UCL
Bloomsbury, London, UK
Full-time or Part-time Study
The MSc programme in Physics aims to provide students with a sound knowledge of the underlying principles which form a thorough basis for careers in these and related fields, enable students to develop insights into the techniques used in current projects and allow an in-depth experience of a particular specialised research area.
In addition they are meant to develop the professional skills for students to play a meaningful role in industrial or academic life, and give students the experience of teamwork, a chance to develop presentation skills and learn to work to deadlines.The Physics MSc programmes include a number of lecture courses both relevant to the discipline and forward-looking with respect to recent developments and state-of-the-art achievements. Fundamental courses such as Advanced Quantum Theory or Particle/Atom/Photon Physics are just offered together with courses in Quantum Computation and Communication or Plastic and Molecular Electronics. Flexibility is built into the Programme so that courses can also be taken on topics removed from the immediate subject among those available within a wide range of options.
A research topic is included so that 50% of the marks are made up by completing an individual task. These are built around cutting-edge topics from the Department’s research programme. The supervisor will provide a topic in which the student has a real chance to make a contribution to the research. In Physics in recent years, this has meant, for example, time resolved spectroscopy of electronic excitations in supramolecularly engineered organic semiconductors, design of optical cavities for laser cooling experiments, work function tuning of electrodes for plastic electronics, coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of nanocrystals, computer simulations of electron transfer reactions and hopping, spectra of triterated ions of hydrogen and attosecond and strong-field science exploring fundamental processes in laser-matter interactions.
These projects give a real feel for what it is like to do postgraduate research, or work in a project team in an advanced industry.
Course
structure:
Core modules
3 courses to be chosen from:
- Advanced Quantum Theory
- Particle Physics
- Atom and Photon Physics
- Order and Excitations in Condensed Matter
- Mathematics for General Relativity
- Climate and Energy
- Molecular Physics
Options:
3 courses to be chosen from:
- Advanced Quantum Theory
- Atom and Photon Physics
- Cosmology
- Galaxy dynamics, formation and evolution
- Graduate level Physics and Astrophysics courses
- High-energy Astrophysics
- Intercollegiate 4th year courses
- Mathematics for General Relativity
- Medical Physics MSc core courses
- Molecular Physics
- Order and Excitations in Condensed Matter
- Particle Physics
- Planetary Atmospheres
- Plastic and Molecular (Opto)electronics
- Solar Physics
- Quantum Computation and Communication
- Space Plasma and Magnetospheric Physics
- Space and Climate Science MSc core courses
- The Physics of Stars
Research essay:
An extended literature survey on a topic related to your research project.
Research
dissertation:
An independent research project based in one of the Departmental research
groups, culminating
in a dissertation and oral presentation.
Entry
requirements
A minimum of a 2:1 Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (normally
Physics, Maths or Electrical Engineering) from a UK university or an equivalent
overseas qualification.
Further information
There is further information UCL’s information for prospective students page, MSc Physics Prospectus, including:
- International equivalent qualifications by country
- English language requirements for international applicants
- Latest tuition fees
How To Apply
Apply via the UCL online application system.
Application deadline
24 July 2020