MPhys Particle Physics with Research Year Abroad
Entry requirements
A level: A*AA-AAA including physics (minimum grade A) and either mathematics or further mathematics (minimum grade A) or AABB-AABC including physics (minimum grade A) and either mathematics or further mathematics (minimum grade A) IB: Pass, with 38-36 points overall, with 19-18 points required at Higher Level, including 6 at Higher Level in mathematics (Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation) and 6 at Higher Level in physics
About this course
Master of Physics in Particle Physics with Research Year Abroad, a physics degree centred on subatomic structures and high-energy physics. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Students complete a research-level project in their final year, spending the fourth year embedded with an international research team at CERN in Geneva to conduct project work related to the Large Hadron Collider. The first year covers core foundations through compulsory modules such as Motion and Relativity, Electricity and Magnetism, Waves, Light and Quanta, and Physics Skills - Programming and Data Analysis, alongside optional choices like Concepts in Machine Learning for Physicists. The second year progresses with compulsory studies in Classical Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Quantum Physics, Statistical Mechanics, Wave Physics, and Physics from Evidence I, while offering optional modules including Galaxies and Vector Calculus and Complex Variable Theory. The third year builds advanced competence through compulsory modules such as Particle Physics, Cosmology and the Early Universe, Atomic Physics, and Computer Techniques in Physics, alongside optional selections like Numerical Methods. The fourth and final year is dedicated entirely to the Particle Physics Research Project based at CERN.
Modules
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Energy and Matter
- Mathematical Methods For Physical Scientists 1b
- Mathematical Methods for Physical Scientists 1a
- Motion and Relativity
- Physics Skills - Programming and Data Analysis
- Physics Skills 1
- Physics Skills 2
- Waves, Light and Quanta
- Concepts in Machine Learning for Physicists
- Introduction to Astronomy and Space Science
- Lasers and Quanta 1
- Linear Algebra for Physics
- Classical Mechanics
- Electromagnetism
- Physics from Evidence I
- Quantum Physics
- Statistical Mechanics
- Wave Physics
- Galaxies
- Global Sustainability Challenges
- Intercultural Communication in a Global World
- Introduction to Energy in The Environment
- Lasers and Quanta 2
- Mathematical Methods for Scientists
- Partial Differential Equations
- Reason and Argument
- Vector Calculus and Complex Variable Theory
- Advanced Quantum Physics
- Atomic Physics
- Computer Techniques in Physics
- Cosmology and the Early Universe
- Nuclei and Particles
- Particle Physics
- Theories of Matter, Space and Time
- Galaxies
- Light and Matter
- Mathematical Methods for Scientists
- Numerical Methods
- Vector Calculus and Complex Variable Theory
- Particle Physics Research Project