Integrated Master in Physics Engineering

Education

Integrated Master in Physics Engineering

Started in the academic year 2006/2007. The minimum number of credits for the degree is 300 (5 years). The Master is accredited by the Ordem dos Engenheiros and the FEANI (European Federation of National Engineering Associations) in order to assign the EUR ING title (European Engineer). 

Objectives

To train Physical Engineer as multidisciplinary professionals possessing knowledge in several areas such as atomic and molecular physics, nuclear physics and plasma, physical interfaces, optics and optoelectronics, sensors, cryogenics and analytical techniques applied to health and cultural heritage, providing them with the following capabilities:

  • To design solutions through scientific and technical knowledge application for planning, construction, structures, machines and systems use and maintenance for society benefit;
  • To design and conduct scientific experiments and results interpretation;
  • To apply scientific, mathematical and technological knowledge in research and engineering process directed to problems detection and resolution;
  • To evaluate the operation and maintenance of systems, the impact of the engineering activities on social and environmental context and the economic viability of engineering projects;
  • To communicate across other engineering disciplines.

Curriculum

Career opportunities

  • R & D;
  • Medical Physics;
  • Instrumentation;
  • Analytical techniques;
  • Aerospace;
  • Power \ energy;                             
  • Consulting. 

Tuition Fees 

Portuguese students: 697 €/year

Foreign students: 7000 €/year

Students from CPLP countries may apply for a reduction of up to 50% of tuition fees, subject to the following conditions:
a) 1st Registration: students must demonstrate through their academic certificates that their academic performance is in the first quartile of the evaluation scale used in the system of their country or school of origin;
b) Subsequent enrollments (regardless of the year of entry): exclusively for academic merit, that is, approval in all UCs in which the student enrolled in the previous year, totaling 60 ECTS each year.

Without applications after 2021/22

Course coordinator:

Professor André Wemans

mief.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Registration and Accreditation

DGES

Registration number R/A-Cr 66/2015 on 18/06/2015

A3ES



Prior accreditation on 19/05/2015, for 6 years

About the Department of Physics

The Physics Department (DF) is a graduate teaching unit and a post-graduate degree unit (1st, 2nd and 3rd study cycles) and a basic and applied research unit in the fields of Physics, Physics Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. It is focused on scientific and technological development, services provision and scientific disclosure. Besides being responsible for the Integrated Masters in Physics Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, as well for the doctoral programs in the same areas in Physics  and for  the doctoral programs "NOVA Instrumentation for Health - NOVA 4H" and "Radiation Biology and Biophysics - Rabbit," the DF ensures the teaching of basic physics to all NOVA School of Science and Technology courses.

This Department started with a small existing nucleus since NOVA School of Science and Technology’s the birth, managed by Prof. Manuel Laranjeira (then Rector of NOVA), the Department of Physics was formally recognized in 1986 and maintained since then a faculty of about 30 people. Its activities in Physics and Physics Engineering were extended in 2000 to include the Biomedical Engineering.

The scientific DF activity takes place mainly in two Research Units, the LIBPhys-UNL and the CEFITEC. The research covers various areas such as nanophysics and energy, atomic and molecular physics, nuclear physics and plasma, physical interfaces, lasers and optoelectronics, sensors, cryogenics, analytical techniques applied to health and cultural heritage, medical instrumentation and medical imaging.

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