Courses

The students attend courses corresponding to approx. 30 ECTS each semester. The list of compulsory courses at each of the universities can be found below. For each lecture, a unique identifier (IMAPP-XX-YY) is provided. This identifier can be used to find more detailed descriptions of the content and learning outcome of the courses in the handbook.

Furthermore, the students have to obtain 9 ECTS in the first two semesters by choosing courses from the list of elective courses listed under “First Year – Elective courses”. Some of the elective courses can vary from year to year and are therefore not further specified in the handbook. However, the elective courses are announced well in advanced.

The detailed list of offered elective courses as well as course timetables are summarised on distinct pages for each starting year of the IMAPP programme:

The individual webpages are updated as soon as new information is available.

– If you started the IMAPP programme in September 2024: Academic Year 2024/25

Academic Year 2025/26

UCA 1st semester
(1st year)

from September
to January

TUDO 2nd semester
(1st year)

from April
to mid of July

Elective courses
(1st year)

UNIBO 1st semester
(2nd year)

from mid September
to end of December

Fourth Semester
(2nd year)

from January
to Degreee

IDENTIFICATION	COURSE	RESPONSIBLE / LECTURER	ECTS
IMAPP-01-01	Introduction to quantum field theory and gauge theories	Prof. Dr. Jean Orloff	6
IMAPP-01-01 (Lecture 1)	Quantum Field Theory	Prof. Dr. Vincent Morénas	3
IMAPP-01-01 (Lecture 2)	Quantum Chromodynamics	Prof. Dr. Vincent Morénas	2
IMAPP-01-01 (Lecture 3)	* Exercises and problems (Gauge Theories)	Dr. Djamel Boumediene	1
	* Quark–gluon plasma	Dr. Sarah Porteboeuf	1
IMAPP-01-02	Introduction to particle physics and the experimental foundations of the Standard Model	Prof. Dr. Stephane Monteil	9
IMAPP-01-02 (Lecture 1)	Introduction to particle physics	Prof. Dr. Julien Donini	3
IMAPP-01-02 (Lecture 2)	Electroweak Standard Model	Prof. Dr. Stephane Monteil	1
	Flavour Physics	Prof. Dr. Olivier Deschamps	1
	Neutrino Physics	Prof. Dr. Ana Texeira	1
IMAPP-01-02 (Lecture 3)	Symmetries in Physics	Prof. Dr. Simon Akar	3
IMAPP-01-03	Programming and data analysis	Prof. Dr. Romain Madar	6
IMAPP-01-03 (Lecture 1)	Data analysis projects with python language	Prof. Dr. Louie Corpe	3
IMAPP-01-03 (Lecture 2)	Quantum Computing	Prof. Dr. Bogdan Volpescu	3
IMAPP-01-06	Statistics and artificial intelligence	Prof. Dr. Julien Donini	6
IMAPP-01-06 (Lecture 1)	Statistics	Prof. Dr. Olivier Deschamps	3
IMAPP-01-06 (Lecture 2)	Machine Learning	Prof. Dr. Julien Donini	3
IMAPP-01-04	Physics elective courses	Prof. Dr. Stephane Monteil	3
	* General Relativity	Dr. Andreas Goudelis	3
	* Cosmology	Prof. Dr. Philippe Rosnet	3
IMAPP-01-05	UCA seminar on particle physics	Dr. Andreas Goudelis	3

IDENTIFICATION	COURSE	RESPONSIBLE / LECTURER	ECTS
IMAPP-02-01	Model building in particle physics	Prof. Dr. Gudrun Hiller	6
IMAPP-02-01 (Lecture 1)	Lecture “SM physics and BSM directions”	Prof. Dr. Heinrich Päs
IMAPP-02-01 (Lecture 2)	Seminar „Physics beyond the SM“	Prof. Dr. Heinrich Päs
IMAPP-02-02	Practical aspects of particle physics measurements	Prof. Dr. Johannes Albrecht	6
IMAPP-02-02 (Lecture 1)	Lecture	Prof. Dr. Kevin Kröninger	3
IMAPP-02-02 (Lecture 2)	Exercise	Dr. Chris Delitzsch	3
IMAPP-02-03	Detector systems in particle and medical physics	Dr. Jens Weingarten	9
IMAPP-02-03 (Lecture 1)	Advanced Laboratory course: Particle physics	Dr. Dirk Wiedner	6
IMAPP-02-03 (Lecture 2)	Seminar on detector systems in particle and medical physics	Dr. Jens Weingarten	3
IMAPP-02-04	Spring/Summer school	Prof. Dr. Kevin Kröninger / Kevin Kröninger	3
IMAPP-02-05	Electronics lab course	Dr. Jens Weingarten / Jens Weingarten	6
IMAPP-02-06	Modern particle physics S	Prof. Dr. Johannes Albrecht / Prof. Dr. Kevin Kröninger	3
IMAPP-02-07	Astroparticle physics	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rhode / Wolfgang Rhode	3
IMAPP-02-08	Guest lecture on instrumentation	Prof. Dr. Kevin Kröninger / Kevin Kröninger	3 or 6
IMAPP-02-09	Modern particle physics L	Prof. Dr. Johannes Albrecht / Prof. Dr. Kevin Kröninger	6

IDENTIFICATION	COURSE	ECTS
IMAPP-01-04	Guest lectures on various topics	3
IMAPP-01-05	UCA seminar on particle physics	6
IMAPP-02-05	Electronics lab course	6
IMAPP-02-06	Modern particle physics	6
IMAPP-02-07	Astroparticle physics	3
IMAPP-02-08	Guest lecture on instrumentation	3 or 6
IMAPP-02-05	TUDO seminar on particle physics	3

IDENTIFICATION	COURSE	RESPONSIBLE / LECTURER	ECTS
IMAPP-03-01	Advanced standard model	Prof. Dr. Fabio Maltoni	6
IMAPP-03-01 (Lecture 1)	Neutrino physics	Dr. Xabier Marcano Imaz	2
IMAPP-03-01 (Lecture 2)	Standard Model	Prof. Davide Pagani	2
IMAPP-03-01 (Lecture 3)	Effective Field Theory	Prof. Ilaria Brivio	2
IMAPP-03-02	Phenomenology and experimental flavour physics	Prof. Dr. Angelo Carbone	6
IMAPP-03-02 (Lecture 1)	Flavour Physics with quarks	Prof. Dr. Angelo Carbone	3
IMAPP-03-02 (Lecture 2)	Flavour Physics with neutrino	Prof. Dr. Maximiliano Sioli	3
IMAPP-03-03	Computer science for High energy physics	Dr. Francesco Giacomini	12
IMAPP-03-03 (Lecture 1)	Computer programming	Dr. Francesco Giacomini	3
IMAPP-03-03 (Lecture 2)	Infrasctructure for scientific application	Dr. Andrea Chierici	3
IMAPP-03-03 (Lecture 3)	Concept of probability	Dr. Luca Clissa	4
IMAPP-03-03 (Lecture 4)	Exercises and complements to Lecture 3	Dr. Matteo Negrini	1
IMAPP-03-03 (Lecture 5)	Lab activity	Dr. Gabriele Sirri	1
IMAPP-03-04	Preparation for scientific research and internship orientation	Dr. Serena Maccolini	6

IDENTIFICATION	COURSE	ECTS
IMAPP-04-01	Final Examination	12
IMAPP-04-02 / 03 / 04/ 05	Preparation for the final examination	18

Courses

Academic Year 2025/26

* Both courses are compulsory to attend and to take examinations. The student takes the best grade between the two.