# Curriculum
**Source**: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/master/programmes/applied-physics/specialisations/physics-of-fluids/curriculum/
**Parent**: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/master/programmes/applied-physics/specialisations/physics-of-fluids/
During your Master’s in Applied Physics (AP), you will collect a total of 120 EC within two years. In addition to the compulsory courses for all students in Applied Physics, you will follow additional courses within the specialisation in Physics of Fluids. Moreover, you will go on an internship, and you will conclude your Master’s with your master’s thesis.
European Credit Transfer System
Student workload at Dutch universities is expressed in EC, also named ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), widely used throughout the European Union. In the Netherlands, each credit represents 28 hours of work. The recognition of credits is at the discretion of your Master's.
## Structure
| | Number of EC | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Compulsory courses** Mandatory for all AP students | 20 EC | - [Quantum Mechanics 2](x-ut-courselink:202200093) - [Mathematical and Numerical Physics](x-ut-courselink:201900080) - [Heat and Mass Transfer](x-ut-courselink:201900237) - [Small Signals and Detection](x-ut-courselink:201900282) - [Ethical and Cultural Awareness](x-ut-courselink:201900281) |
| **Specialisation courses** For the specialisation in Physics of Fluids, you will follow two mandatory courses and two elective specialisation courses. | 20 EC | Mandatory: - [Advanced Fluid Mechanics](x-ut-courselink:193570010) - [Experimental Techniques in Physics of Fluids](x-ut-courselink:193580020) Elective: - [Nonlinear Dynamics](x-ut-courselink:191560430) - [Physics of Bubbles](x-ut-courselink:193572010) - [Turbulence](x-ut-courselink:193580010) - [Nano-Fluidics](x-ut-courselink:193400121) - [Granular Matter](x-ut-courselink:201400194) - [Soft Matter Physics](x-ut-courselink:202001413) - [Capillarity Phenomena](x-ut-courselink:193565000) - [Complex Function Theory](x-ut-courselink:201500405) - [Computational Fluid Dynamics](x-ut-courselink:191154731) - [Medical Acoustics](x-ut-courselink:193542070) - [Numerical Methods for Engineers](x-ut-courselink:201800131) |
| **Elective courses** | 20 EC | You can fill up your elective space with courses that match your interests and ambitions. You can choose any master’s course offered at UT, both from the Master’s in Applied Physics and other master’s. |
| **Internship** | 20 EC | In the first quartile of your second year, you will do an internship. |
| **Master’s thesis** | 40 EC | You will finish your Master’s in AP with your master’s thesis (40 EC). |
| **Total EC** | 120 EC | |
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### Internship
During your Master’s in Applied Physics, you will gain practical experience by doing an internship for approximately three months. Within the specialisation in Physics of Fluids there are **many options open to you when it comes to choosing your internship.**
You could go on internships in world-renowned facilities with world-experts on fluid dynamics from **Princeton** to **Buenos Aires**, and from **Mexico** to **Hong Kong**, and from **Beijing** to **Tokyo**, and from **France** to **Australia**. You could cover topics ranging from turbulence to microfluidic chips, from animal locomotion to ships, and from glaciers and icebergs to bubbly flows. The range of topics is endless.
### Master's thesis
You will complete your Master’s by writing your master’s thesis. The choice of your graduation subject is largely up to you. Your research can be experimental, theoretical, or numerical, as well as fundamental or directed at a specific application. You might, for example, study how liquid droplets interact with plant surfaces to be able to reduce pesticide inputs into ground. Or you could tap into ongoing research on the application of microbubbles as contrast agents for improved ultrasound imaging – enabling better medical diagnosis and therapy. Or what about studying the influence of turbulence on melting processes of glaciers, or calculating the best configuration of wind turbines?
Your master’s thesis could involve researching topics such as:
- Investigating the configuration of wind turbines in windfarms
- Analysing the complicated dynamics of electrolysis
- How do icebergs melt?
- How does a droplet evaporate?
- Can we program droplets to move in a certain way?
[Research](https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/master/programmes/applied-physics/specialisations/physics-of-fluids/research/)