master's degree are only taught in English (at least B2). Courses in Italian can be also attended if the students demonstrate the necessary language requirements (at least level B1)

More information can be found on the page of the university.

Research areas:

The research areas at the Università degli Studi di Bologna are:

  • Applied Physics and Complex Systems
  • Atmospheric physics
  • Astrophysics
  • Nuclear and subnuclear physics (e.g. ATLAS, LHCb)
  • Physics education and history of physics
  • Physics of consensed matter, atoms and molecules
  • Physics of the Earth
  • Theoretical physics

IMAPP

The Università degli Studi di Bologna is one of the partner universities of the International Master on Advanced Methods in Particle Physics (IMAPP). The cohort is in Bologna during the winter term and the following courses are offered:

  • Advanced Standard Model

  • Phenomenology and experimental flavour physics

  • Computer science for High energy physics

More information can be found on the IMAPP webpage (see third semester). Detailled descriptions of the courses can be found in the IMAPP handbook.

Number of spots: 2 x 12 months

Language requirements: a large number of courses is offered in Italian, at least level B2 is required to be able to attend the courses. Some of the courses are regularly offered in English. The ECTS catalogue lists the course language.

More information can be found on the webpage of the university.

Research areas

The research at the Università di Pisa focusses on the following areas:

  • Astrophysics
  • Fundamental interactions (ATLAS, LHCb)
  • Applied physics
  • Physics of Matter
  • Theoretical physics

Sweden

Number of spots: 2 x 10 months

Language requirements: 

  • Bachelor: large number of courses in English (at least B2)
  • Master: large number of courses in English (at least B2)For
  • For Swedish courses at least B1 is required

More information can be found on the website of the university.

Research areas

The research areas at the Stockholms universitet are:

  • Astroparticle (e.g. IceCube) and particle physics (e.g. ATLAS)
  • Atomic physics
  • Chemical physics
  • Condensed Matter and quantum optics
  • Cosmology, particle astrophysics and strings
  • Instrumentation and nuclear physics
  • Medical radiation physics

 

Number of spots: 3 x 10 months

Language requirements: 

  • Bachelor: large number of courses in English (at least level B2)
  • Master: large number of courses in English (at least level B2)

More information can be found on the website of the university. Exchange students can only courses listed on the course webpage for exchange students.

Research areas

The research areas at the Umeå universitet are:

  • Plasma and Space Physics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (AMO)
  • Network and statistical physics
  • Biological Physics

Spain

Number of spots: 2 x 10 months

Language requirements: B1 for courses in Spanish

More information can be found on the website of the university.

Research areas

The research areas at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid are distributed among different departments:

  • Astrophysics and cosmology (CIAFF)
  • Elementary particle physics (CIAFF)
  • Nuclear physics (CIAFF)
  • Nanophysics (IfiMAC)
  • Nano and quantum optics (IfiMAC)
  • Soft matter and biophysics (IfiMAC)
  • Theoretical physics: condensed matter, Quantum Fields, origin of Mass, origin of the universe (CSIC)

Number of spots: 2 x 10 months or 4 x 5 months

Language requirement: B1 for courses in Spanish

More information can be found on the website of the university.

The University of Valencia follows a 4+1 system instead of the 3+2 system in German for the Bachelor and Master degree. Students can only attend courses of the undergraduate programme (first four years).

Research areas:

The research areas at the Universitat de València are:

  • Astronomy and astrophysics
  • Applied physics and electromagnetism
  • Atomic molecular and nuclear physics
  • Theoretical physics
  • Earth physics and thermodynamics
  • Optics

Czech Republic

Number of spots: 2 x 10 months

Language requirements: English B2 or Czech B2

More information can be found on the webpage of the university.

Research areas

The research areas at CVUT are:

  • Nuclear and particle physics (e.g. ATLAS)
  • Mathematical physics
  • Physics of plasma and nuclear fusion
  • Quantum technologies

Turkey

Number of spots: 1 x 10 months

Language requirements: English B1

More information can be found on the webpage of the university.