Chemical Physics MChemPhys
Entry requirements
A level: from AAA to ABB in one set of exams (required: Chemistry at B, Mathematics at B, Physics at B) IB: from 37 points with 666 at HL to 32 points with 655 at HL
About this course
An undergraduate degree in Chemical Physics MChemPhys, a physics degree bridging the physical sciences from atomic theory to condensed matter. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, and Laboratory Techniques. The programme is delivered across multiple years, featuring an extended final year with options for an industrial placement, a research project, or study abroad. The first year covers introductory chemistry alongside physics and mathematics. The second year progresses through modules such as Physics of Fields and Matter, Dynamics and Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus, Modern Physics, Chemistry for Chemical Physics 2, and Programming and Data Analysis or Experimental Physics 2. The third year builds on this with Fourier Analysis, Statistical Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics, and Computer Modelling or Experimental Physics 3. The final year focuses on an in-depth full year individual research project conducted within a research group, at a partner university abroad, or through a paid industrial placement.
Modules
- the same introductory chemistry course as those for the other chemistry degrees
- physics and mathematics courses taught by the School of Physics and Astronomy
- Physics of Fields and Matter
- Dynamics and Vector Calculus
- Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus
- Modern Physics
- Chemistry for Chemical Physics 2
- Programming and Data Analysis or Experimental Physics 2
- computer programming
- data analysis
- experimental laboratory techniques
- Fourier Analysis
- Statistical Mechanics
- Electromagnetism
- Quantum Mechanics
- Computer Modelling or Experimental Physics 3
- work on a project in one of our cutting-edge research groups
- join a research group at one of our partner universities around the world
- take a paid industrial placement at one of our industrial partner companies