Teaching and Research Training
Researchers and faculty members of the LPP are strongly involved in university teaching and in the dissemination of knowledge in physics, particularly plasma physics. Their commitment is primarily centered within Sorbonne Université (SU) and Université Paris-Saclay (UPS), each hosting four faculty members affiliated with the LPP.
The laboratory also plays a leading role in several research-based training structures:
The Graduate School (EUR) PLASMAScience [click here]
The research federation Plas@par [click here]
Contributions to undergraduate programs (bachelor’s level)
At the undergraduate level, the LPP contributes to several introductory courses in plasma physics, including:
Courses on plasma–medicine interfaces within the Life Sciences Bachelor’s program at Sorbonne Université;
Applied physics courses within the Bachelor’s program of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IPP).
Contributions to Master’s year 1 programs
The LPP participates in several Master’s Year 1 tracks, including:
M1 Fundamental Physics/Magistère, Physics and Applications, General Physics (Université Paris-Saclay);
M1 Fundamental Physics and Applications (Sorbonne Université);
M1 Astrophysics – SUTS (Universe Sciences and Space Technologies, Paris Observatory).
Contributions to Master’s year 2 programs
The LPP is involved in five Master’s Year 2 programs, several of which it co-accredits:
M2 PPF – Plasma Physics and Fusion (Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Saclay, IPP): general training in plasma physics [click here];
M2 GI-PLATO – Large-Scale Instruments: Plasmas, Accelerators, Tokamaks (IPP and UPS) [click here]
M2 SUTS – Universe Sciences and Space Technologies (Paris Observatory) [click here]
M2 Planetology and Space Exploration [click here]
M2 Physics and Energy Engineering [click here]
ESDS chair and engineering training
Since 2019, the ESDS Chair (Space, Science and Challenges of Space) led by the LPP has enabled the creation of an Advanced Track (Parcours d’Approfondissement – PA) within the École Polytechnique engineering curriculum [click here].
This program is dedicated to space physics in a broad sense: solar system plasmas, propulsion, and space instrumentation. It is designed for third-year engineering students (3A).
In addition, the LPP contributes to space research initiation activities for second-year students (2A) through the CSEP (Student Space Center of École Polytechnique), which is also affiliated with the LPP [click here].
Other training and outreach activities
The LPP actively participates in additional continuing education and science outreach initiatives, including:
The University Diploma “Insights into the Universe” (Paris Observatory)
Training programs for secondary school teachers
A lecture series at the Inter-Age University of Sorbonne Université
Participation in various summer schools