Program Overview

Master's Degree Program

The Master's degree program is available to students with a Bachelor's degree, with admission taking place twice a year, in March and September. The admission process consists of a review of manuscripts and other documents, as well as an interview.

Program Overview

More than half of the applicants are undergraduates from the university's physics department and are generally well-prepared for the program. The tuition fee for one year is approximately USD 10,000, and students may be eligible for a scholarship of around USD 13,000 from the TA+RA and BK21 FOUR program.

Career Paths

Roughly half of the Master's degree recipients go on to work in industry laboratories, primarily in the display or semiconductor business. The other half either switch to the combined program for a PhD after completing one year or finish the program and proceed to pursue a higher degree at the university or abroad, mostly in the United States.

Program Requirements

The required courses for a Master's degree include:

• Mechanics
• E&M; I
• Quantum Mechanics I
• Writing Physics Paper Additionally, students are required to take:
  • Math for Physics (for theory students)
  • Experimental Physics (for experiment students)
  • One course from their subfield
  • One course from outside their subfield

Thesis Requirement

Students are required to complete a thesis, which must be published in an international conference. The thesis is subject to a committee review and an oral defense.

Program Structure

Typically, a Master's program student spends their first semester taking core courses. During the second semester, they spend half of their time learning basic research skills, and in the final year, they concentrate on their thesis projects.