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International PhD Program in
Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation


​A joint program of 14 institutions in 9 countries

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Pedra Azul (Domingos Martins, ES, Brazil) and the Milky Way
Photo used under Creative Commons from Eduardo Neves
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PPGCosmo

It is a new and special PhD program based at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil, and it is associated to other nine institutions worldwide. The Program started on 2016.

The research topics range from theoretical to observational aspects of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, including participation in large collaborations such as Euclid, J-PAS, DES and LIGO-Virgo.

The students are from the beginning of their courses  associated to an advisor at Brazil and a co-advisor outside Brazil.
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Associate institutions: Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF, Brazil), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA, Brazil), Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF, Brazil), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP, Brazil), International Institute of Physics (IIP, Brazil), Côte d'Azur Observatory (OCA, France), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU, USA), University of Portsmouth (England), University of Heidelberg (Germany), University of Science and Technology of China (China), Université de Genève (Switzerland), Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (Russia), Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECS, Chile).

​​Positions and scholarships​

Positions, when available, are detailed at APPLICATIONS. Scholarships are possible from different funding agencies. At most only eight high level  students per year are approved to enroll in PPGCosmo. The selection is based on an online interview together with the candidate's CV and reference letters.

Activities

PPGCosmo promotes diverse activities not only for its students.

Together in particular with the Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology of UFES (Cosmo-ufes), seminars, mini-courses, international meetings and outreach activities are periodically and intensely organized. 

For details, visit the Cosmo-ufes​ website. 
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Events
Mini-courses
Outreach
Photo taken during an outreach presentation.

Journal: Cadernos de Astronomia
(in portuguese)

PPGCOSMO is organizing a new journal dedicated to research outreach

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Visit:
https://periodicos.ufes.br/astronomia

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Faculty in Brazil

Humberto Belich ORCID (UFES)
Saulo Carneiro ORCID (UFBA)
Marc Casals ORCID (CBPF)
Júlio Fabris ORCID (UFES)
Martin Makler ORCID (CBPF)
Wiliam Hipólito-Ricaldi ORCID (UFES)
Valerio Marra ORCID (UFES)
Oliver Piattella ORCID (UFES)
Nelson Pinto-Neto ORCID (CBPF)
Davi Rodrigues ORCID (UFES)
Ilya Shapiro ORCID (UFJF)
Riccardo Sturani ORCID (IIP)
Felipe Tovar ORCID (CBPF)
Hermano Velten ORCID (UFOP)

Faculty outside Brazil

Luca Amendola ORCID (Heidelberg U., Germany)
Yi-Fu Cai ORCID (University of Science and Technology of China)
Scott Dodelson ORCID (CMU, USA)
Ruth Durrer ORCID (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
José de Freitas Pacheco ORCID (OCA, France)
Alexey Starobinsky ORCID (L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia)
David Wands​ ORCID (Portsmouth U., UK)
Jorge Zanelli ORCID (Valdivia-CECs, Chile)

Organization

Coordinator: Júlio C. Fabris
Vice-coordinator: Hermano Velten
Secretary: Marcos R. Lucrecio

Contact: ppgcosmo@cosmo-ufes.org 

Correspondence: PPGCosmo, CCE, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514. 29075-910. Vitória, ES, Brazil.

Long term visiting professors

Martin Richarte
Winfried Zimdahl
See also previous postdocs.

PhD Students

Pedro Bessa
Guilherme Brando
David Camarena
Paola Delgado
Raquel Fazolo
Alex Ferreira
Tassia Ferreira
Alejandro Hernández- Arboleda
Rahima Mokeddem
Jhonny Ruiz
Renan Oliveira
Eunice Omwoyo
Edison Santos
Paola Seidel
Tulio Ottoni
See also previous students.

Coursework

Here is a list of the available courses given by PPGCosmo. For a student be able to defend her/his thesis it is necessary to be approved at all the Basic and Specific courses as listed below (courses completed elsewhere with similar content can be considered). A number of Elective courses need to be completed before the thesis defense.

For the first postgraduate courses, the student will be mainly based in Vitória-ES. The students are expected to have the opportunity to visit other Brazilian participating institutions and, in particular, to spend up to one year at the co-advisor's foreign institution.
Basic
Specific
Elective
Quantum Mechanics
Electromagnetism
Statistical Mechanics
General Relativity I
Cosmology I
Astrophysics I
Quantum Field Theory​
General Relativity II
Cosmology II
Astrophysics II
Advanced topics without a fixed program.

Mailing lists

Seminars (open)
For anyone interested on news on our activities, including seminars, meetings, outreach and other news.
PPGCosmo Students
For the PPGCosmo students.
Cosmo-ufes
For the Cosmo-ufes members.

​Vitória, ES, Brazil

Vitória is the capital of the Espírito Santo state​. It is a human size city on the south east coast of Brazil, it is well connected and pleasant. 

The PhD students usually live at walking distance from both the UFES campus and the beach. The airport is also very close to the campus, just ten minutes by car.
Photo used under Creative Commons from Yuri Barichivich.

Navigation

Home
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PPGCosmo website @ UFES (in Portuguese)
Thesis template

External links

UFES
Cosmo-ufes
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Legal information 

PPGCosmo rules ​(in Portuguese)

Website credits

Design: Renan de Oliveira & Davi Rodrigues
​Administration: Renan de Oliveira, Hermano Velten & Davi Rodrigues
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PPGCosmo, CCE, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514. 29075-910. Vitória, ES, Brazil.
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