Le Master Physique Fondamentale et Applications est une formation de 120 ECTS répartis en 4 semestres composée de sept parcours de spécialisation permettant une poursuite en thèse dans un laboratoire académique à Lyon, en France ou à l'étranger ou en entreprise au niveau Bac+5. 

Les sept parcours proposés sont :
- Astrophysique (ASTRO, en co-accréditation avec l'Université de Montpellier)
- Conception, Développement Instrumental, Mesure (CDIM) 
- Cosmologie et Univers à haute énergie (COSMO)
- Matière Complexe (MAX)
- Optique et Photonique (OPHO)
- Physico-chimie des Matériaux pour le Nucléaire et les énergies nouvelles (PHYSMAN)
- Physique Subatomique (SUBA)

Le premier semestre est consituté de cours communs à tous les parcours et d'une préspécialisation soit en physique fondamentale soit en physique appliquée. Les étudiants choisissent leur parcours pour le 2nd semestre au cours duquel les cours sont encore en partie mutualisés. Lors de l'année M2 les cours sont spécifiques à chaque parcours mais il y a encore quelques mutualisations en Semestre 3. 

La formation est disponible en français et en anglais à travers des UE dispensées en français et/ou en anglais lors du premier semestre. Les étudiants étrangers non francophones ont accès à un enseignement d’apprentissage du français. Les étudiants francophones peuvent également suivre avec profit cet enseignement en anglais dans le cadre d'un projet de mobilité au cours de leur cursus.

The Master of Fundamental Physics and Applications is a 120 ECTS course divided into 4 semesters and made up of seven specialization tracks allowing students to pursue a thesis in an academic laboratory in Lyon, in France or abroad, or in a company at the Bac+5 level. 

The seven courses offered are
- Astrophysics (ASTRO, co-accredited with the University of Montpellier)
- Design, Instrumental Development, Measurement (CDIM) 
- Cosmology and Universe at high energy (COSMO)
- Complex Matter (MAX)
- Optics and Photonics (OPHO) 
- Physical Chemistry of Materials for Nuclear and New Energies (PHYSMAN)
- Subatomic Physics (SUBA)

The courses in fundamental physics (ASTRO, COSMO, MAX, OPHO and SUBA) provide training leading to a good insertion into fundamental or applied research. The main domains are modern astrophysics, including instrumentation and numerical simulations, modern physics covering complex matter, condensed matter, optics and photonics as well as theoretical and experimental aspects of the physics of the infinitely small and the infinitely large.

The CDIM course is aimed at immediate integration in the professional world, based on in-depth and applied knowledge of physics, turned towards instrumental development for physical and physico-chemical measurements. This course is offered in alternation and offers a multidisciplinary training adapted to the demands of the world of work.

Finally, the PHYSMAN program allows students to acquire know-how and skills in the fields of synthesis, aging, and characterization of materials for nuclear energy and new energies.  It aims at an immediate insertion in the nuclear industry or at a PhD in one of the major nuclear organizations or in a research laboratory.

The first semester consists of courses common to all the courses and a pre-specialization in either fundamental or applied physics. Students choose their path for the 2nd semester during which the courses are still partly shared. During the M2 year, the courses are specific to each track but there are still some mutualizations in Semester 3. 

The training is available in French and in English through UE given in French and/or in English in the first semester. Non-French speaking foreign students have access to French language training. French-speaking students can also benefit from this teaching in English as part of a mobility project during their studies.

Professional life at the Bac+5 level/after the Master's degree
PhD thesis in the host laboratory of the Rhone-Alps Region Doctoral Schools.
Following the thesis :
- careers in academic research : universities, CNRS (government research laboratories), CEA, etc.
- research career in the industrial world linked to the Master's themes.
Following a professional speciality : employment in the areas of nanotechnologies and environment.