Duration
4 semesters
Component
Faculty of Science & Technology
Location(s)
Orleans
Presentation
The aim of the MR program is to provide students with high-level research training in the physics of condensed matter (heterogeneous and/or disordered materials, nanostructures) and the interactions between radiation (waves or particles) and matter. While M1 provides a solid grounding in the fundamentals of physics, M2 offers intensive training in the major contribution of radiation in condensed matter to probing matter in ever finer detail, and radiation as a tool for designing or optimizing matter (innovative materials). The aim is to provide students with a high degree of adaptability, which is essential today if they are to respond to new scientific questions and constantly evolving industrial challenges, notably in the fields of materials for energy, cosmetics, pollution control, nanosciences, biomaterials, metrology, etc. The regional community's extensive involvement in national and international projects and networks, as well as the major instruments with which it is associated, will give this training program a high profile, offering numerous career opportunities, particularly in international doctoral theses or industrial partnerships.
The second year of the Master's program is mainly in French, with some English.
An internship lasting 3 to 5 months is carried out in M1, followed by 4 to 6 months in M2 in companies or laboratories in France or abroad.
Useful contacts
UFR Sciences & Techniques
Département Physique
1 rue de Chartres - 45067 Orléans cedex 2
MR course manager :
Pascal Andreazza
pascal.andreazza @ univ-orleans.fr
Tel: 02 38 41 70 43
Department secretary :
secretariat-physique.st @ univ-orleans.fr
Schooling :
masters.st @ univ-orleans.fr
Organization
Special features
Support from research laboratories
This Master's degree in Fundamental Physics and Applications "Matter and Radiation" is essentially based on the "Energy, Materials, Earth System, Space" cluster, which comprises 8 laboratories and 4 research federations, and represents a research potential of around 250 researchers, including 130 HDRs.
GREMI (Groupe de Recherches sur l'Energétique des Milieux Ionisés) UMR CNRS 6606
ICMN (Interfaces, Confinement, Materials and Nanostructures) UMR CNRS 7374
ISTO (Orleans Institute of Earth Sciences) UMR CNRS 7327
CEMHTI (Extreme Material Conditions - High Temperature/Irradiation) UPR CNRS 3079
This pathway is not limited to the perimeter of this cluster, it also has a strong partnership with the biophysicists of the laboratory CBM laboratory (Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire) UPR 4301.
These laboratories will welcome students for practical work (on their instrumental platform equipment) as well as for projects and internships, as they already do in both M1 and M2, as part of the current Masters courses, and their staff (university and CNRS) will take part in the teaching.
In line with its strategy of structuring research around centers of excellence, the University of Orléans has created a "Graduate School Orléans Numérique" (GSON) for Digital Transformation and Big Data in Science and Society, which will offer complementary training in digital sciences to Master's students.
Links with national and international programs
The University of Orléans, and in particular the laboratories involved in this Master's program, bring together a large community of researchers and teacher-researchers who have a high international profile, participate in European networks and are equipped with major national and European facilities. More than 400 people contribute to the visibility of this research on a regional, national and international scale, thanks in particular to the LabEx VOLTAIRE, the EquipEx PLANEX, the regional program Ambition Recherche Développement ARD 2020 Pivots, Lavoisier and Cosmetosciences, and the future ARD Matériaux.
The MR pathway is associated with national and international networks, and these networks will be put to good use in training courses (courses, conferences on current issues), in proposing subjects for study projects, in hosting students for internships, etc. We strongly encourage students to carry out their internships abroad. We strongly encourage students to carry out their internships abroad.
It should be noted that this Master's program is perfectly aligned with the "Energy, Materials, Earth and Universe Sciences" Doctoral School (EMSTU) co-accredited by the Universities of Orléans and Tours, and INSA Centre Val de Loire, one of the doctoral schools of the ComUE Centre Val de Loire currently undergoing accreditation.
Links with the socio-economic world
For the MR pathway, the "Fundamental Physics and Applications" Master's training team relies on:
- on the experience of previous Masters courses, which has enabled us to build up an extensive network of industrial partnerships, with companies such as STMicroelectronics, Air Liquide, EDF, ALTEN, Hutchinson, SAFRAN, EXTIA, SNECMA and CORIAL, which have hired students over the past two years.
- the partnership with engineering school Polytech'Orléans, which will enable us to benefit from the school's industrial network
The Master will also benefit from contacts forged between laboratories and competitiveness clusters: S2E2, Elastopôle and Cosmetic Valley.
