Advanced Matter and Energy Physics (Physics and Astronomy)

The two-year track Physics and Astronomy - Advanced Matter and Energy Physics (AMEP) from the University of Amsterdam, is among the best experimental physics programs in the world. It offers you challenging courses and research opportunities in hot topics in laboratories around the world and prepares you for an exciting career in research.

Do you want to know what it's like to study the Advanced Matter and Energy Physics track in the Physics and Astronomy program at the University of Amsterdam ? Students Auke and Vasco and and Prof. Mark Golden will tell you in this video what makes the program unique.

The two-year Master's track Advanced Matter and Energy Physics covers topics in condensed matter physics ranging from soft matter to quantum materials and quantum gases. The Physics and Astronomy - Advanced Matter and Energy Physics (AMEP) program consists of a mix of theoretical and experimental courses that bring you to the forefront of physics.

Experimental physics in Amsterdam is among the best in the world. This two-year track offers challenging courses and research opportunities focused on current trends in the field.

For example, you can participate in research projects on:

• Next generation energy materials and processes (such as nanocrystals, nanowires and nanophotonic systems for tomorrow's solar energy conversion)

• Complex condensed matter systems (with properties like unconventional superconductivity)

• Complex liquids, granular, soft and biomatter (with properties like jamming and self-organisation)

• New forms of ultracold atomic quantum matter (with properties like strong correlations and entanglement)

• Precision measurements on (cold) atoms and molecules, to test fundamental physics theories

• 2D metallic states at the surface of 3D topological insulators, and the phenomena these states can be used to explore (such as Majorana fermions and magnetic monopoles)

Study paths

The AMEP program is loosely organised into three study paths:

• Emergent and energy materials

• Soft matter

• Atomic quantum physics