Physics and Technology of Nanostructures

Would you like to build an exciting career in the rapidly growing field of nanotechnology and nanophotonics?  Do you want to work hand in hand with the world's leading scientists and gain hands-on research in this area? Then our Master's program is for you!

The science-oriented program Physics and Technology of Nanostructures focuses on:

• theoretical and experimental study of physics of new nanostructured materials;
• development of new devices based on nanostructured materials for optoelectronics, biology and healthcare, light harvesting and photovoltaics, energy production, information technologies, imaging and sensing, lasing, photocatalysis.

Career Options

The program graduates are highly qualified professionals pursuing their future careers in nanotechnology, advanced materials science, and photonics as researchers and developers in the high-tech companies: CeramOptec, Zeiss, Sartorius, Tikkurila, Gazprom, Crocus Nano Electronics. Graduates gain the expertise essential for PhD studies both in Russia and abroad and get positions in leading universities and research centers.

Benefits of the Program

• Wide range of elective courses for building individual study tracks based on personal interests.
• The program is delivered at the International Center for Physics of Nanostructures, one of the leading departments of ITMO University working on interdisciplinary research in the fields of nanotechnology and photonics.
• The students are immersed into acting research teams of the International Center for Physics of Nanostructures, accelerating hands-on knowledge and professional growth.
• A unique blend of theoretical knowledge and practical experience for a successful global career in the field of nanotechnologies.
• Students have an excellent opportunity for research and educational internship at the world's top universities: Trinity College Dublin, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comte, University of Wrocław, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon.
• The program opens doors to the best PhD programs at universities all over the world in the field of physics and engineering, such as Imperial College London, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information - IQOQI Innsbruck, Technische Universität Dresden, Université de Caen Normandie.​

Content of the Program

1st semester

• Basics of Nanotechnology  (3 ECTS)
• Photonics (3 ECTS)
• Research Internship (9 ECTS)
• Foreign Language in Professional Activity (2 ECTS)
• Data Processing and Analysis (3 ECTS)
• Worldview module (elective, 4 ECTS)
  • CreativeTechnologies 
  • HighTechBusinessCreation 
  • Thinking (Conceptual Analysis of Scientific Trends) 
• Soft skills (elective, 4 ECTS)
  • Negotiations, InfluenceandConflictManagement
  • EmotionalIntelligence
  • InternationalResearchManagementEssentials
  • Life in Science – Guide for Young Researchers (advanced)

2nd semester

• Physical Mechanisms of Functioning of Hybrid Nanostructures (5 ECTS)
• Nonlinear Optics (5 ECTS)
• Methods and Techniques of Physical Experiment  (5 ECTS)
• Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems (3 ECTS)
• Research Internship (9 ECTS)
• Foreign Language in Professional Activity (2 ECTS)
• Applied Artificial Intelligence (3 ECTS)

3rd semester

• Nanoplasmonics (6 ECTS)
• Physics of Nanostructures (4 ECTS)
• Nanoparticles in Condensed Media (4 ECTS)
• Optical Spectroscopy and Luminescence of Polyatomic Systems (4 ECTS)
• Research Internship (12 ECTS)

4th semester

• Research Internship (12 ECTS)
• Senior Internship (12 ECTS)
• Master Thesis Defense (6 ECTS)

* The applicants are required to pass an entrance examination successfully. Please be informed that the double-degree option will be available only to the most successful students on a competitive basis.

The list of entrance examination questions

How to apply?

To apply, please fill in the application form and follow our step-by-step application guide for more details.

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Contacts

• ITMO International Admission Office, international@itmo.ru
• Program coordinator, Dr. Anton Starovoytov, starovoytov@itmo.ru