Program
Master 1 (année 1 - year 1) mandatory for all students
Semester 1
Quantum mechanics (6 ECTS) - 22 h (C) - 20 h (TD)
Atomic and molecular physics - spectroscopy (6 ECTS) - 18 h (C) - 18 h (TD)
General relativity (5 ECTS) - 16 h (C) - 8 h (TD)
Statistical physics (6 ECTS) - 24 h (C) - 24 h (TD)
Project (2 ECTS) - 10 h (TD)
Professional integration (2 ECTS) - 12 h (TD)
English (3 ECTS) - 24 h (TD)
Semester 2
Condensed matter physics (4 ECTS) - 18 h (C) - 18 h (TD)
Plasma physics (4 ECTS) - 18 h (C) - 18 h (TD)
Instrumental experiments - Data analysis (4 ECTS)
Applications - Case studies (2 ECTS) - 4 h (C) -
Digital Experiments (3 ECTS) - 12 h (C) - 12 h (TD)
English (3 ECTS) - 24 h (TD)
Scientific project and conference (2 ECTS) - 10 h (TD)
Internship (8 ECTS) - 4 h (C)
Master 2 (année 2 - year 2) Specialisation Matière et Rayonnements - Matter and Radiation
Semester 3
Nano-objets et nanotechnologies/ Nano-objects and nanotechnologies (3 ECTS) - 10 h (C) - 10 h (TD)
Physique des surfaces et des interfaces/ Surface-interface Physics (3 ECTS) - 10 h (C) - 10 h (TD)
Thermodynamique des matériaux : des cristaux à la matière désordonnée/ Thermodynamics of Materials: from crystal to disorder (3 ECTS) - 10 h (C) - 10 h (TD)
Matière molle/ Soft Matter (3 ECTS) - 10 h (C) - 10 h (TD)
Milieux poreux/ Porous media (3 ECTS) - 10 h (C) - 10 h (TD)
Plasma-condensed matter interactions/ Interactions Plasma et matière condensée (2 ECTS) - 12 h (C) - 12 h (TD)
Ion-condensed matter interactions/ Interactions faisceau d'ions et matière condensée (2 ECTS) - 8 h (C) - 8 h (TD)
Diffusion des rayonnements/ Radiation scattering (2 ECTS) - 10 h (C) - 10 h (TD)
Spectroscopies (2 ECTS) - 10 h (C) - 10 h (TD)
Imageries/ Imaging (2 ECTS) - 10 h (C) - 10 h (TD)
Physique expérimentale en matière condensée/Experimental physics in condensed matter (3 ECTS)
Project approach and quality / Approche Projet et Qualité (1 ECTS) - 6 h (C) - 6 h (TD)
Seminars / Seminars (1 ECTS) - 6 h (C) -
Semester 4
Internship / Stage (22 ECTS) - 4 h (C)
Project-colloquium/ Projet-colloque (8 ECTS) - 12 h (TD)
- In addition to the disciplinary units taught over these two years, a significant amount of time is devoted to building the student's professional project, as well as to learning English. Non-English-speaking students are required to prepare for and take the TOEIC exam.
- An introduction to the world of research and business is included in M1 to enable students to finalize their career plans, with an overview of research in the Master's specialties and a presentation of non-academic employment, with testimonials from former students currently working in industry and academia.
- Teamwork and project management are also an integral part of the curriculum, with numerous projects, a scientific symposium that M1 and M2 students will have to organize jointly, and a UE dedicated to learning how to set up projects. Internships in M1 and M2 are also compulsory, enabling students to discover laboratories and companies in France and abroad.
Admission
Admission requirements
This master's program recruits in M1 and M2.
Access to M1 :
- Automatic admission to M1 for students holding a physics degree from any French university.
- Admission to M1 for other students, including holders of another degree from the school or from other universities.
Admission to M2 :
- Admission by right for students holding the M1 diploma in this master's program, and by application for other students.
- Admission by application, with privileged access for students entering the 5th year (BAC+5) of the University of Orléans' engineering school, Poly'tech: "Engineering Physics and Embedded Systems" and "Innovations in Design and Materials" specialties.
How to register
M1 application form to be sent to the following address:
M2 application form to be sent to the following address:
Tuition fees
For students:
http://www.univ-orleans.fr/fr/univ/formation/droits-dinscriptions
For adults returning to school; consult SEFCO.
And then
Further studies
Doctoral thesis (100% of students who wish to do so).
Professional integration
Direct professional integration or after a doctorate in industry or academia in advanced materials, nanotechnology, energy, cosmetics, etc.
- R&D Engineer
- Technological innovation researcher
- Materials design engineer
- Materials analysis department manager
- Process-methods engineer
- Test engineer, Design engineer
- Technology watch
- Control engineer, Metrology engineer