Physics: Electronics for Physicists

The course provides both practical and theoretical knowledge in electronics, focusing on signal processing, data acquisition, and experimental control. We will start from voltage dividers and work our way to digital circuits.

You will learn to build, analyse, and debug analogue and digital circuits on breadboards, reading circuit diagrams, interpreting datasheets, and communicating effectively with electronics engineers. You will also design your own circuits to test devices or solve problems.

The course is ideal for students who want hands-on experience building their own solutions, whether in academic projects or as a hobby. By the end of the course, students will be familiar with essential electrical components and the basics of integrated circuits, and gain a deep understanding of how experiments work – from measurement to analysis – enabling them to contribute to technical innovation in research environments.

Scheduled learning time includes classroom sessions, workshops, open lab time, and a project on everyday electronics. You will build circuits, test ideas, make mistakes, and learn through reflection and iteration, with regular feedback from the teaching team.

Assessment is continuous and based on written reflections, simulation tasks, lab reports, and project presentations. Active participation in all components is required, as the course emphases learning through hands-on work and collaboration.

Prerequisites

Access to the course requires 75 credits physics and 45 credits mathematics, or a Bachelor’s degree in Physics or equivalent, as well as English 6/B.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: ECTS (HPAV): 100 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 23,125
First payment: SEK 23,125

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.