Curriculum

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Program courses

General courses include Classical Mechanics, Classical Electrodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Quantum Mechanics.

Elective courses provide a broad view of the fields that developed as research lines in the Program.

Topic courses complement the students’ training in their field of specialization.

Thesis comprises six courses: - Thesis Proposal, Thesis I, Thesis II, Thesis III, Thesis IV, and Thesis V, which aim to organize the work of a doctoral thesis.

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Thesis proposal

The thesis proposal will be developed under the supervision of a Thesis Director, who must be approved by the PhD Program Committee.

The thesis proposal must be developed autonomously by the student under the advisory of his/her Director.

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Evaluation of the thesis proposal

The Thesis Director should present the final version of the student’s thesis proposal and a letter addressed to the Program Director with suggested members for the Thesis Commission.

The above-mentioned Commission will consist of at least four professors:

At least two professors must belong to the staff of the PhD Program.
At least one external professor from outside the University of Santiago de Chile.
The Thesis Director.

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Graduation requirements

Pass the qualifying exam.
Successfully complete the compulsory courses with a final grade-point average equal to or greater than 5.0.
Give at least one oral presentation at a national or international conference (or a department seminar at a higher education institution) during their studies. This should be certified by the Program Committee.
Be the author of two scientific articles, which must be accepted or published in WoS-indexed journals.
Approve the Degree Exam, which includes the Private and Public Thesis Defense.

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