Formation's goal
Profiles and skills targeted
Career opportunities
The aim of the nuclear physics specialty is to provide students with broad scientific and technological training in cutting-edge fields such as nuclear physics, particle accelerators, plasmas and thermonuclear fusion, fission and new energies. Training in experimental techniques and simulation methods therefore takes place in a wide range of fields which mainly relate to the use of radiation. The course calls on specialists in these fields and emphasizes signal processing, data analysis methods and modelling.
The nuclear physics specialty is perfectly recognized and structured in most industrialized countries. The Masters in Nuclear Physics brings together training in nuclear engineering, design of nuclear facilities, operation of facilities, fuel cycle (engineering or radiochemistry), dismantling and waste management,
The teaching of the applications of Physics to Medicine, that is to say essentially: the physics of radiation used in medicine, including dosimetry; interactions of radiation with biological tissues; medical imaging methods.
We propose to create a Master giving students a broader knowledge of nuclear physics and its applications in different fields.
This master also aims to introduce students to scientific research.
At the end of this training, the student must acquire the basic knowledge of nuclear physics. He will thus be able to enter several areas of research. He will be able to follow a third cycle training (doctorate). At the end of this postgraduate training, the student will be able to apply for a teaching research position at the university.
Students are put in contact with research teams. They carry out an internship from the month of February, in a public laboratory or an industrial company, and are confronted with the problems of project management and communication in an international or industrial environment. The students thus develop a work autonomy which allows them to integrate, after this specialty, as well in a University, in a research center as in an SMI. The following sectors are particularly open to them: Public or private research: Researchers or research engineers (CNRA, etc.) Preparation of a thesis in a laboratory, Higher Education Industry Field of measurement (Development of detectors) and Computer simulations , data processing. Nuclear industry New energies.
The master's degree in nuclear physics, professional type will allow the exercise of skills acquired from ionizing radiation in the quality control of products, radiation protection. The application in the context of industry, environment, agriculture in terms of quality control, radiation protection. Introduce students to recent research in nuclear physics or using nuclear techniques, carried out in the Laboratory of theoretical physics and radiation-matter interaction.
- National education (secondary in particular)
- Research centers (CRNA – Algiers)
- Research centers (CRND-Draria)
- Research centers (CRNB – Birine)
- Research laboratories (Universities)
The Saad DAHLAB University of Blida, located in the vicinity of the Draria nuclear research center and Algiers, must contribute to this training.
This Master therefore has as outlets professionals specialized in nuclear physics, working in the various fields using ionizing radiation, in research teams and also in many public or industrial branches concerning the regulation of ionizing radiation; but also in the sector of higher education and scientific research.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines has announced that a bill has been drawn up and is currently being examined by the government aimed at “reorganizing the activities of the nuclear sector” and “ensuring the best conditions for success".
"Algeria, like many other countries, especially developing ones, plans to use nuclear power to meet its energy demand and for other civilian applications," the ministry said. “This draft law defines the provisions applicable to activities related to the peaceful use of nuclear energy and technologies, sources of ionizing radiation, and aims to protect human health and the environment against the dangers they comprise”, while adding that this text “also determines the conditions for exercising nuclear activities or using sources of ionizing radiation in all socio-economic sectors” and “fixes the nuclear safety and security rules that must govern these activities”.
In this bill, “It is planned to set up two entities. It is a society for the promotion and development of the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and a nuclear safety authority responsible for ensuring the compliance of the peaceful use of nuclear energy. with the legislation in force”.
The text “puts in place the legal instruments to comply with international commitments, in particular the guarantee agreements with the IAEA, resulting from adherence to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (TPN)”. On the other hand, he mentioned the creation of a national training institute in nuclear science and technology to “support the program for the introduction of nuclear power”. The objective being “to train several hundred executives over the next fifteen years”, he specified.
