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eamonn o heannaigh
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I am completing the final year of my bachelors next academic year in Trinity College Dublin in Theoretical Physics, which is a 4 year course which contains courses on QFT, the Standard Model, Statistical mechanics, and General Relativity. I have been looking at masters courses in Spain and Italy primarily, and am wondering which universities in these two countries would be recommended for someone looking to pursue theoretical physics. The areas of physics I am most interested in at the moment are cosmology and high energy physics, and potentially theoretical condensed matter physics
In Spain I have looked at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, which seems to be the best for pure theoretical cosmology and QFT, and I have also been considering the two Barcelona Univeristies: Universitat Autonomou de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona, with the prior potentially being slightly more theoretical focused, but both seem quite good for cosmology. I have also looked at the Balearic Islands University which seems potentially more focused on computational cosmology, while also having classes in QFT and quantum systems.
In Italy I have been unable so far to find University which offer master's courses that focus solely on theory, without having to also do labwork. I have looked at SISSA which seemed to before offer a masters in physics in association with the University of Trento, but I cannot seem to find any information on their website about this anymore.
If anyone has any personal experience at any of these universities or any information in helping me narrow down my choice, or any recommendations for universities I haven't looked at yet, that would be greatly appreciated.
In Spain I have looked at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, which seems to be the best for pure theoretical cosmology and QFT, and I have also been considering the two Barcelona Univeristies: Universitat Autonomou de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona, with the prior potentially being slightly more theoretical focused, but both seem quite good for cosmology. I have also looked at the Balearic Islands University which seems potentially more focused on computational cosmology, while also having classes in QFT and quantum systems.
In Italy I have been unable so far to find University which offer master's courses that focus solely on theory, without having to also do labwork. I have looked at SISSA which seemed to before offer a masters in physics in association with the University of Trento, but I cannot seem to find any information on their website about this anymore.
If anyone has any personal experience at any of these universities or any information in helping me narrow down my choice, or any recommendations for universities I haven't looked at yet, that would be greatly appreciated.