50 Physical Sciences and Technology
Physical Sciences and Technology
A field covering physics and its branches, electronics, photonics, and nanotechnology.
| Code | Subject | Official name | Level | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03.03.01 | Applied mathematics and physics | Applied mathematics and physics | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 03.03.02 | Physics | Physics | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 11.03.04 | Electronics and nanoelectronics | Electronics and nanoelectronics | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 12.03.01 | Instrumentation engineering | Instrumentation engineering | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 12.03.03 | Photonics and optical informatics | Photonics and optical informatics | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 13.03.02 | Electric power and electric engineering | Electric power and electric engineering | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 16.03.01 | Technical physics | Technical physics | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
MechanicsThermodynamicsEngineering, electrical & electronicOpticsAtomic, molecular & chemical physics
The official Open Doors website ↗ · Subject programme (PDF) ↗ · Stage 2 sample tasks (PDF) ↗
| Code | Subject | Official name | Level | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3.1 | Space physics and astronomy | Space physics and astronomy | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 1.3.15 | Physics of atomic nucleus and elementary particles, high energy physics | Physics of atomic nucleus and elementary particles, high energy physics | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 1.3.16 | Nuclear and molecular physics | Nuclear and molecular physics | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 1.3.5 | Physical electronics | Physical electronics | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 1.3.8 | Condensed matter physics | Condensed matter physics | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 2.2.2 | Basic electronic components of micro- and nanoelectronics, quantum devices | Basic electronic components of micro- and nanoelectronics, quantum devices | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 2.6.6 | Nanotechnology and nanomaterials | Nanotechnology and nanomaterials | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 03.04.01 | Applied mathematics and physics | Applied mathematics and physics | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 03.04.02 | Physics | Physics | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 04.04.02 | Chemistry, physics and mechanics of materials | Chemistry, physics and mechanics of materials | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 11.04.04 | Electronics and nanoelectronics | Electronics and nanoelectronics | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 12.04.03 | Photonics and optical informatiocs | Photonics and optical informatiocs | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 13.04.02 | Electric power and electrical engineering | Electric power and electrical engineering | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 16.04.01 | Technical physics | Technical physics | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
The codes here come from two different systems: Bachelor's, Specialist and Master's use the (xx.xx.xx) format from the Russian classification of fields of study, while doctoral programmes use the (x.x.x) format from the system of scientific specialities — two separate systems that cannot be compared with each other.
MechanicsThermodynamicsAtomic, molecular & chemical physicsEngineering, electrical & electronicOptics
The official Open Doors website ↗ · Subject programme (PDF) ↗ · Stage 2 sample tasks (PDF) ↗
The post-doctoral track is available as normal — but Open Doors doesn't publish a subject list for it, and that isn't a gap in our information.
The reason is that selection in this track happens at the level of the research project, not the field of study. You apply to work as a researcher on a specific project, and you become a winner if at least one project leader agrees to employ you.
So the actual equivalent of a subject list here is the list of research projects:
MechanicsThermodynamicsAtomic, molecular & chemical physicsEngineering, electrical & electronicOptics
The official Open Doors website ↗ · Subject programme (PDF) ↗
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