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Advanced statistical field theory
Advanced topics in Markov-chain Monte Carlo
Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory
An introduction to topological order
Brownian motion and stochastic processes
Complex Systems: from physics to social sciences
Conformal Field Theory
Cosmology
Differential geometry and gauge theory
Emergent Quantum Materials
History of a Dark Universe
Information, inference, networks: from statistical physics to big biological data
Introduction to AdS/CFT
Introduction to Classical and Quantum Integrability
Introduction to many-body physics of fermions and bosons
Machine Learning
Non-linear, ultrafast and quantum optics
Numerical methods for fluid dynamics
Particle Physics: The Standard Model
Physics of 2D materials
Physics of perception
Quantum Information
Quantum Field Theory II
Quantum machines: quantum physics with electrical circuits and mechanical resonators
Quantum optics in condensed matter
Quantum physics and condensed matter in advanced technology
Quantum transport and mesoscopic physics
Rheology of complex fluids
Soft solids
Spin Physics
Statistical Physics2: Disordered Systems and Interdisciplinary Applications
String Theory
System biophysics
Turbulence
Ultra cold Atoms
Waves in disordered media and localization phenomena

Turbulence

Faculty: Alexandros Alexakis (LPENS) - Sergio Chibbaro (Institut Jean le Ron d’Alembert, Sorbonne Université) Tutor: ECTS credits: 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: Face to face oral examination on the presentation of a (...) | ↦ Read more

Ultra Cold Atoms

Faculty : Sylvain Nascimbène and Fabrice Gerbier Tutor : Aurélien Perrin ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Covid-19 alternative examination: 30-minute oral exam: presentation of a pre-selected article, followed by (...) | ↦ Read more

Quantum Information

Faculty : Jérôme Estève Tutor : Thibaud Jacqmin ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : Anglais Examination: Examen écrit de 3 heures Covid 19 alternative examination: Oral exam with questions about the lectures and tutorials Site web (...) | ↦ Read more

Nonlinear, Ultrafast and Quantum Optics

Faculty : François HACHE and Nicolas TREPS Tutor : ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction: Anglais Examination: Oral exam Site web : Description Objective of this lecture is to study non-linear interaction between light and mater, from (...) | ↦ Read more

Waves in disordered media and localization phenomena

Faculty : Christophe Texier (LPTMS, Univ. Paris Sud) Tutor: Nicolas Cherroret (LKB, UPMC) ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction: English Examination: 3-hours written exam Covid-19 alternative examination: 30-minutes remote oral exam per (...) | ↦ Read more

String Theory

Faculty : Dan Israel Tutor : Miguel Paulos ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : Anglais Examination: Written exam Covid 19 alternative examination: Homework followed by a 10-minute oral presentation. Site web : Description The (...) | ↦ Read more

Cosmology

Faculty : Jérôme Martin and Vincent Vennin Tutor : ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: A face-to-face oral exam (with preparation time) on a question from the course and an exercise to solve on the board Covid-19 (...) | ↦ Read more

Quantum Field Theory II

Faculty: Stéphane LAVIGNAC Tutor : Raffaele Tito D’AGNOLO ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction: English Examination: 3-hour written exam (Wednesday March 31st, 14:00-17:00, room L367) Covid-19 alternative examination: Take Home Exam to be (...) | ↦ Read more

Particle Physics : The Standard Model

Faculty : Frédéric Machefert Tutor : Nicolas Morange ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: 25-minute oral exam per student - 10 minutes presentation on a paper to be chosen from a list provided to students (...) | ↦ Read more

Statistical Physics 2 : Disordered Systems and Interdisciplinary Applications

Faculties and Tutor : Francesco Zamponi and Gregory Schehr ECTS : 3 Language of instruction : Anglais Web site: http://www.phys.ens.fr/ zamponi/teaching/M2disorder/disorder.html Examination: Written exam Covid-19 alternative examination: (...) | ↦ Read more

Quantum machines : quantum physics with electrical circuits and mechanical resonators

Faculties : Pierre-François Cohadon, Samuel Deleglise (LKB UPMC) Patrice Bertet (SPEC/CEA Saclay) Tutor : ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: 3-hours written exam Covid-19 alternative examination: Oral exam on (...) | ↦ Read more

Emergent Quantum Materials

Faculty: Andrés Santander, Marcello Civelli Tutors: ECTS credits: 3 Language of instruction: English Examination: 1 oral exam (30 minutes) based on the reading of 2-3 papers provided two weeks before the exam. Descriptif du (...) | ↦ Read more

Spin Physics

Faculties : Florent Perez (UPMC) Tutor : ECTS credits : 3 Langage of instruction : English Examination: 20-minute oral exam per student. In case of university closure, the exam will be done by by video conference. Description : This (...) | ↦ Read more

Complex Systems : from physics to social sciences

Faculty : Jean-Philippe BOUCHAUD and Valentina Ros ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction: English Examination: Written exam Covid-19 alternative examination: 30-minutes oral examination Description : 1) Hasard Benin et Hasard Sauvage (...) | ↦ Read more

Advanced statistical field theory

Faculty : Kay Wiese (LPT ENS) Tutor : Camille Aron (LPT ENS) ECTS : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: Written exam Covid-19 alternative examination: Oral examination with questions on a problem to be solved submitted (...) | ↦ Read more

Physics of 2D materials

Faculty : Nicolas Bergéal et Abhay Shukla Tutor : Johan Biscaras ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: 2-hour written exam Covid-19 alternative examination: 30-minute remote oral exam per student (...) | ↦ Read more

