Physics Engineering
The PhD Program in Physics Engineering is designed to provide advanced knowledge and research capabilities into subjects involving applications in physical and physical engineering, consistent with the expertise available in the Department of Physics of IST. The graduates of PDEFT are exposed to advanced experimental techniques in plasma physics, intense lasers, optics, nanotechnologies and nuclear and particle physics, including data acquisition systems, real time control measurements, instrumentation, and micro and nanofabrication techniques (see curriculum).
After completing their PhD, graduates of this program are expected to have acquired the ability to perform autonomous scientific work in their particular field of study, expanding the frontiers of knowledge with their original research to the highest standards of quality and integrity. These graduates should promote academic, professional, technological, social and cultural progress, in interaction with the academic community and the society at large.
The graduates in Physics Engineering can integrate research units and R&D laboratories, namely with enterprises, in Portugal or abroad, in the public or the private sectors. These graduates are highly qualified researchers to work in large institutions of research and technological development: European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN); European Southern Observatory (ESO); European Space Agency (ESA); Joint European Torus (JET); International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER).
The PhDs in Physics Engineering can also follow an academic career as Professors of higher education, in national or international universities.
Access and ingress
The access rule for this study cycle are exactly the same that apply to all other doctoral
programmes at IST, corresponding to the legal requirements in art. 30 do DL 74/2006,
of March 24th
