Master's Degree Programme in
Engineering Physics

Summary
Academic year 2024/2025

Degree-seeking students: apply

Level of qualification

Master's Degree Programme

Ministerial degree code

LM-44 (Mathematical modelling for engineering)

Language

English

Attendance

Open, but attendance to laboratory is compulsory.

Where

Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems (DSMN), Scientific Campus, via Torino 155, 30170 Venezia Mestre (Italy).
For further information please contact the Scientific Campus campus.scientifico@unive.it.

Head of studies

Prof. Stefano Bonetti (Teaching Committee Coordinator, stefano.bonetti@unive.it)

Announcements and regulations

The teaching regulations of the study course depend on the following organisational aspects: educational goals, access methods, study plan, exams, final exam, job opportunities, etc. Throughout their university career, students must refer to the teaching regulations enforced from their matriculation.


Access to the programme

Programmed admission, 65 places available:

  • 55 places for Quantum Science and Technology and Physics of Finance and Economics
  • 10 places for Physics of the Brain

Quotas reserved for non-EU students residing abroad: 25 seats, of which 3 are reserved for Chinese students living in China, under the Marco Polo Project.

Admission requirements

To be admitted to this Master's Degree Programme students must possess a proper individual educational background and the minimum curricular requirements. A certified knowledge of English at minimum level B2 is also required.
Details about the assessment procedures are available in the webpage dedicated to the admission requirements.

Admission with international qualification

Applicants with international qualification must have obtained a bachelor’s degree that is the result of at least 3 years of study. The preliminary evaluation of the qualification is mandatory. Procedures and deadlines are available on the dedicated online platform.
International qualification will be evaluated by the designated teaching committee after the pre-evaluation procedure carried out on the online platform.

Further details in the webpage dedicated to Degree-seeking students.


Course overview

The aim of the Master's Degree in Engineering Physics is to train a modern and cosmopolitan professional figure (thanks also to the fact that the course is taught entirely in English) suitable for tackling issues pertaining to advanced technologies, be they related to quantum physics and matter physics, and to the sciences of complexity, with knowledge of advanced computer science and electronics also in areas such as biophysics and biomedicine, and social sciences such as economics and finance. The choice of holding the course in English is a testament to the fact that the course aims at attracting high-level international students (especially European), whom Ca' Foscari will train to be competitive when it comes to both the market and the most advanced international research.

The Master's Degree Programme in Engineering Physics is characterised by the three innovative curricula not currently present in Italy and internationally: Quantum Science and Technology, Physics of the Brain and Physics of Finance and Economics. The Quantum Science and Technology curriculum is designed to address contemporary technological challenges. The Physics of the Brain curriculum, organised in collaboration with the Scuola internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) of Trieste, an international education and research institute, aims to provide students with the most advanced tools for diagnostics and analysis of the most complex biological system: the brain. The Physics of Finance and Economics curriculum focuses on the study of the complexity sciences, which in this case are applied to social sciences: economics and finance.

Curricula

  • Quantum Science and Technology
  • Physics of Finance and Economics
  • Physics of the Brain

Examination assessment and graduation

The educational activities include classroom teaching, workshops and internships, in order to acquire wide-ranging skills that can be readily transferable into the world of work.
During the whole university career, the various skills and knowledge acquired by students will be assessed through written and oral examinations.
The degree exam consists in writing a thesis, which must possess the characters of originality, exhaustive documentation and scientific investigation and which will be discussed with a committee of university professors and experts.

Access to further studies

Professional Master's Programmes (1st and 2nd level) and PhD programmes


Occupational profiles

Graduates in Engineering Physics can work in: large Italian and foreign companies in the field of materials engineering, optical and quantum technologies, as well as in the electronics and telecommunications sectors; national and international companies operating in strategic and industrial consulting; private and public research centres; hospitals and hospital research centres using advanced diagnostic and treatment instruments and data analysis; technology start-ups.

"Mathematical-Physical Modelling for Engineering" corresponds to a new professional figure which is not yet included in the traditional engineering classes. As a result, the Master's degree does not give access to the State Examinations for the profession of engineer, nor to the corresponding Professional Orders for Section A.