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Is Advanced Matter & Energy Physics at the UvA the study for me?

It is, if you:

• have well-founded knowledge of quantum mechanics, statistical physics and electrodynamics (at BSc level) - and knowledge of condensed matter physics is an advantage
• enjoy the challenge of fundamental experimental research, while keeping an eye open for possible applications of your results
• would like to work in a leading research laboratory in the Netherlands or abroad - or work on a project in an industrial research setting
• enjoy working in a team while being the driving force and hands-on 'principle investigator' of your own experiments
• like to get to the bottom of things, are not afraid of complexity and have a well-developed concept of the art of doing (experimental) science
• can quickly absorb and integrate novel concepts.

What does Advanced Matter and Energy Physics at the UvA have to offer me?

Amsterdam experimental physics is among the best in the world. This track offers you challenging courses and research opportunities in hot topics that are the current focus of attention in laboratories around the world:

• 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)
• state-of-the-art lasers.