Program: 120 ECTS credits, full-time study (2 years), Master’s Degree

Eligibility: Candidates must hold a Bachelor's Degree in the corresponding field

Scholarship: scholarship covers the tuition fee, some study materials and includes the number of additional payments for personal needs that vary from 3600 to 11000 RUR (from 60 to 190 USD) depending on the academic performance

Carier start: successful students have an opportunity to work in the University during the study period!

Career prospects: graduates, who have completed the Master's program "Laser measuring technologies", become specialists in the development of laser measuring instruments and systems, based on the latest achievements of quantum electronics, holography, interferometry. The demand for specialists in the master's program "Laser measuring technology" is at least 10 people per year... [-]

Master in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Language of instruction: Russian

The Department of Theoretical Physics was set up in 2009 by the decision of the Academic Council in order to train professionals in modern theoretical physics. It is one of the most important departments of the St Petersburg Academic University that provides up-to-date training in theoretical and mathematical physics.

The faculty is formed from highly skilled physicists-theorists who are well-known in the scientific world. Professors of the department work in leading research centers (Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, St Petersburg Academic University etc.) and leading universities (St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg State Polytechnical University).... [-]

The Master's Degree Program Continuum Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications is aimed to prepare masters, who are able to formulate and solve a wide range of problems arising in various fields of continuum mechanics – both of mechanics of solids and fluids, with focus on interdisciplinary, in strong connection with engineering applications in hi-tech and advanced manufacturing technologies – in the spirit of the STEM Education concept aimed at obtaining 21st century skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Program profile. Major areas of expertise: Fundamental Mechanics: Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Continua, Elasticity, Plasticity, Fracture Mechanics and Micromechanics of Heterogeneous Media, Мicromechanics of Strength and Plasticity, Dynamics of thin-walled structures, Waves in Continua, Fluid Mechanics, Multiphase Flows, Turbulence Modeling, Research and Developments of Mechatronic Systems, Micromechanics of heterogeneous media -42 ECTS; Computational Mechanics:8 ECTS; Mechanics and Applied Mathematics in Natural Sciences and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies: blocks of lectures given by leading scientists from European and USA universities on various topics in mechanics and applied mathematics -6 ECTS; Mathematical foundations: Tensor Calculus; Elements of Functional Analysis; Numerical methods for PDE’s and Fundamentals of Finite Elements; Mathematical Methods in Solid Mechanics; Reliable Modeling and Error Control (A Posterior Error Analysis), and Advanced Topics in Probability, Stochastic Processes and Statistics –16 ECTS; Research and Modeling Seminar- all students are given a problem-project to solve either individually or in mini-groups, and the results are then discussed altogether -16 ECTS; Mechanics and Applied Mathematics in Sciences and Technologies: blocks of lectures given by leading scientists from... [-]

The program is aimed at training highly professional scientists and engineers with the background and practical experience in theoretical mechanics, computational mechanics, mathematical modeling and simulations, and distributed computing.

Upon graduation, the participants will acquire practical skills and fundamental knowledge for professional career development in international engineering or research companies.

Special focus is set on renewable energy, namely, the skills can be applied to reliability and strength analysis of such alternative energy sources as solar panels and wind power equipment, as well as power stations based geo- and hydrothermal energy, and ocean energy.... [-]