{"id":298,"date":"2013-02-27T15:06:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T13:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=298"},"modified":"2025-10-19T09:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:10:03","slug":"prospective-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/strings\/prospective-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are always on the lookout for prospective Ph.D. and Masters students. Interested students should contact <a href=\"mailto:ayarom@physics.technion.ac.il\">Amos<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bergman@physics.technion.ac.il\">Oren<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"razamat@physics.technion.ac.il\">Shlomo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>String theory is a rapidly growing field which incorporates many fields of physics and mathematics. As such, in the first few years of graduate study students are urged to take several courses which provide the backbone of string theory and quantum field theory in general. A suggested schedule for graduate students is as follows: (note that string theory is given every other third year and geometrical methods and group theory are given on alternating years)<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" rules=\"rows\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Semester 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Quantum mechanics 3<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Introduction to general relativity (<span style=\"color: #999999\">or group theory or geometric methods if not available<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Stat. Mech. 2<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Semester 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Quantum field theory 1<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Particle physics<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Introduction to general relativity (<span style=\"color: #999999\">if available<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Semester 3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Quantum field theory 2<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Group-theory <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;color: #808080\">or Geometrical methods<span style=\"color: #000000\">)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">String theory (Available every 3rd year)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Semester 4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Advanced topics in particle physics\/field theory<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Advanced string theory (Available every 3rd year)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Semester 5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>Geometrical methods in physics<\/strong> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;color: #808080\">or Group theory)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;color: #808080\">String theory (available every 3rd year)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Semester 6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Advanced topics in particle physics\/field theory<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;color: #808080\">Advanced string theory (available every 3rd year)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Semester 7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;color: #808080\">String theory (available every 3rd year)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Semester 8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Advanced topics in particle physics\/string theory<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;color: #808080\">Advanced string theory (available every 3rd year)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Semester 9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Semester 10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Advanced topics in particle physics\/string theory<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are always on the lookout for prospective Ph.D. and Masters students. 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