NPTEL Physics Courses & Certifications

In this universe, we can observe matter in our everyday lives, existing in four states - the solid, liquid, gaseous, and plasma state. Other forms of matter exist as well, but only under specific and extreme conditions. Regardless of its existing structure, all matter is made up of atoms. The atomic arrangement, interatomic distances, and atomic ionization in matter determine its state. 

In the solid-state, atoms arrange themselves in a particular structure, which further imparts materials different properties such as thermal, electrical, optical, magnetic, and dielectric properties, among others. In the Solid State Physics online programme, candidates will learn about the structure of solids, their physical properties, and the underlying Physics.

The Solid State Physics online course is a 12-week programme at the undergraduate level. It is intended for B.Sc. (Physics, Chemistry, and Electronics), B.E., and B.Tech. (Electronics, Metallurgy, Metallic Science, Cryogenics) students.

The Introduction to LASER certification course provides a great deal of exposure to the scientists, teachers, working engineers, or anybody interested in knowing how LASERS work. Spread over 12 weeks, this elective course is offered by Prof. M. R Shenoy, a faculty of IIT Delhi.  He joined IIT Delhi in 1988 and is known for his collaborative research on Integrated Optical Devices. 

The Introduction to LASER certification syllabus gives students deep insights into the principle functioning behind the lasers. It also deals with the issues concerned with the design and output characteristics of the Lasers along with resonator physics. 

The Introduction to LASER training is an ‘applied’ course in nature. It could be opted by students studying B.E/B.Tech (3rd/4th year)/M.Sc (2nd year)/M.Tech (1st year). Moreover, the course is approved by the AICTE as an FDP course. It mandates a sincere and regular effort on the part of the student to obtain expertise in the subject. 

The Electronic Theory of Solids programme by Swayam is a 12-week course that begins with a straightforward example of a two-atom solid. This course builds on this example and discusses the theory of electrons in an N-atom solid. The application to thermal and electrical properties in solids is also discussed.

The Electronic Theory of Solids training explains symmetries and how they relate to emergent electronic properties. Next, the course introduces the magnetism of solids to the students, and the origin and types of magnetic states are outlined. Students also learn about the concept of magnetic long-range order with examples.

Furthermore, the Electronic Theory of Solids certification course introduces the historical developments and basic superconductivity concepts. Students learn how to work out the BCS theory and the Cooper problem. Additionally, all successful participants of the course receive a certificate of completion to highlight their advanced skills.

The Experimental Physics II certification course throws light on the wide range of experiments in physics that form an important part of the knowledge base to be acquired by the students of engineering and science. Since there are no books available to elaborate on these experiments, we can understand why the course is highly reputed for a reason. 

The Experimental Physics II certification syllabus extensively covers all the experiments ranging from reflection, refraction, and dispersion to quantum and atomic physics. The training spans over 12 weeks and Professor Amal Kumar Das from IIT Kharagpur teach it. He has completed his Ph.D. in experimental physics and material sciences from the autonomous Institute of Physics, (IOPB) Bhubaneswar and is currently working as a faculty in the Department of Physics at IIT Kharagpur.

The Experimental Physics II training helps the students in understanding the core concepts of each of the experiments. This simplified training is made available in the form of video lectures over the NPTEL platform. Thus, the online course not only imparts knowledge but also ensures that the evaluation of the same is done in an effective manner. The course sees to that the absence of specialized teachers to simplify the subject is compensated in our country.

The Experimental Physics certification course enables students to understand and grasp all the concepts used in the experiments of mechanics, sound, magnetism, electricity, optics, quantum physics, modern physics, and solid-state physics. The course has been conveniently divided into modules that come with 30 hours of lessons each. The training is also preceded by two other courses which deal with different modules of experiments. 

Currently, the Experimental Physics III certification syllabus comprises the third module of experiments which deals with the topics of solid-state physics and modern physics. The course is spread over 12 weeks and is taught by Professor Amal Kumar Das who is currently working as a faculty in the physics department of IIT Kharagpur. Students can apply this knowledge in securing higher scores in national level exams like NET, JAM, GATE, and JEST which are conducted by UGC/CSIR, IIT, IIT, and SERB respectively.   

