UvA online Open House

This year, you won't be able to attend any busy on-campus events with lots of people. But our online Open House is the perfect way to get to know UvA study programmes and university life from the comfort of your own home. Every study programme has an Open House page with videos, FAQs and live events. On the main Open House website you can discover all our programmes, explore the city and campus, and get inspired during our theme weeks.

Admission during COVID-19

Due to the Corona pandemic, in exceptional cases, the UvA will allow you to start your Master's programme before having fully completed your Bachelor's degree or pre-Master's. Check the Application and Admission pages for more information.

Discover the Master's programme & tracks

The Master's programme Physics and Astronomy offers specialisations in offers specialisations in seven tracks. Science for Energy and Sustainability is one of them. The other tracks are:

• Advanced Matter and Energy Physics
• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Biophysics and Biophotonics
• General Physics and Astronomy
• Gravitation, Astro- and Particle Physics
• Theoretical Physics

The study programme

SfES combines 'hard' scientific research with the analysis of societal issues, business models and government regulations. The programme allows for a flexible curriculum containing mostly physics or additional chemistry or business oriented courses; as such it covers a broad area of hot topics, such as renewable energy technologies, green chemistry and photophysical and photochemical energy conversion.

SfES is an outward-looking programme, geared towards the cutting edge of energy and sustainability research. It gives you the skills and knowledge to move from understanding the state-of-the-art, to actually developing new sustainable technologies that can be implemented in society.

After graduation

Graduates of the Master's track Energy and Sustainability have the possibility to become independent researchers in the emerging field of Energy & Sustainability, which is expected to undergo a fast growth over the next decades. It allows them to pursue a PhD degree and are also well equipped to pursue a career as a physicist in industry, in business or other relevant sectors, such as energy companies.

Is Science for Energy and Sustainability for you?

It is , if you:

• are interested in experimental physics with focus on renewable energy and sustainability;
• want to become (more) aware of the scientific, technological and societal challenges for our future;
• want to learn how to advance renewable energy resources, promote sustainable development, and use resources more efficiently;
• want to study the development of technological solutions to global energy and sustainability problems, as well as the societal context of global developments in this field;
• want to pursue a career that focuses on developing sustainable solutions to our current pressing global situation with regard to energy, climate and sustainability.

Joint degree programme with VU Amsterdam

Courses are taught at locations of both universities. UvA and VU jointly issue a degree certificate in Physics and Astronomy to graduates. As a Physics and Astronomy student in Amsterdam you benefit from expertise, networks and research projects at both universities and affiliated research institutes.