MPhys Physics with a Professional Placement Year
Entry requirements
A level: AAA (B in Maths and Physics)
About this course
MPhys in Physics, combining theoretical and experimental approaches to understanding the physical world. Core topics include Programming, Microelectronics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Mathematical Modelling. The programme spans five years and includes a professional placement year with paid industry experience. A Physics Project module is completed in the final year.
Modules
- Mathematical Methods for Physicists 1
- Mechanics and Relativity
- Introduction to Quantum Physics and Materials
- Experimental Physics
- Electricity, Magnetism and Waves
- Computational Skills for Problem Solving
- Mathematical Methods for Physicists 2
- Introduction to Astrophysics
- Introduction to Medical Physics
- The Physics of Fields and Flows
- Quantum Mechanics
- Scientific Programming
- Intermediate Practical Physics
- Thermal and Statistical Physics
- Optics
- Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics
- Physics in Action: Real-World Problem Solving
- The Stars and their Planets
- Pathways to Success in the Physics Workplace
- Biophysics
- Placement
- Solid State Physics
- Atomic and Nuclear Physics
- Particle Physics and Special Relativity
- Physics Project
- Computational Physics
- Environmental Physics
- Theoretical Physics
- Science Communication
- Formation and Evolution of Stars
- Galaxies and Galaxy Evolution
- Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Radiation Protection and Diagnostic Radiology Physics
- Semiconductor Devices and Applications
- Laser Physics and Non-Linear Optics
- Commercialising Innovation
- High-Energy Astrophysics
- Cosmology
- Non-Ionising Radiation in Medicine
- Radiotherapy
- Project
- Introduction to General Relativity
- Electromagnetic Radiation Detection
- Semiconductor Fabrication
- Quantum Theory of Many-particle systems
- Data Science
- Gravitational-wave detectors
- Low Dimensional Semiconductor Devices
- Advanced General Relativity and Gravitational Waves
- Physics and Reality
- Observational Gravitational Wave Astronomy
- Quantum Statistical Mechanics
- Advanced Particle Physics
- Advanced Semiconductor Device Photonics
- Exoplanets and the Search for Life
- Numerical Relativity and Waveform Modelling