The Experimental Physics III training comes with a curriculum that is not only ideal for undergraduate students of physics but also mandatory for undergraduates of engineering, technology, and science. Since these students are required to deal with instruments at different points of time through their courses, this program can easily prove beneficial to them. It will enable them to understand the working principles behind several common devices in experiments.

The Group Theory Methods In Physics Training course will provide the candidate an understanding of basic group theory methods in physics within a systematic manner. The course will cover the topics like Mulliken notation, great orthogonality theorem, and character tables, root vector diagrams, conjugacy classes, and unitary groups, subgroups and generators, weight vector diagrams, and basic introduction to discrete groups, su(2), su(3). 

The Group Theory Methods In Physics Programme will be having an instructor from IIT Bombay where the course e-certificate will be provided to candidates with the logo of NPTEL and IIT Bombay. The duration will be 12 weeks with online learning.

The participants' Group Theory Methods In Physics by Swayam will provide the candidate to go in-depth knowledge of orthogonal groups and lie algebra with continuous groups, generators, Lorentz transformation and quark model, su(3) baryons, mesons, Wigner-Eckart theorem, a hydrogen atom, dynamical symmetry. The experience of the instructor will help the candidate in solving the problems in a proper manner.

The Introduction to Astrophysical Fluids program is an elective course under the discipline of Physics. This AICTE approved FDP course will be held for 12 weeks and instructed by Prof Supratik Banerjee. The course is suitable for students pursuing any advanced UG or PG degrees.

The domain discussed in the Introduction to Astrophysical Fluids certification course has been under active research for the past 70 years. Candidates will learn about magnetospheric plasmas and solar wind, and how large interstellar clouds are borne out of the astrophysical fluid expansion. The course thoroughly explains phenomena such as solar flares, sunspots, stellar winds, accretion disks, star formation, supernovae explosions, and much more.

Derived from the IIT Kanpur course, the Introduction to Astrophysical Fluids training explicates astrophysical theories with an analytical, research-oriented, and systematic approach. Candidates will understand these concepts through phenomenological descriptions and by using specific mathematic tools taught throughout the course.

Designed by IIT Roorkee, the Introduction to Atmospheric and Space Sciences online course features their professor, MV Sunil Krishna, as the program instructor. The curriculum will span over 12 weeks and is divided into 60 presentations, each around 30 minutes long. This elective training will deal with the Earth’s atmosphere and space physics.

The Introduction to Atmospheric and Space Sciences certification is appropriate for students at the graduate and postgraduate level, covering aspects about the Earth’s atmospheric evolution and the chemical and physical reasons behind weather and climate changes. Candidates will study the Earth’s ionosphere, neutral atmosphere, and several plasma processes during this course. The principles of the interrelations between space and atmospheric physics as well as basic scientific tools and techniques will be discussed as well.

The Introduction to Atmospheric and Space Sciences training will conduct weekly practice assignments to promote better knowledge acquisition. Towards the end, candidates can also opt for the external proctored exam. The digital certificate will be provided based on the assignment and the exam scores.

The Quantum Mechanics online program is a 12-week-long course designed to make the learners appreciate the neatness of Dirac’s bracket notation. It covers foundational concepts and explains them in simple terms to enable participants to pursue advanced courses afterward. The study of Dirac’s bracket notation will help the students explore various aspects of the microscopic world.

The Quantum Mechanics certification course is drafted and delivered by the celebrated Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. It is brought to you by the National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), which is a project of the Ministry of Human Resource Department (MHRD). Also, it is a Faculty Development Program (FDP) in Physics permitted by the AICTE.

The Quantum Mechanics training will teach various ideas of quantum mechanics including function spaces, Schrodinger pictures, angular momentum, quantum computer, tensor operators, and more. This core course also gives the candidates a chance to receive a digital certificate after fulfilling some fixed eligibility conditions.

Physics Of Biological Systems Program is an online learning course offered by swayam a program launched by the government of India. In this course, the candidate will understand the physics of natural frameworks with the assistance of hypothetical devices with models from assorted areas of biology. The course will offer a basic understanding of the viscosity and Navier stokes equation and fluid flows in biology with the theory and phenomenon of depletion forces.

