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M2 Nanosciences

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  • Places available
    45
  • Language(s) of instruction
    French, English
Présentation
Objectives

This M2 is not offered next year

From the beginning of the academic year 2021-22, the M2 Nanosciences and the M2 LOM merge to become the M2 QLMN : Quantum, Light, Materials and Nano Sciences.

The M2 QLMN offers a specialization through three tracks:
- Light and Matter
- Condensed matter and its interfaces
- Nanodevices and Technologies
The themes of the M2 nanosciences will be mainly taken up by the tracks"Condensed matter and its interfaces" and "Nanodevices and Technologies"

The objective of this program is to offer top-level training in nanoscience. It relies on the skills available in Paris-Saclay's laboratories as well as on existing technological platforms. It is an ambitious program that helps students structure their way of working, with three possible options:
• Nanophysics,
• Nanodevices and Nanotechnologies
• International track in nanoscience (in English)
with different approaches based on fundamental physics, applied physics, information science and technologies and Nano bioscience.
Graduates can seek a career in areas that are strongly related to nanoscience and emerging technologies:
• academic staff,
• research and development engineer in optics, nanoelectronics, matter, biosciences, biotechnologies, health...
After PhD graduation, doctors can continue as post-doc in an academic lab (45%) or valve their experience as engineer of research for in companies or organizations as ONERA (40%). About 14% get a permanent academic position.

Location
PALAISEAU
GIF SUR YVETTE
ORSAY
VERSAILLES
Course Prerequisites

1st year of Master 1 in Physics or Electronics Good knowledge of electromagnetism and condensed matter physics (quantum mechanics, statistical physics)

Skills
  • Understand and use specialised nanosciences knowledge with the requisite scientific rigour.

  • Be able to analyse a scientific article or presentation and grasp its underlying issues as well as its limits.

  • Use conceptual, methodological, numerical, technical and practical knowledge and skills for modelling and solving problems in physics or engineering, or at the junction of both disciplines.

  • Build knowledge through a scientific approach.

  • Adapt to a new environment, work as a team and collaborate to achieve common goals.

  • Summarise and communicate effectively in two languages including English, in a manner adapted to the target audience.

Post-graduate profile

Most graduates (79 %) go on to do a thesis, either in an academic or in an industrial research laboratory, for instance under a CIFRE contract. Slightly over half of such theses are carried out in Paris-Saclay laboratories. 12 % are done abroad. Other former students prefer to join a company directly as engineers (12 %). 5 % opt for further studies, other than a thesis, changing to a different topic.

79 % of the graduates choose to continue as PhD students. Among those, 54 % work in a lab in the Paris-Saclay area, 13 % elsewhere in the Paris region, 21 % in other French regions, and 12 % abroad. Funding is distributed among contracts attributed by doctoral schools, research contracts obtained by the host teams or the mixed Finance and Industry ministry (CIFRE thesis). 12 % of the graduates are hired as engineers directly after the M2. Others pursue further studies, other than a thesis.

Career prospects

This specialisation is oriented towards professions that are highly associated with the field of nanosciences and technologies:
* researcher and university lecturer,
* research and development engineer in the field of optics, nanoelectronics, materials, biosciences, biotechnologies, health, etc.
Students trained in this programme will be able to continue their studies to prepare for a doctoral programme in an academic or industrial research laboratory, for instance under a CIFRE contract.

Collaboration(s)
Laboratories

Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies
Laboratoire Charles Fabry
Laboratoire Aimé Cotton
Laboratoire de Physique des Solides
Groupe d'études de la matière condensée
Unité mixte de physique CNRS/Thales
Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire
Laboratoire de Génie Electrique et Electronique de Paris
Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay
Institut Galien
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique
Structures, propriétés et modélisation des solides
Laboratoire d'énergétique moléculaire et macroscopique, combustion
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Sols, Structures et Matériaux
Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
Institut de chimie moléculaire et des matériaux d'Orsay
Institut Rayonnement et Matière - DRF.

Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée
Laboratoire de Physique des interfaces et couches minces
Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés.

Programme

1er semestre composé de :
* 2 UE de tronc commun
* 8 UE obligatoires réparties en 3 paquets possibles associées à des options de spécialisation (nanophysique, nanodispositifs et nanotechnologies ou international track in nanosciences)
* 2 UE optionnelles à choisir parmi une liste
Toutes ces UE sont à 3 ECTS.

Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Electron and scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy 3 15 15
Fabrication and Characterisation of Nanodevices and Nanoobjects 3 30
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Light-matter interaction in semiconducting nanostructures 3 30
Microtechnology 3 30
Mobile Charges in physics and chemistry 3 20 7
Nanoelectronics and Molecular Electronics 3 27
Nanomagnetism and spintronics 3 27
Nanophotonics 3 24 3
Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics 3 18 12
Numerical Simulation of Nanosystems 3 15 15
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Interaction Matière-Rayonnement. Laser-Atomes 3 15 15
Light-matter interaction in semiconducting nanostructures 3 30
Nanomagnetism and spintronics 3 27
Nanophotonique 3 20 7
Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics 3 18 12
Numerical Simulation of Nanosystems 3 15 15
Optique Quantique 3 24 3
Transport quantique 3 30
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Micro et nanodispositifs pour la biologie et le diagnostic 3 21 4
Microtechnology 3 30
Nanoelectronics and Molecular Electronics 3 27
Nanomagnétisme et Spintronique 3 27
Nanophotonics 3 24 3
Nanotechnologies 3 24 3
Physics and modelling of MEMS (PMEMS) 3 15 3 12
Physique des composants 3 27
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Circuit nanoarchitecture and deep learning (NARCHI) 3 16 12
Composants semi-conducteurs térahertz 3 22 5
Data analysis and data science 3
Exciton physics 3 21
Expériences Récentes en Nanophysique 3 10 20
Microsystem design (CMEMS) 3 11.5 2 15
Mobile Charges in physics and chemistry 3 20 7
Nanomédecine et nanotoxicologie 3 30
Nanothermics 3 15 12
Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics 3 18 12
Optique Quantique 3 24 3
Optoelectronics 3 21 3 3
Outstanding compounds in materials science 3
Project 3 30
Projet Recherche 3 30
Projet Technologique 3 30
Thin film photovoltaics 3 30
UE libre 3

Semestre correspondant intégralement au stage.

Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Stage / Internship 24
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Application period
From 15/01/2020 to 15/09/2020
Compulsory supporting documents
  • All transcripts of the years / semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application.

  • Curriculum EU (description of the units of education followed) of the last two years.

  • Curriculum Vitae.

  • Motivation letter.

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This M2 is not offered next year