The Department of General Physics and Modeling of Physical Processes graduate students with the following majors:
104 Physics and astronomy
Educational program: Computer modelling of physical processes
The training direction aims to research fundamental and applied problems of modern physics, from aerodynamics and hydrodynamics to the physics of the atomic nucleus and elementary particles – using mathematical and computer modeling methods.
Students study:
- Computer modelling of physical processes.
- Methods of scientific experiment and computational physics.
- Expert evaluation and decision-making systems.
- Processing of digital information.
- Functionally oriented computer tools and systems.
- Integration and use of analytical tools.
- Software testing and fault tolerance.
Masters of the educational program “Computer modelling of physical processes” are engaged in developing and optimizing models describing complex physical processes, development, and risk forecasting systems. Graduates participate in international projects of leading research centers in Europe and the USA.
The specialty “Physics and Astronomy” provides fundamental training in the main areas of modern physics: physics of phase transitions, solid state physics, statistical physics, theoretical physics, nuclear and elementary particle physics.
Opportunities:
- Studying under the double degree program and internship at universities in the USA, France and Germany.
- Receiving scholarships and carrying out scientific research in the countries of the European Union.
- Obtaining the educational and qualification level of Doctor of Philosophy.
Graduating department: Department of General Physics and Modeling of Physical Processes (acting head of the department, Dariya SAVCHENKO).
General Department: Department of General Physics (Head Prof. Serhii RESHETNYAK);
Among the teachers of the specialty: 18 doctors of science and 106 candidates of science
Scientific work is carried out by the faculty in the following areas:
- nanotechnology;
- solid state physics;
- theory of chaos and nonlinear phenomena;
- physics of magnetic phenomena;
- theoretical physics;
- methods of quantum chemistry for calculating the dynamics of complex molecules;
- numerical methods for determining optimal modes of controlled synthesis of nanoparticles and surfaces with the desired morphology;
- methods of signal stabilization during optical communications in a turbulent zone;
- spectroscopy of films and nanoscale composites based on organic silicon polymers.
Master student’s research topics correspond to the newest directions of development of experimental and theoretical physics: nanotechnology, astrophysics, solid state physics, theory of magnetism, information technologies in physics, semiconductor physics, and optics.
The topics of diploma theses, which are carried out at the departments of the faculty, are carried out with the help of:
- computer modeling in physics;
- modern experimental technologies in solid-state physics;
- innovative methods of teaching physical and mathematical disciplines;
- study of methods for calculating the properties of disordered systems, in particular, thermoelectric;
- thermomagnetic phenomena in ferromagnets;
- propagation of spin waves in heterogeneous magnetic structures;
- nonlinear processes in magnetic materials.
Students undergo practice in many institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, departments of the faculty and lyceums.
According to the Ukrainian state Classifier of professions, graduates of the faculty can work as:
- professionals in the field of physical and technical sciences;
- researchers in the field of solid-state physics, laser physics, plasma physics, and astronomy;
- teachers of universities and other higher educational institutions
Faculty graduates can work as scientists, teachers of higher educational institutions, and leading specialists in scientific, industrial, commercial, and banking institutions in Ukraine and abroad.
Graduates work as specialists in the field of nanotechnology, solid-state physics, chaos theory and nonlinear phenomena, astrophysics, information technologies in physics, developers of programs for describing biomedical processes, and developers of quantum chemistry methods.
Graduates of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics work:
- as teachers and scientists at the departments of higher educational institutions;
- as teachers in colleges, technical schools and lyceums;
- in state and non-state organizations, institutions, and enterprises of Ukraine and abroad (Poland, France, Germany, Great Britain, USA);
- in the Institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, particularly in the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Nuclear Research, the Institute of Semiconductor Physics, the Institute of Materials Science Problems, the Institute of Magnetism, the Institute of Metallurgical Physics, the Institute of Electric Welding, the Institute of Geophysics, the Institute of Physiology, the Institute of Surface Chemistry, etc.;
- in international and Ukrainian banks;
- in the analytical units of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Tax Service of Ukraine;
- in communication corporations;
- Center of Advanced Material Processing;
- Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Freiburg, Germany;
- at the University of Lorraine (Jean LAMOUR Institute, Nancy, France) and others.