The Physics Of Biological Systems Online Course offers the students in-depth knowledge of polymers and biopolymers, persistence length, and entropic elasticity with introduction to biophysics, spatial and temporal scales. The course will deal with topics related to scallop theorem and bacterial flagella along with cooperative binding and hemoglobin.

The Physics Of Biological Systems Training course instructor will be a well-experienced faculty from IIT Bombay Professor Mithun Mitra to guide the candidate all throughout the course. The duration of the program is of 12 weeks with the various assignments and the course will also provide the course certification by the end of the course with the logo of NPTEL and IIT Bombay. 

The online programme on the Physics of linear and nonlinear optical waveguides by Swayam has been purposefully structured to provide the registered students with the theoretical basis and applications for the field of optical waveguides. In the certification online session, the students will be learning about the principles of light-matter reactions.

The process and mechanisms of light-matter in linear, as well as non-linear reactions, will also be covered in the Physics of linear and nonlinear optical waveguides training. In the Physics of linear and nonlinear optical waveguides certification syllabus, the topics that will be covered are-   Maxwell’s equation, Total Internal reflection, Concept of core and cladding, Linear and nonlinear optical waveguides & brief history, Plane-wave, Wave equation, Snell’s Law and other topics that are related to optical waveguides. The course will thus be helping the registered students to develop industrial-level skills and also develop academic-level knowledge.

The Thermodynamics programme offers the candidate in-depth knowledge of thermodynamics and the first and second laws of thermodynamics in detail. The course will deal with the topics like state and concepts and definitions with the system, boundary, and steady-state. The course covers topics like conservation of mass for open and closed systems and thermodynamics of engineered equipment. 

The programme also offers the candidate a proper understanding of psychrometry and its applications and the conditioning of humidification, cooling towers, evaporative cooling, air, and applications air conditioning, etc. The Thermodynamics training course also deals with the equivalence ratio and stoichiometry. 

The Thermodynamics online course instructor is a well-experienced faculty member of IIT Delhi professor S. R. Kale to guide the candidate. The course is free of cost and candidates will be provided with an E-certificate after qualifying the certification criteria. The candidate can access the course at their time requirements. It is an online course by Swayam. The certificate will be having the logos of IIT Madras and NPTEL.

The ‘Classical Mechanics: From Newtonian to Lagrangian Formulation’ online certification course is developed for the students to study and discuss the classical concepts of mechanics in the domain of engineering and physics. This National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) free online training course is provided by Swayam initiated by the government of India. The classes of this core course of undergraduate level are conducted online for a period of twelve weeks.

The course instructor for this online program is Prof. Debalmalya Banerjee, faculty from the department of physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. This course helps the students develop their expertise and knowledge on concepts such as Newtonian laws and other theories of classical physics and gravity. This ‘Classical Mechanics: From Newtonian to Lagrangian Formulation’ online training program enables the students to get a certificate and credit points at the end of this All India Council for Technical Education approved course.

The Basic Statistical Mechanics Certification Course is a 12 week-long massive open online course that educates learners on the fundamentals of statistics and mechanics. The course is provided on the Swayam online learning platform and led by thy Prof. Biman Bagchi of IIT Bombay. The course is suitable for students aspiring to work in the field of pharmaceutical and fuel cell companies.

The Basic Statistical Mechanics Training is provided through video lectures and course materials by experts. The course can be completed within a duration of 12 weeks and is easily accessible online. Once all steps of course lessons and evaluations are completed, learners will receive the Basic Statistical Mechanics Certification by NPTEL and IIT Bombay.

The Advanced Atmospheric Physics certification by IIT Roorkee is a 12-week online course. This online certification course focuses on providing students with knowledge of advanced aspects of atmospheric and space physics. The Advanced Atmospheric Physics online course provides learners with the basics of inertial and non-inertial forces and the various dynamical phenomena. It also equips them with the understanding of various crucial aspects such as atmospheric waves and instabilities. The Advanced Atmospheric Physics certification syllabus will teach students about Atmospheric dynamics, Apparent forces, effective gravity, Thermal wind, Sound waves, gravity waves, Magnetosphere, and more.

The Advanced Atmospheric Physics training course can be an extension to the earlier NPTEL course: Introduction to atmospheric and space sciences. Offered via Swayam, students of B.Tech/ MSc/ MTech/ and Pre-PhD can enrol in this Advanced Atmospheric Physics certification by IIT Roorkee. After completing this online course, students can apply for jobs in R&D-based organizations like DRDO, ISRO, NCMRWF, and IMD.

