Study guidance / course info

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Master's Programme in Theoretical and Computational Methods (TCM)

Current course catalogue: click here 

Director: Kimmo Tuominen

Vice director: Kai Puolamäki

Steering group student representatives: Nico Toikka

Examples of TCM study paths

The main study goal in the TCM programme is to develop analytical and computational skills universally applicable to model various phenomena quantitatively. Below are examples of different possible study paths, each focusing on different concrete phenomena. Each example has also an outline suggesting a two-year schedule for relevant studies. These are mostly intended to provide ideas for drawing a study plan, which you can of course develop towards directions you find interesting.

QUANTUM SCIENCE & QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR PHYSICS

DATA SCIENCE FOR COSMOLOGY AND THE EARLY UNIVERSE

STATISTICAL PHYSICS & DATA

NUMERICAL SPACE PHYSICS

BIOPHYSICS AND -CHEMISTRY

The course codes are a good indicator about the topic and prerequisites of the course, and the study guidance for TCM students is divided accordingly.  Click on the code below to jump to the relevant point in the list.

TCM

Courses with a code beginning with "TCM"

Study guidance: Esko Keski–Vakkuri
Steering group contact: Kimmo Tuominen

ATM

Courses with a code beginning with "ATM"

Study guidance: Veli-Matti Kerminen
Steering group contact: Bernhard Reischl

CSM / DATA

Courses with a code beginning with "CSM / DATA"

Study guidance: Kai Puolamäki
Steering group contact: Kai Puolamäki 

KEM

Courses with a code beginning with "KEM"

Study guidance: Vivek Sharma
Steering group contact: Vivek Sharma

MAST

Courses with a code beginning with "MAST"

Study guidance: Paolo Muratore–Ginanneschi (Exactum A411)
Steering group contact: Paolo Muratore–Ginanneschi (Exactum A411)

  • Key Bachelor level prerequisites for MAST studies: metric topology (MAT21005 and MAT21006) and measure theory (MAT21007)

MATR

Courses with a code beginning with "MATR"

Study guidance: Antti Kuronen (Accelerator Laboratory)
Steering group contact: Antti Kuronen (Accelerator Laboratory)

  • Key Bachelor level prerequisites for MATR studies: Scientific computing I (FYS1013), Scientific computing II (FYS2085), Quantum Mechanics Ia+b (FYS2061 and FYS2062), Statistical mechanics (FYS2015) and Quantum statistics (FYS2019) 

PAP

Courses with a code beginning with "PAP"

Study guidance: David Weir
Steering group contact: David Weir