The PhD programme offers education in a number of major areas of Physics and Astronomy. The minimum background education for enrollment is a Bachelor degree in Physics, Astronomy or a closely related subject.
The PhD-education is always based on research where suitable supervisors work with topics within the following research areas:
A number of accelerators
Synchrotron radiation facility
Optical and laser laboratories
Storage ring Facility for materials characterization
Facilities for thin film synthesis
Clean room Wind tunnel to simulate conditions on Mars
SONG network of telescopes at Tenerife
Access to facilities at CERN through our membership
Access to Nordic Optical Telescope through membership
Access to European Southern Observatory through membership
Access to Kepler Satellite through agreement with NASA
Access to satellites through European Space Agency Computers of various capacities
High schools, Industry, Research Institutions, Universities
Aarhus University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ny Munkegade
Numerous short term exchanges but essentially all with students located at the Aarhus campus.
Currently 46 PhD students are enrolled at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department Forum at the Institute consists of employees and students. They discusses the status of the Institute and academic questions. If any questions, read more here or contact Morten Teglgaard Strøe.
