Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Our Physics MSc is highly flexible, giving you the opportunity to tailor your course towards your individual career aspirations. Supported by our world-leading physics research, you’ll have the opportunity to broaden and deepen your knowledge through studying a range of topics taught by researchers who are actively working in those fields.
The diverse choice of optional modules means you can focus your studies on your own interests. Alternatively, we offer five suggested pathways focused on individual specialisms:
You’ll also undertake an advanced and extensive research project in one of the School of Physics and Astronomy’s internationally recognised research groups.
A bachelor degree with 2:1 (hons) in physics or a related subject (such as geophysics, natural sciences, or mathematics).
Applicants with engineering degrees will normally not be considered, unless they have a strong background in at least two of the following areas: astrophysics, quantum physics, biophysics, soft matter, or condensed matter.
Applicants with a chemistry degree will normally not be considered, unless they have a strong background in mathematics.
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The specialist pathways offered by this course (in astrophysics, bionanophysics, soft matter physics, condensed matter physics, quantum technology, optical materials or medical imaging) allow you to tailor your Masters degree and focus on a particular area of research expertise according to your interests and future career aspirations.
Physicists are highly employable due to their high level of numeracy and mathematical competence, their computer skills, and their high level of technical academic scientific knowledge. They are employed by: industry, financial sector, defence, education, and more.
Compulsory modules
MSc Project 90 credits
Current Research Topics in Physics 15 credits
Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging 10 credits
Radionuclide Imaging 10 credits
Medical X-ray imaging 10 credits
X-ray Computed Tomography 10 credits
Magnetic Resonance Imaging 15 credits
Radionuclide Imaging 15 credits
Medical X-ray Imaging 15 credits
X-ray Computed Tomography 15 credits
Cosmology 15 credits
Photonics 15 credits
Molecular Simulation: Theory and Practice 15 credits
Star and Planet Formation 15 credits
Advanced Quantum Physics 15 credits
Quantum Photonics 15 credits
Quantum Matter 15 credits
Magnetism in Condensed Matter 15 credits
Statistical Mechanics 15 credits
Advanced Mechanics 15 credits
Bionanophysics 15 credits
Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics 15 credits
Soft Matter Physics: Liquid Crystals 15 credits
Quantum Many-Body Physics 15 credits
Winds, Bubbles and Explosions 15 credits
Advanced Bionanophysics Research 15 credits
Advanced Group Industrial Project 15 credits
Superconductivity 15 credits
Soft Matter Physics: Polymers, Colloids and Glasses 15 credits
Quantum Transport in Nanostructures 15 credits
Quantum Field Theory 15 credits
General Relativity 15 credits
Quantum Information Science and Technology 15 credits
Advanced Physics in Schools 15 credits
Physics of Biological Systems 15 credits
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