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Welcome to the AstroMundus
programme!
AstroMundus is a 2-years Erasmus Mundus Masters
Course (120 ECTS) in Astronomy and Astrophysics offered by a consortium of 5 partner
universities in 4 different countries: Austria, Italy, Germany, and Serbia.
Its main objective is to provide top-ranked students with an excellent background in
Astrophysics, to introduce them to the world of modern astrophysical research, and
foster their future career in this field. At the same time, in the spirit of the Erasmus
Mundus programmes, we promote cultural exchanges between Third Country and
European students and academics.
AstroMundus students carry out their master studies in at least 2 and up to four of
these countries, in a stimulating and scientifically excellent international
environment.
The official language of the course is English, but students are given the possibility to
learn the languages of the host countries by attending language courses at the partner
universities.
Successful students will be awarded a Joint Master Degree by all partner universities
they have visited during the Master studies.
In addition they will obtain a Diploma Supplement to facilitate the recognition of
their degree in other universities/countries.
At the end of each 2-years cycle of the Master Programme the best master thesis of
the cycle will be awarded a prize.
Please, download the AstroMundus Brochure and the AstroMundus Poster.
Main topics
AstroMundus offers an excellent educational level in all branches of Astrophysics, as
insured by the wide variety of expertise in the field covered by this international
partnership. The main topics covered by the Master programme are:
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Galactic Astrophysics (the Sun and the Solar system, the Milky Way, stellar
evolution, the interstellar medium)
Extrasolar planets
Extragalactic Astrophysics (galaxies, galaxy evolution, galaxy clusters, intracluster medium, star formation)
Active Galactic Nuclei (including accretion theory, relativistic jets, modelling)
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Cosmology (including observational cosmology, galaxy surveys, gravitational
lensing, very early universe)
Particle Cosmology
Astroparticle Physics
Gravitational waves
Observational astrophysics from the ground and from space
Computational astrophysics (N-body simulations, magneto-hydrodynamic
simulations)