Theoretical Physics Comenius University Bratislava

Overview

Graduates of the Theoretical Physics from Comenius University Bratislava are familiar with simulation methods and can work with advanced software; they are also able to prepare a talk on the topic they interested in and explain the results of their own work. The graduates with the specialization Elementary particles keep track with the current knowledge about the structure of matter, as provided by the quantum field theory and the Standard Model of particle physics based on it. 

During studies they typically participate in the search for possible extensions of the Standard Model, taking place in close connection with the experiments on the accelerators at CERN, and in case they cooperate more extensively with CERN they have experience with modern shared programming and numerical methods such as Monte Carlo.

Career opportunities

Due to the extent of their knowledge about modeling complex systems by the methods of mathematical physics and computer simulations, the graduates can find employment in the programming environment, especially in companies from private sector investing in development departments (insurance companies, banks, telecommunications, Internet companies).

They can work outside academia also in professions directly related to their specialization: graduate with the specialization Elementary particles as a radiation physicist, programmer at accelerators used in medicine or worker in nuclear energy industry, especially in the field of environmental radioactivity monitoring; graduate with the specialization Mathematical physics and gravitation in the space research within the EU; and graduate with the specialization Many-particle physics in workplaces engaged in research and development of advanced materials, nanotechnology, sensors, etc.