Master Physics (876 [3] - Version 2026)

Orientation Course

• 260040 OV [ de en ] ( OV ) Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in Physics: Orientation for new students - Orientation session for new students

SRM Scientific Research Methods (10 ECTS)

• 260014 VU [ en ] Statistical Methods of Data Analysis
• 260024 VU [ en ] Mathematical concepts of theoretical physics: geometry, groups, and representations
• 260049 VU [ en ] Fundamentals of Photonics 1
• 260104 VU [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Low-level programming in C and C++ (Part 2)

CORE Core Topics (30 ECTS)

Atmospheric Aerosol Physics

• 260133 VO [ en ] Atmospheric Aerosol Physics
• 260134 UE [ en ] Atmospheric Aerosol Physics

Biophysics

Computational Physics

Condensed Matter Physics

• 260038 VO [ en ] Condensed Matter Physics
• 260121 UE [ en ] Condensed Matter Physics

Electronic Structure

• 260064 VO [ en ] Advanced Electronic Structure
• 260066 UE [ en ] Advanced Electronic Structure

Experimental Quantum Physics

• 260010 VO [ en ] Experiments in Quantum Optics and Quantum Information
• 260004 UE [ en ] Experiments in Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

General Relativity and Cosmology

Non-equilibrium Statistical Physics

Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena

• 260008 VO [ en ] Phase transitions and critical phenomena
• 260009 UE [ en ] Phase transitions and critical phenomena

Physics of Nuclei and Isotopes

Quantum Field Theory

• 260043 VO [ en ] Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
• 260050 UE [ en ] Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

Scattering, Microscopy and Spectroscopy

Soft Matter Physics

Theoretical Particle Physics

Theory in Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

ART Advanced Research Topics (30 ECTS)

• 260005 VU [ en ] Scientific image processing
• 260006 VU [ en ] Physics and chemistry of clouds
• 260016 VU [ en ] Testing Gravity in Experiments: from classical to quantum relativity-Part 1
• 260021 SE [ en ] Light matter interaction and frequency control
• 260031 LP [ en ] Laboratory: Modern methods in materials physics
• 260034 VO [ en ] Matterwaves & Mesoscopic Quantum Systems - Interference, Decoherence and the Quantum–Classical Boundary
• 260035 VU [ en ] Multi-scale modeling of biomolecular systems
• 260045 LP [ en ] Laboratory: Nuclear and Isotope Physics - Isotope detection and application
• 260053 VU [ en ] Modern Quantum Cryptography
• 260054 VU [ en ] Climate change - The physical science basis
• 260056 SE [ en ] Applications of Machine Learning in Physics
• 260060 SE [ en ] Current topics in aerosol dynamics and optics
• 260062 VO [ en ] Testing quantum physics on the large scale
• 260065 VU [ en ] Relativistic Cosmology
• 260070 VU [ en ] Foundations of mesoscopic engines - from classical to quantum
• 260071 VU [ en ] Advanced electron microscopy
• 260114 SE [ en ] Seminar Applied isotope physics
• 260132 VU [ en ] Qubits, Spins and Quantum Sensors
• 260211 LP [ en ] Laboratory: Quantum Optics
• 260229 LP [ en ] Laboratory: Atmospheric physics
• 520002 SE [ en ] Quantum Photonic Technology
• 520011 SE [ en ] Advances in magnonics
• 520012 SE [ en ] Seminar in particle physics
• 520016 SE [ en ] Quantum Optomechanics - (Journal Club)
• 520018 SE [ en ] Literature seminar complex materials and hybrid systems
• 520021 VO [ en ] Low Dimensional Quantum Materials
• 520023 VO [ en ] Optical Spectroscopy and Group Theory
• 520025 SE [ en ] Advanced topics in Quantum Information and Quantum Many-Body Physics
• 520028 SE [ en ] Magnetism and Superconductivity

ELEC Electives (10 ECTS)

• 260048 VU [ en ] Modern Methods in Particle Physics
• 260055 SE [ en ] Pioneering Women in Physics: A Global Perspective
• 260072 VO [ en ] History of Physics - with a special focus on physics at the University of Vienna and the participation of women
• 260115 VU [ en ] Complex Systems I: Foundations, Concepts and Phenomena
• 260138 SE [ en ] Supplementary Seminar STEOP1 , M 1 (WiSe) - for sophomores of problem-solving courses accompanying Experimental Physics 1
• 280299 VO [ en ] ( CIRCLE-U ) Changing Cities, Changing Societies (Circle U. course) - Lecture Series by the Environment and Climate Research Hub (ECH) in Cooperation with the City of Vienna
• 280370 SE [ en ] Climate Science and Policy Seminar
• 290302 VU [ de en ] Urban Research to Practice: Science for Policy Hackathon
• 520015 SE [ en ] ( VDS-PH ) Effective oral scientific communication
• 520019 SE [ en ] History and Foundations of Modern Physics

MAPR Master‘s Project (10 ECTS)

PROSE Proposal Seminar (5 ECTS)

• 260044 SE [ en ] Proposal Seminar

MASE Master‘s Seminar (5 ECTS)

• 260063 SE [ en ] Master's Seminar