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MSc/PgDip Applied Physics

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    MSc/PgDip Study mode and duration: MSc: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time

    PgDip: 9 months full-time, 21 months part-time

Course Description

The course gives you the opportunity to explore and master a wide range of applied physics skills. It also teaches you transferable, problem-solving and numeracy skills that are widely sought after across the commercial sector.

On the MSc programme, you’ll acquire:

  • in-depth knowledge of current and emerging theories, techniques and practices within the field of physics and the life sciences and the ability to apply these theories in a professional setting
  • problem-solving and high numeracy skills that are widely sought-after across the commercial sector skills required to use high-power microwave technology in an industrial environment
  • professional abilities in applying laser-based particle acceleration and enabled applications
  • in-depth knowledge of materials and solid state physics, photonics & quantum optics and quantum information technology.

You’ll put the knowledge gained in the taught classes to use on a research project. You can design the project to fit in with your interests and career plans.

Entry Requirements

Minimum second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in physics or a related subject, eg Engineering Physics, Chemistry, Material Science, Electrical & Electronic Engineering.

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Student Destinations

To answer this question we contacted some of our Physics graduates from all courses to find out what jobs they have. They are working across the world in a number of different roles including:

  • Medical Physicist
  • Senior Engineer
  • Professor
  • Systems Engineer
  • Treasury Analyst
  • Patent Attorney
  • Software Engineer
  • Teacher
  • Spacecraft Project Manager
  • Defence Scientist
  • Procurement Manager

Module Details

Compulsory modules
Semester 1
Physics Skills (20 credits)

Summer
Project (60 credits)

Elective modules
Semester 1
Research Skills (20 credits)

Introductory Nanoscience (20 credits)

Topics in Photonics: Laser & Nonlinear Optics (20 credits)

Photonics Materials & Devices (topics in solid state physics) (20 credits)

Semester 1 & 2
Optical Communication (Photonic Systems) (20 credits)

Semester 2
Advanced Nanoscience 1: Imaging & Microscopy (20 credits)

Advanced Nanoscience 2: Solid State Nanoscience (20 credits)

Advanced Topics in Photonics: Ultrafast Physics & Plasmas (20 credits)

Advanced Photonics Devices (20 credits)

Advanced Topics In Electromagnetism And Plasma Physics (20 credits)

Experimental Laboratories (20 credits)

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