Study plans

 

Upon enrollment, each student must indicate their chosen curriculum via the student portal and submit their study plan , indicating the courses chosen from the optional ones offered in the curriculum.

NB Before submitting the study plan, the student should refer to the Teaching Regulations for the year of enrollment .

The study plan must also indicate the free-choice courses , which can be chosen from all the courses offered at the University of Catania, provided they are consistent with one's training plan and adequately motivated.

The substitution of one or more subjects from the curriculum's teaching plan, in compliance with legal constraints, constitutes a proposal for a personalized study plan.             

The request for a personalized study plan, together with the cultural motivations that inspire it, must be submitted to the Council of the Master's Degree in Physics for possible approval.

Students who enroll with reservations are invited to submit their study plan, previously agreed with the Coordinator of the chosen Curriculum , using the forms relating to the various Curricula:

• Applied Physics
• Astrophysics
• Quantum Physics and Technologies of Matter
• Nuclear and Particle Physics
• Theoretical Physics

and send a scan of the above-mentioned completed and signed forms by email by October 31, 2026. Once they have obtained their Bachelor's Degree, these students will be able to complete their study plan online through the student portal. 

Students from previous cohorts, who are enrolling in the current second year, or students who are behind schedule may modify their study plans. They must complete the electronic study plan on the student portal. If no form is submitted, the previously submitted study plan will be confirmed.

SET OF RULES FOR COMPILING STUDY PLANS FOR THE 2026/2027 Academic Year

       Any study plan that meets the following requirements is automatically considered approved: 

•         Include all mandatory (= “non-optional”) courses required by the student’s reference cohort for the curriculum to which they belong;
•         Include any elective courses required by the student's chosen curriculum.
•         Include any “optional” courses from your curriculum that are still available as elective courses.

Study plans that do not satisfy these requirements and personalized study plans must be submitted, with detailed justification, for approval to the Master's Degree Course Council.

NOTE : For organizational reasons and due to the availability of available classrooms, it will be possible to guarantee that lessons will not be held at the same time only for the curricular courses and the optional courses suggested within each individual curriculum.

Propaedeutics:   Quantum Field Theory I is preparatory to Quantum Field Theory II

PERIOD FOR SUBMISSION OF STUDY PLANS FOR THE 2026/2027 Academic Year :

• from 26 September to 31 October 2026   (the study plan of students enrolled with reservations must contain the signature of the contact person for the chosen Curriculum );

For information or advice on how to structure their study plan, students can contact their Curriculum contact person .

For information on how to complete the form, please send an email to the Department of Physics and Astronomy "E. Majorana" (DFA) teaching office.