M2 ICFP

The second year is organized into four tracks: Condensed matter physics, Soft matter and biological physics, Quantum physics: From the foundations to quantum technologies, and Theoretical physics.  

M1 ICFP

The first year offers a wealth of lectures covering a wide range of topics in modern physics, from fundamental interactions to biophysics, and also several aspects of quantum mechanics and condensed matter physics, to name just a few.

Master ICFP

The ICFP  Master is a top-level program designed specifically for the best French and international students.

By choosing the École normale supérieure (ENS), students are assured of benefiting from the prestigious teaching that has made the ENS's reputation since its creation in 1794.

Statistical Field Theory and applications

This course is about how to describe complex systems using ideas of the renormalization group (‘coarse-graining’) and statistical field theory.

Algorithms and computation

Computational physics plays a central role in all fields of physics, from classical statistical physics, soft matter problems, and hard-condensed matter. Our goal is to cover the very basic concepts underlying computer simulations in classical and quantum problems, and connect these ideas to relevant contemporary research problems in various fields of physics. In the TD’s you will also learn how to set, perform and analyse simple computer simulations by yourself. We will use Python, but no previous knowledge of this programming language is needed.

Lie groups, Lie algebras and representations

The theory of groups and their representations is a central topic which studies symmetries in various contexts occurring in pure or applied mathematics as well as in other sciences, most notably in physics. 

Doctoral School Astronomy and Astrophysics for Paris Area

The Doctoral School offers physics and mathematics students training in the broad interdisciplinary field of Astronomy and Astrophysics through all of its methods of observation, measurement and computation. 

The subject area continues to grow every year, covering planets to cosmology, using a wide variety of advanced tools preparing for next generation instruments.

Doctoral School ED564 : «Physique en Île-de-France»

École Doctorale 564 Physique en Île-de-France is run by Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL Research University) and co-accredited by Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC) and Paris-Saclay (UPSaclay) universities.

Its scientific field essentially covers the physics of fundamental interactions, the quantum physics of dilute or condensed matter, statistical physics, the physics of soft or biological matter, as well as fundamental aspects of optics, acoustics and hydrodynamics.

Its scientific positioning is that of fundamental, theoretical and experimental physics, and the applications that naturally follow from this.

More than 700 doctoral students carry out their thesis work within the Physics Doctoral School in île de France, which groups together some 40 laboratories spread across Paris Centre and Paris Sud, and more than 800 thesis supervisors.

General Relativity

The aim of this course is to present a selection of advanced topics in classical gravitational dynamics. 

Quantum Information

Progress in experimental quantum physics has transformed thought experiments into reality, so that an exciting new question can now be asked : How can we harness the "strange" features of quantum mechanics - such as nonlocality, entanglement, and quantum measurement - in new applications ? In this new field, broadly called “quantum technologies”, new ideas and concepts are being put forward.

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