Physics

This Physics programme at Politecnico di Torino aims at training PhD candidates contributing to fundamental researches in leading sectors and understanding and promoting those aspects which may improve know-how of high-tech activities.

Compared to other PhD programmes awarding the same title, this  Physics programme at  Politecnico di Torino is characterized by a focus on theoretical, experimental and computational aspects of physics of matter and complex systems.

Career opportunities

The PhD programme in Physics shapes professional researchers in the field of theoretical and experimental physics, specifically in the fields of Physics of Matter, Physics of Complex Systems and High Energy Physics. The natural career opportunities in these areas are:

• Research and academia
• Industry, businesses and professional studios
• Entrepreneurship and start-ups
• Public sector and public organizations

In particular, industrial research and development are significantly important for PhD students whose research is carried out in the Physics of Matter, which, thanks to the specific skills of the DISAT teachers, also involves distinctly applicative aspects linked to nanosciences and nanotechnologies. In general, the PhD in Physics obtained at the Polytechnic of Turin ensures good chances of entering the world of work in Italy and abroad. In particular, concerning the inclusion in the academic field, the profile of the research doctorate is highly competitive at an international level, as evidenced by the many of our former doctoral students who have found employment in prestigious research centers and universities.

Courses included:

• Biological and vehicular traffic: stochastic models
• Computational Materials Science
• Physics of electrified interfaces
• Plasma physics
• Quantum fluids
• Quantum mechanics of many-body systems