Computational Physics

Education facts

Code: CBAD82

The course introduces important numerical physical computation methods in different fields. The numerical simulations are implemented in a suitable programming language (for instance Fortran, C, MATLAB, Python) or carried out in specific simulation software. Course content: <br> The basics of electronic structure theory and calculation methods. <br> The solution to the Schrödinger equation using the variation method. Computation of the electronic structure of crystalline materials: introduction to the Hartree-Fock method and density functional theory (DFT). <br> Simulations using molecular dynamics, introduction to quantum-molecular dynamics. The Monte Carlo method. <br> Parallelisation and high-performance computations.

Entry requirements

Physics courses 30 ECTS credits including Thermodynamics and statistical physics, 7.5 ECTS credits, Solid State Physics, 7.5 ECTS credits. Mathematics courses 30 ECTS credits including Liniar algebra, 7.5 ECTS credits, Numerical methods, 7.5 ECTS credits. Upper secondary level English 6 or English level 2, or equivalent.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Computational Physics

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 28 March 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %