Master's Degree
in Astrophysics

The Master's Degree in Astrophysics is aimed at training future researchers in astrophysics and experts in computing and instrumentation. Three specialties are offered: 'Theory and Computation', 'Observation and Instrumentation' and 'Structure of Matter'. The Master's Degree includes a visit to and use of some of the Islands' astronomical observatories (Teide Observatory and Roque de los Muchachos Observatory), as well as access to computing resources.

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Purpose of the Master's Degree
  • The objectives of this degree are to train researchers in the field of Astrophysics and professionals with the following profiles: Researcher in theoretical or observational areas in Astrophysics or Structure of Matter, expert in computer languages and creation of codes and numerical simulations, expert in instrumentation and technology applied to Astrophysics, disseminator in Astrophysics topics.

Who is it for?
Future master's students are expected to have one of the following profiles:
  • Graduates in Physics, mainly, but also in Mathematics and Engineering (including Computer Science) from Spanish universities who want to complete their training with a Master's Degree in Astrophysics
  • Active graduates who want to improve their training or expand their professional profile (example: secondary school teachers)
  • Graduates from Ibero-American, European (and other world) universities who want to complete the entire Master's degree or some practical credits based on collaborations with the ULL
  • Graduates in Physics or any of the experimental sciences, engineers and technical engineers

Which teachers teach it?

You can consult the teaching staff who teach in the degree and their brief teaching, research and professional curriculum vitae through the following link:

What career opportunities are available?
  • Researcher: Complete, rigorous and current training in Astrophysics. Analysis and treatment of time series, images and spectra. Development of theoretical models in various contexts. Terrestrial, space and virtual observatories.
  • Computer expert: Programming languages. Numeric codes. Computer applications. Experimentation and numerical simulation in 3D. Visualization of structures and processes. Dynamic simulation of complex systems. Parallelism. Databases. Supercomputing
  • Virtual observatories
  • Expert in instrumentation and technology: Detection in the visible, infrared and other spectral ranges. Optical and electronic instrumentation. Spectral study of matter. High-tech project management. Space projects. Instrumental software. Scientific specifications. Quality control and monitoring of technical requirements.
  • Professor, popularizer: Development of teaching units. Scientific popularization techniques. Scientific journalism

Are there any mobility options?

The planning and mobility management resources provided by the University of La Laguna itself will be used.

You can find more information about mobility grants for students in university master's degrees at this calls page.

In addition, you can consult here information on scholarships from the Ministry of Education.

The University of La Laguna has mobility calls for postgraduate students, through its Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization:

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