From: bds@rzg.mpg.de (Bruce Scott TOK)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
Subject: Re: studying in europe
Organization: Rechenzentrum der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Garching
References: <92ok7p$68cr$1@saturn.cs.uml.edu>


In article <92ok7p$68cr$1@saturn.cs.uml.edu>,
Olafur Jens Sigurdsson <ojs@laser.ece.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>Hi, I was wondering where in europe it is good to study plasma physics and
>fusion. I just graduated with a B.Sc in physics from the univ of Iceland and
>am interested in fusion as an energy source. Could you please recomend
>schools that I should apply to (does it really matter for the masters
>degree where I study?)

These would be some of the better choices (off the top of my head) ...

England:

Oxford U or Imperial College, London or Univ Manchester,
(work at UMIST, UKAEA Culham, or JET)

Germany:

Tech U Munich (work at Max-Planck-IPP Garching)
Uni Duesseldorf (KFA Juelich)
Uni Greifswald (IPP Greifswald)

France: I know this scene less well, but...

Ecole Polytechnique (for pure theory types)
a univ in Marseille or Aix-en-Provence (work at Cadarache)

Denmark:

one of the two big univs in Copenhagen (work at Risoe)

Netherlands: they've mostly gone out of fusion, but...

univ at Amsterdam (not sure what it is called)
(work at VOM Rijnhuisen or KFA Juelich in Germany)

Belgium:

Free Univ Brussels (work there or at KFA Juelich in Germany)

Russia:

St Petersburg Univ (Prof Rozhansky, institute work via visit to IPP)
Moscow State Univ (work at Kurchatov, visits to W Europe)

Italy:

Univ at Padova, Pisa, Torino, Milano, or Rome
(for Rome work at ENEA Frascati)

Norway:

not sure about any fusion activity... maybe they go to Risoe, DK for
that, but there is a big center in Tromsoe and a major univ in Oslo

Sweden:

Chalmers Univ in Gothenborg
Alfven Lab in Stockholm

Finland:

Helsinki Univ Technology, in Espoo about 10 km W of Helsinki

--
cu,
Bruce

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