Programme structure

The programme option Astrophysics is built around a Master's thesis, which is an independent scientific research work of 60 ECTS credits, and six courses with a total of 60 ECTS credits. 

The programme contains mandatory courses. For general structure and mandatory requirements, please see the programme structure. Note that it is the responsibility of the student to make sure that their (recommended) elective courses do not collide with other courses. Only the mandatory courses are collision proof towards each other.

Recommended courses

• AST4310 – Radiative Processes in Astrophysics
• AST5110 – Numerical Modeling
• AST5770 – Solar and stellar physics
• FYS4150 – Computational Physics
• FYS4620 – An Introduction to Plasma Physics
• IN4050 – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• IN4310 – Deep Learning for Image Analysis
• MAT-MEK4270 – Numerical methods for partial differential equations
• MAT4305 – Partial Differential Equations and Sobolev Spaces
• TEK5600 – Visualization of Scientific Data