Gravitation, Astro-, and Particle Physics (Physics and Astronomy) University of Amsterdam

Overview

There’s a highly collaborative international research environment, and students may work on gravitational waves, collider-based particle physics experiments and dark matter detection, among other things. This is a joint degree programme with VU Amsterdam.

Careers

Graduates of this Gravitation, Astro-, and Particle Physics (Physics and Astronomy) programme from the University of Amsterdam typically pursue careers:

• as PhD students at physics institutes around the world, progressing from there to careers in academia or industry

• in research, within industry (e.g. Philips, Shell, Océ, ASML)

• in research, within research institutes (e.g. Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM))

• as teachers, within high schools or universities

• as (technical) policy officers, within (science-oriented) governmental and non-profit organisations

• in business (e.g. ICT companies, telecommunications companies, investment banks, consultancy firms)

• as writers, for (science-oriented) media

• as entrepreneurs