General contents of the master

Structure of the study programme (pdf)

 

Module: Biophysics

ECTS credits: 20

Registration type: 20 compulsory credits offered.

Semesters: 1 and 2

Module type: Transversal, Compulsory

 

• General Biophysics (5 ECTS credits, compulsory, fall semester).
  Professors: Javier Buceta, Marta Ibañes Miguez, Ignasi Pagonabarraga, José María Sancho.
• Molecular Biophysics (5 ECTS credits, compulsory, spring semester).
  Professors: Matteo Palassini, Fèlix Ritort, José María Sancho.
• Cell Biophysics (5 ECTS credits, compulsory, spring semester).
  Professors: Javier Buceta, Jaume Casademunt, Aurora Hernández, Marta Ibañes Miguez, Ignasi Pagonabarraga.
• Experimental techniques in Biophysics (5 ECTS credits, compulsory, fall semester).
  Coordinator: Fèlix Ritort. Professors of the Physics Faculty and the Scientific Park of Barcelona.

 

 

Module: Final Project

ECTS credits: 30

Registration type: Compulsory module. Students must choose either Biophysics Final Project (annual, starting in September) or both Biophysics Final Project I and Final Project II.

Semesters: 1 and 2

Module type: Transversal, Compulsory

 

• Biophysics final project (30 ECTS credits, elective)
• Biophysics final project I (10 ECTS credits, elective)
• Biophysics final project II (20 ECTS credits, elective)

 

 

Module: Methods and Topics in Biophysics

ECTS credits: 10

Registration type: register from 10  ECTS credits to choose amongst the offered elective subjects.

Semesters:

Module type: Tranversal, Elective

 

• Advanced Topics in Biophysics (*** NEW ELECTIVE COURSE OF THE MASTER IN BIOPHYSICS STARTING 2008/09 ***, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Advanced Simulation Methods (Master in Computational and Applied Physics, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Statistics, Montecarlo methods and data processing (Master in Computational and Applied Physics, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Molecular dynamics and Montecarlo (Master in Computational and Applied Physics, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Nanotecnology: techniques in biophysics (Master in Biomedicine, 2.5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Physical Chemistry of Biosystems (Master in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Proximity microscopies and nanomanipulation (Master in Nanoscience and Nanothecnology, 2.5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Molecular and cell Bioengineering (Master in Biomedical Engineering, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Self-organization and nonequilibrium systems (Master in Biophysics, 2.5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Fundamentals of Biophysics (Master in Biomedical Engineering,5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Fundamentals of Molecular and Cell Biology (Master in Biomedical Engineering, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Fundamentals of Physiology (Master in Biomedical Engineering, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Models and systems of physiological control (Master in Biomedical Engineering, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Genomics and proteomics (Master in Biomedicine, 4 ECTS credits, elective)
• Bioinformatics (Master in Biomedicine, 2 ECTS credits, elective)
• Basic techniques in molecular biology (Master in Biomedicine, 2.5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Electrophysiology and cell physiology (Master in Biomedicine, 2.5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Fundamentals and techniques in instrumental analysis (Master in Biomedical Engineering, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Condensed Matter (Master in Computational and Applied Physics, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Complex systems (Master in Computational and Applied Physics, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Non-lineal dynamics and hydrodynamic instabilities (Master in Computational and Applied Physics, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Nanobiothecnology (Master in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Biointerfaces and colloids (Master in Nanoscience and Nanothecnology , 2.5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Development of the embryo (elective, Biology degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Evolutive genetics (elective, Biology degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Neurobiology (elective, Biology degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)

 

Module: Courses offered by other UB Master programs.

Registration type: you can enroll for up to 10 credits in any course offered by Master programs of the University of Barcelona, subject to prior approval of the coordinator of the Master in Biophysics.

Semesters: 1 and 2

Module type: Transversal, Compulsory

 

 

Module: Physics Leveling Courses

ECTS credits: from 10 to 20 ECTS credits (depending on the student prior training)

Registration type: register from 10 to 20 ECTS credits to choose amongst the offered elective subjects.

Semesters:

Module type:  Leveling, Elective

 

• Computational Physics (2nd cicle, Physics degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Advanced Statistical Physics (2nd cicle, Physics degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Non-equilibrium Physics (2nd cicle, Physics degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Introduction to Medical Physics (2nd cicle, Physics degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Physics of Fluids (2nd cicle, Physics degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)

 

 

Module: Biology Leveling Courses

ECTS credits: from 10 to 20 ECTS credits (depending on the student prior training)

Registration type: register from 10 to 20 ECTS credits to choose amongst the offered elective subjects

Semesters:

Module type:  Leveling, Elective

 

• Concepts of genetics (complementary formation Biochemistry degree,5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Biophysics (2nd cicle compulsory, Biochemistry degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Embryo development (elective, Biology degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Evolutive genetics (elective, Biology degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)
• Neurobiology (elective, Biology degree, 5 ECTS credits, elective)

 

Transversal skills

The following aspects will be promoted: interdisciplinarity, oral and written communication, organization and planning, teamwork, information gathering, data processing and interpretation, knowledge transfer, computational and experimental skills, analysis and synthesis abilities, creativity, initiative and critical reasoning. As specific abilities and competences of the master in Biophysics, we stress the acquisition of knowledge of a wide variety of biophysical phenomena, and the ability to interact with professionals in different disciplines such as Physics and Biology.