According to the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 6, 2015, No. 7-r, the Bachelor's degree program 16.03.01 - Applied physics  has been included in the list of specialties and areas of higher education corresponding to priority areas of modernization and technological development of the Russian economy.

The curriculum contains both fundamental disciplines, associated, for example, with theoretical physics and higher mathematics, and applied disciplines related to the study of the properties of materials and technology of their production, measurement and research methods, principles of operation of various technical devices, problems in electronics, programming, and metrology. Applied disciplines typically include a wide range of laboratory activities.

In training, emphasis is placed on the acquisition by students of the skills of applying the obtained theoretical knowledge in practice, namely, in the preparation of projects and term papers, during the passage of educational and industrial practices, in research activity

By end of the 2nd academic year, the preparation of students for a narrower specialization begins. This means that students can choose among elective disciplines those that correspond to the chosen specialization. In addition, at about the same time, students begin to engage in research activity in the chosen direction, having previously agreed on a specific topic with the supervisor.
To choose a narrow specialization, the following directions are offered:

• "PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF POLYFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, NANOSYSTEMS AND TECHNICAL DEVICES BASED ON THEIR BASIS"
  
  
• "APPLIED NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIOECOLOGY"

This specialization includes research, development and technologies aimed at registration and processing of information, creation and application of installations and systems in the field of radiation medical physics, radiation materials science, propagation and interaction of radiation with matter, ensuring nuclear and radiation safety.

For all sections of general physics and many specialized disciplines, laboratory classes are provided, in which the student learns to prepare a physical experiment, perform it, process the results obtained and formulate conclusions.

On the 4th course, a workshop is provided for Experimental research methods, which is carried out on modern scientific equipment

The photos below show some of the workshops that our students are taking.

Teaching students in the direction “Applied Physics” presupposes their obligatory participation in scientific work. For this there is a special discipline - Scientific Research Activity of Students (SRAS), as well as a seminar on  SRAS, where students talk about their current scientific problems and achievements.

SRAS can be applied, search, fundamental, i.e. whichever suits you best and what the manager of your chosen laboratory is doing. The student makes the choice of the scientific direction independently during the 4th semester, having listened to introductory lectures, in which all teachers of the department talk about their research. Having chosen the topic of research, the student visits the laboratory of his choice, where he works (together with someone or himself) on the task set by his supervisor and discusses with him what is working out (or why it is not working).

Most often, the selected topic of research work does not change during training, and therefore, having started work in the 2nd year, the student accumulates results in order to defend the Course work in front of the team of teachers and students at the end of the 3rd year, and at the end of 4th course - Graduate qualification work.

If the results of  SRAS are of interest, the supervisor may recommend to submit these results as a report to a conference - regional, all-Russian, international. A more traditional option is to participate with your report in the student conference at Science Week, which is held annually by the Faculty of Physics at the end of April.

Students' participation in scientific conferences is highly appreciated. The organizing committees of foreign conferences always provide financial support to scientific youth, hold schools where you can listen to the reports of the world's leading scientists. So, students have a real chance to present their achievements abroad. Since the language of communication at international conferences is English, it is important to start studying this language in depth from the very first year.

For the acquisition of work experience by students at enterprises and in organizations and firms an Industrial (pre-diploma) practice is carried out in the 4th year of study. The student can choose the place of internship himself. At the same time, it is important that the profile of the department of the selected enterprise (institution) corresponds to the direction of Applied Physics.

During the internship, it is important for the student to show himself as an established specialist, since it is possible that the place of internship will become the place of further job. If a student does not offer a place for his practice, then he can take it in the laboratories of the department, research institute of physics, other divisions of Southern Federal University (in agreement with his supervisor and head of the department).

Specialization in applied nuclear physics and radioecology provides offsite training practices. They are held at the practice bases of the Southern Federal University (Belaya Rechka, Limanchik, Taymazi). Since 1999, students of the natural science faculties of the Southern Federal University have been participating in interdisciplinary expeditions in the direction of "Radioecological monitoring of environmental objects". Field trips and expeditions take place in the steppes of the Rostov region, including in the 30-km observation zone of the Rostov NPP, in the mountainous regions of the Republic of Adygea, around the Novocherkassk and Nesvetaiskaya HRPP), etc. Students learn to take samples of soil, vegetation, water, bottom sediments; to determine the gamma background and radon hazard of territories and objects and assess the ecological situation of the objects under study.

In the first release (2015) of bachelors trained in the direction "Applied physics", 14 people became co-authors of more than 40 scientific papers. Of these: 1 graduate received a diploma with honors, 11 continued their studies in the magistracy, and four - at the National Research University ITMO (Information Technology, Mechanics, Optics, St. Petersburg), while doing research work at the The Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Here are their impressions of their studies and work:

Tatiana Latynina :

“During my graduate studies, I study the effect of defects on the structure of aluminum alloys. We spend the afternoon at the Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute. Laboratories there are simply gorgeous: new equipment and installations for various research areas. The pace of work is frantic, but I like it. We often remember our department and say how good and interesting it was at the physics department."

Student life is not only attending classes and reading textbooks, but also a wide opportunity to show your talents. Every year SFedU hosts various creative events, such as the Student Spring Festival, the Creative Marathon, the Freshman Cup, the SFU Golden Voice, the Theater Festival, at each of which student teams from different faculties compete, which of them is more talented and witty. The largest of the presented competition events is Student Spring. Physics students regularly take part in this festival. This is what one of its active participants says about this festival

This is what one of its active participants says about this festival Alina Skorynina:
"This festival takes place for a month, when each faculty presents its concert on a chosen topic to the audience and jury members. Each year" Spring "amazes with its ever-increasing scale, originality of numbers and incredible ideas and incarnations. The Student Spring Festival will be remembered for a long time by all students taking part in it, not only because this is a very bright event in the life of students, but also because many show their hidden talents here.Preparations for the concert are always accompanied by new acquaintances, joyful victories and small disappointments.But all this together and constitutes a rich and interesting student life! "