Ideal student profile
This master's degree is aimed at students with a clear interest in adding to the knowledge they have already acquired in high energy physics, astronomy or cosmology, in learning about the latest advances in these fields, in conducting research and with the basic knowledge obtained when taking a degree in Physics. On a more general level, students will need intellectual curiosity and a willingness to work in teams.
Knowledge
- Identify the theoretical and experimental principles that form the foundations of the main areas of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Identify the foundations of selected advanced topics at the frontier of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Critically and structurally propose a current research topic in the fields of the master’s program, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of it.
- Identify the socioeconomic, environmental, and cultural progress contributed by research and innovation in the field of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Identify gender-based inequalities in the field of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Explain data analysis techniques to solve problems both in the field of particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, as well as in related but distinct areas.
Skills
- Apply the fundamental principles of physics to specialized areas such as particle physics, the astrophysics of stars, planets, and galaxies, cosmology, or physics beyond the Standard Model of particles.
- Apply the foundations of selected advanced topics at the frontier of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Apply the knowledge acquired in the master’s program to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broad or multidisciplinary contexts related to high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Formulate physical problems, both open and well-defined, identifying the most relevant principles that underpin them.
- Analyze physical problems, both open and well-defined, using approximations, where appropriate, to reach a conclusion that must be presented explicitly stating assumptions and approximations.
- Use mathematical methods to solve problems in high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, ensuring consistency between equations, results, and experimental observations.
- Develop theoretical, experimental, or observational research in the fields of high-energy physics, astrophysics, or cosmology, using appropriate methods and providing innovative and competitive proposals.
- Use advanced text editing programs (such as LaTeX) and presentation tools to communicate the results of theoretical, experimental, or observational research in the fields of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Use technical language precisely and rigorously to develop logical arguments in the field of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Use specialized software, programming languages, and computer packages appropriately to investigate problems related to high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Rigorously synthesize notions of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology to communicate them in educational and outreach contexts.
- Communicate clearly and accurately in English, both orally and in writing, scientific knowledge and results in the field of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Collaborate professionally and respectfully with others, assuming shared responsibilities in the field of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
Competences
- Defend one’s own conclusions, and the reasons supporting them, clearly and unambiguously, both before specialized and non-specialized audiences, in the field of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Formulate well-founded judgments in complex contexts or with limited information, integrating knowledge and considering the social and ethical implications of its application in the field of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Demonstrate the ability to learn in a self-directed and autonomous manner, effectively managing one’s own study process in the context of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Develop rigorous strategies for scientific analysis, synthesis, and communication that allow the transmission of concepts of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology in educational and outreach settings.
- Prepare academic works autonomously and rigorously, using specialized bibliography (mainly in English) and scientific databases in the field of high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Apply principles of professional ethics, respect for diversity, and social responsibility in the preparation and defense of academic or research projects in high-energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, in accordance with democratic values and the Sustainable Development Goals.