Program Overview

Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

Programme Description

The Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AM &N) master program is designed to keep up with the exceptionally fast development of new technologies powering current industrial transformations. There is an increasing demand for experts who can develop materials exhibiting new functionalities to solve fundamental problems in areas ranging from new types of electronic devices to alternative energy sources. The program offers 4-semester research-inspired teaching covering all of these issues using state-of-the-art research facilities at the Faculty of Physics and the National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS located on the new campus of the Jagiellonian University.

Available Programmes

• First-cycle programme: not available
• Second-cycle programme:
  • Study mode: full-time programme
  • Language of instruction: English
  • Profile: general academic
  • Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)
  • Title: Magister (equivalent of Master’s degree)
  • Main discipline: Physical Sciences
  • Note: This study programme will be permanently closed from the 2024/2025 academic year. Education will be conducted until the end of the ongoing studies cycle.

Faculty Information

• The Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Computer Science is one of the cutting-edge units in Poland, with the A+ scientific category in the rating of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
• The faculty teaches in the scope of astronomy, astrophysics, physics, biophysics, and applied computer science.
• It also offers interdisciplinary studies in mathematics and natural sciences and studies in the advanced materials and nanotechnology field of study.
• Fields of studies conducted at the faculty lead in rankings prepared by the Education Foundation “Perspektywy,” and talented students win the prestigious Diamond Grant programme.

Curriculum Overview

• The programme curriculum includes information about the subjects attended while studying this programme.
• The programme indicates which subjects are scheduled for each semester of the studies, which are mandatory, which belong to the group of elective subjects, which end with an exam, and which do not.
• Each subject in the programme curriculum has its syllabus, which is a description of what students learn within the scope of that subject.

Student Matters

• Live and learn in Kraków
• Dormitories
• Scholarships
• Academic calendar
• Exchange programmes
• Academic Sports Association
• JU Student Government
• Safe Student
• Student Centre for Support and Adaptation
• Accessibility Center

Student’s Life

• Time spent at the university is not all about education and class participation; it is also an excellent opportunity to develop hobbies and interests.
• Many research societies and student organizations work at the Jagiellonian University, including faculty- and university-wide ones.
• These societies allow students to spend their free time actively, gain knowledge, develop their talents, participate in engaging, unconventional projects, go on research and team-building trips, participate in conferences, and meet fellow students outside the lecture halls.

Graduates

• Contemporary materials science covers a wide range of interdisciplinary issues.
• The graduates of the programme possess interdisciplinary knowledge in the areas of materials science and technology used to produce modern materials, as well as practical skills in their chosen specialization.
• The graduates can find employment in the high-tech sector, including academic research institutions, research laboratories with links to industry, and industrial plants that use technologies based on newly developed materials.
• Besides, the interdisciplinary programme, which also includes courses in economy and management, prepares the graduates to run their own enterprises in the high-tech sector.

Further Education Possibilities

• Second-cycle programmes
• Doctoral School, e.g., Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences
• Post-diploma programmes

Rankings, Distinctions, Accreditations

• Scientific category A+ in the main discipline of Physical Sciences awarded to the Jagiellonian University in Kraków by the decision of the Minister of Education and Science

Other Programmes

• Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Computer Science) – programme in Polish
• Physics (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Computer Science) – programme in Polish
• Biophysics (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Computer Science) – programme in Polish