Conformal Field Theory

Faculty: Benoît Estienne, Yacine Ikhlef Tutors: Benoît Estienne, Yacine Ikhlef ECTS: 3 Language of instruction: Anglais Examination: Homework then oral presentation on the homework with questions. Covid-19 alternative examination: A (...) | ↦ Read more

Machine Learning

Faculty: Francis Bach, Lenaic Chizat Tutor: ECTS credits: 3 Language of instruction: English Examination: practical sessions to do at home + written take-home exam Description: Statistical machine learning is a growing discipline at (...) | ↦ Read more

Introduction to AdS/CFT

Faculty : Francesco Nitti ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction: English Exam : Oral Key words : conformal field theory / gauge theories / non-perturbative duality / string theory" | ↦ Read more

Introduction to Classical and Quantum Integrability

Faculty: Vladimir Kazakov ECTS: 3 Language of instruction: English Exam: Writing an individual project then oral presentation (with questions) made remotely. Key words : spin chains, integrability , field theories, PDE Plan of lecture (...) | ↦ Read more

History of a Dark Universe

Faculty : Yann Mambrini Tutors : ECTS : 3 Language of instruction : English Exam : Oral exam based on the analysis of articles corresponding to a different part of the lecture and 5 to 6 questions on the lectures content. Oral lasts 45 minutes (...) | ↦ Read more

Quantum physics and condensed matter in advanced technology

Faculty : Carlo Sirtori Tutors : ECTS : 3 Language of instruction : English Exam : The examination is an oral presentation followed by some question for a total of 30 minutes. The presentation consists to summarise the scientific context of (...) | ↦ Read more

Advanced topics in Markov-chain Monte Carlo

Faculty : Werner Krauth ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Exam : Specific procedure discussed with students Description : Course + Tutorial + Practical exercices This course leads from the mathematical foundations of (...) | ↦ Read more

Numerical methods for fluid dynamics

Faculty : Emmanuel Dormy Tutor : ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Exam : Validation will take the form of a mid-term problem and a final project in pairs. The final project will give rise to a 30-minute oral presentation (...) | ↦ Read more

Differential geometry and gauge theory

Tutor : Olivier Biquard ECTS : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: Written exam Covid 19 alternative examination: 30-minute online oral exam based on a article. Description : The course will be an introduction to (...) | ↦ Read more

Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory

Tutor : Paul Windey ECTS : 3 Language of instruction: Anglais Examination : oral on the presentation of an article Description : The course will be concerned with topological aspects of quantum field theory, mainly anomalies and magnetic (...) | ↦ Read more

Quantum transport and mesoscopic physics

Faculty :Meydi Ferrier (LPS ORSAY) Gwendal Feve (LPA ENS) Tutor : François Mallet ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: 30-minute oral exam (with 30 minutes of preparation) on an exercise related to the themes (...) | ↦ Read more

An introduction to topological order

Faculty : N. Regnault, C. Mora Tutor : ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Description : | ↦ Read more

Quantum Optics in Condensed Matter

Faculty : Cristiano Ciuti (UPD) Sara Ducci (UPD) Tutor : ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination : Oral examination based on the analysis of two articles submitted two weeks before the examination. Description (...) | ↦ Read more

Introduction to many-body physics of fermions and bosons

Faculty : Pascal Simon and Michele Casula ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: A face-to-face oral exam (with 15 to 20 minutes preparation time) on a question from the course and an exercise to solve on the (...) | ↦ Read more

Information, Inference, Networks: from Statistical Physics to Big Biological Data

Faculty : Rémi Monasson Tutor : Francesco Zamponi et Simona Cocco ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: Face-to-face oral exam with homework Covid-19 alternative examination: Oral à distance Description : (...) | ↦ Read more

Soft solids

Faculty: Matteo Ciccotti (SIMM, ESPCI), Benoit Roman (PMMH, ESPCI) ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: The grade will be a combination of 2 parts : grades for the mini-project (presentation by the two members (...) | ↦ Read more

Physics of perception

Faculty : Thierry Mora, Pascal Martin Tutor : ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: 20-minutes oral exam Description : Sensory systems strike us by their exquisite sensitivity, which is often close to the (...) | ↦ Read more

Brownian Motion and Stochastic Processes

Enseignants : Olivier Benichou (LPTMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Raphaël Voituriez (LPTMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Chargé de TD : Nombre d’ECTS : 3 Langue d’enseignement : Anglais Modalité d’évaluation : Devoir maison (...) | ↦ Read more

Brownian motion and stochastic processes

Faculty : Olivier Benichou (LPTMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Raphaël Voituriez (LPTMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Tutor : ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : Examination: Homework Description : 1. Growth and (...) | ↦ Read more

Rheology of complex fluids

Faculty : Annie Colin (SIMM, ESPCI), Anke Lindner (PMMH, Université Paris-Diderot) ECTS credits : 3 Language of instruction : English Examination: For in person exam (no documents allowed, no documents sent before exam) – written exam 3h. (...) | ↦ Read more

Quick links

Next student seminar :
Access to the program

Here you can find information about your internships:
Experimental Internship - Undergraduate program
Master ICFP first year Internship

News : ICFP Research seminars
November 14 - 18, 2022 :

All information about the program

Contact us - Student support and Graduate School office :
Tél : 01 44 32 35 60
enseignement@phys.ens.fr