The Quantum Technology and Quantum Phenomena in Macroscopic Systems Certification consists of a 12-week online course. IIT Guwahati develops and approves the course syllabus, even if Swayam is appointed to teach the course. The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and NPTEL are the organisations authorized to issue this course certificate.

Quantum Technology and Quantum Phenomena in Macroscopic Systems training is offered as a physics elective. Amarendra Kumar Sarma is the instructor for this certification program.

The fundamentals of quantum physics, such as quantum entanglement and quantum superposition, are covered in this course. The goal of this course is to teach students quantum optics so they can explain solid-state nanosystems, which is necessary for the next stage of the technological revolution.

A 12-week online course is required for the Thermal Physics Certification. Although Swayam is allotted to teach the course, IIT Kharagpur advances and authorises the course syllabus. This course certificate is approved to be delivered by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and NPTEL. Thermal Physics training is offered as a physics core program. Debamalya Banerjee is the instructor for this certification program.

This course focuses on the internal energy that results from the motion of the atoms and molecules that make up an item as well as the transfer of this energy, or heat, from one object to another and integrates the study of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and gas kinetic theory. It aims to provide a general overview of each of the three main heat-related topics.

The Physics Of Functional Materials & Devices certification course explores the critical link between tailored materials and developing advanced smart devices. It covers the synthesis and characterisation of materials, emphasising the intricate structure-property relationships. Focusing on practical applications, it trains students to make informed decisions in selecting materials for devices.

The Physics Of Functional Materials & Devices certification by Swayam targets integrated undergraduate and postgraduate students. Industry collaboration with Log 9 Materials, Intel, and IBM Research ensures real-world relevance. Upon completion, students gain a comprehensive understanding of materials for semiconductor devices, positioning them well for roles in material research and related industries.

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Advanced Condensed Matter Physics certification course will help candidates learn about the different theories, the implementation and how it works in the real world and are involved in matter physics. The candidates will also be learning the higher-level concepts so that they are able to learn properly during the course.

The candidates can feel free to reach out to the experts for the queries they have. The course covers all the necessary headings and subheadings to have a crystal clear learning for the aspirants taking the course. Applications to the Hubbard model, Kane Mele model, and superconductivity are some of the important topics for discussion of the candidates.

The course will be beneficial for all the candidates who are looking forward to enhancing their skills in the Advanced Condensed Matter Physics program. There are various learning materials added in the course, the candidates will have the learning materials always with them during the course.

From understanding electrons in magnetic fields to exploring the responses of solid atoms, the Concepts In Magnetism And Superconductivity certification course covers magnetization, susceptibility, and their real-world applications. Superconductivity topics include zero resistance, BCS theory, Josephson junctions, high-TC superconductors, emphasizing practical implications for quantum chips and various industries.

Designed for B Tech, BE, M Tech, ME, MSc, and PhD students, the Concepts In Magnetism And Superconductivity certification by Swayam requires a grasp of modern physics, quantum mechanics, and condensed matter physics basics. It meticulously builds from simple principles to intricate phenomena, fostering a deep understanding relevant to various industries.

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Developed by IIT Guwahati, a Brief Course on Superconductivity training lends an introductory perspective to superconductivity. Learners will explore concepts with the experimental methods used in the study. Set at an undergraduate/postgraduate level, this study is based on Physics. Moreover, students can refer to video lectures and study references given during the course.

Spread across four weeks, the Brief Course on Superconductivity certification syllabus breaks down theories and effects responsible for superconductivity. These include the BCS, Ginzburg Landau, and Landau’s Fermi liquid theories, along with the Josephson effect. Students will also learn Josephson junctions, DC SQUID, Tc ramifications, several experimental methods, unconventional superconductivity, and cuprates.

Professor Saurabh Basu from the Physics department at IIT Guwahati instructs the Brief Course on Superconductivity programme. This elective curriculum comes with a verifiable e-certificate. Candidates must register for the proctored test and submit all four assignments included in the study. Companies based around ceramic researches and material sciences widely recognise this curriculum and hence, actively recruit its learners.