Master's program in Radiation Physics
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1st year
1 semester
Teaching unit | VHS | weekly VH | coefficient | Credits | Assessment method | ||||
14-16 weeks | C | TD | TP | Other | Continued | Examen | |||
fundamental teaching units | |||||||||
UEF1(O) | |||||||||
Subatomic Physics | 67h | 3h | 1h | 3 | 6 | X | X | ||
Radiation interaction
material |
67h | 3h | 1h | 3 | 6 | X | X | ||
Atomic physics and
molecular |
67h | 3h | 1h | 3 | 6 | X | X | ||
EU methodology | |||||||||
EMU1(O) | |||||||||
Quantum mechanics | 52h | 3h | 3 | 5 | X | X | |||
Radiation protection and Safety | 52h | 2h | 2h | 2 | 4 | X | X | ||
EU discovery | |||||||||
UED1(O) | |||||||||
Scientific English | 22h | 1h | 1 | 1 | X | X | |||
Transversal UE | |||||||||
UET1(O) | |||||||||
Plasma physics | 45 h | 1h | 1h | 2 | 2 | X | X | ||
Total Semester 1 | 375h | 16h | 9h | 17 | 30 |
2 semester
Teaching unit |
VHS | weekly VH |
coefficient |
Credits |
Assessment method | ||||
14-16
PULL |
C | TD | TP | Other | Continued | Examen | |||
fundamental teaching units | |||||||||
UEF1(O) | |||||||||
Radiation source and
detections |
67h | 3h | 1h | 3 | 6 | X | X | ||
Nuclear Models and Reactions |
67h |
3h |
1h |
3 |
6 |
X |
X |
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Statistical Physics | 67h | 3h | 1h | 3 | 6 | X | X | ||
EU methodology | |||||||||
EMU1(O) | |||||||||
Lab 1 work (spectrometry) | 60h | 4h | 3 | 5 | |||||
Numerical methods and simulations | 45h | 1h | 1h | 2 | 4 | X | X | ||
EU discovery | |||||||||
UED1(O) | |||||||||
Program | 37h | 2h | 1 | 1 | |||||
Transversal UE | |||||||||
UET1(O) | |||||||||
Application of radiation | 30h | 2h | 2 | 2 | X | X | |||
Total Semester 2 | 375h | 12h | 7h | 7h | 17 | 30 |
2nd year
3 semester
Teaching unit |
VHS | weekly VH |
coefficient |
Credits |
Assessment method | ||||
14-16
PULL |
C | TD | TP | Other | Continued | Examen | |||
fundamental teaching units | |||||||||
UEF1(O) | |||||||||
Nuclear Analysis Techniques | 45h | 1h | 1h | 2 | 4 | X | X | ||
Neutronics and fission | 67h | 3h | 1h | 3 | 6 | X | X | ||
Instrumentation (Signal Processing) | 45h | 1h | 1h | 2 | 4 | X | X | ||
Particle physics | 45h | 1h | 1h | 2 | 4 | X | X | ||
EU methodology | |||||||||
EMU1(O) | |||||||||
Lab2 work | 60h | 4h | 3 | 5 | |||||
Personal work (exhibition) | 45h | 3h | 2 | 4 | |||||
EU discovery | |||||||||
UED1(O) | |||||||||
English | 22h | 1h | 1 | 1 | X | X | |||
Transversal UE | |||||||||
UET1(O) | |||||||||
Quality Control | 45h | 1h | 1h | 2 | 2 | X | X | ||
Total Semester 3 | 375h | 10h | 7h | 7h | 17 | 30 |
4 semester
Semester 4 will be devoted to an internship in a research laboratory sanctioned by an initiation dissertation to research which will be presented orally
before an evaluation jury. The dissertation is considered a fundamental teaching unit.
Teaching unit | VHS | coefficient | Credits |
UEF4: Memory | 375 h | 17 | 30 |
Total Semester 4 | 375 h | 17 | 30 |
Overall summary of the training
- (indicate the separate global VH in progress, TD, for the 04 teaching semesters, for the different types of UE)
UE
VH |
UEF | UEM | UED | UET | Total |
Courses | 382h | 97h | 45h | 75h | 600h |
TD | 225h | - | - | 45h | 270h |
TP | - | 142h | 37h | - | 180h |
Personal work | 901h | 165h | 150h | - | 1216h |
Other (Memory) | 375h | 30h | 405h | ||
Total | 1883h | 407h | 232h | 120h | 2671h |
Credits | 84 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 120 |
% in credits for
each teaching unit |
Present in several = 70% | Present in several = 22.5% | Present in several = 2.5% | 5% | Present in several = 100% |