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The MPhys Physics programme at the University of Southampton offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the fundamental principles governing the natural universe. Designed for students with a passion for understanding the physical world, this course provides a blend of theoretical concepts, practical laboratory skills, and cutting-edge research. Throughout the programme, students engage with topics such as classical mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum physics, thermodynamics, and astrophysics, alongside specialized modules that delve into areas like condensed matter physics, particle physics, and cosmology. The integrated master's structure allows for an extended period of research, where students undertake a substantial independent project, often in collaboration with leading researchers and industry partners. This research element not only enhances critical thinking and problem-solving abilities but also prepares students for postgraduate study or careers in sectors such as academia, engineering, data science, and technology. The programme makes extensive use of state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities, giving students hands-on experience with advanced equipment and experimental techniques. Additionally, the curriculum encourages the development of essential skills such as scientific communication, teamwork, and IT literacy, which are vital for professional success in scientific fields. Students also benefit from a vibrant academic community, with opportunities for conferences, seminars, and networking events that foster professional growth and collaboration. The university’s strong links with industry and research institutions provide pathways for placements and internships, enriching students’ practical experience and employability. Graduates of the MPhys Physics programme leave well-equipped with a solid foundation in physics, research experience, and analytical skills, ready to pursue careers in research, teaching, or industry, or to continue their academic journey through doctoral studies. Overall, the programme aims to cultivate a deep understanding of physical principles, innovative problem-solving abilities, and a scientific mindset, preparing students for a dynamic and rapidly evolving scientific landscape.
Detailed Course Facts
Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee- GBP 6300 Year (EEA)
- GBP 17750 Year (Non-EEA)
- English
Course Content
Students undertake four years of study. Each year there are compulsory modules. However, the degree has been designed to maximise student choice by allowing you to tailor the degree structure to suit your own interests.
Year 1
Compulsory Core Modules- PHYS1015 Motion and Relativity
- PHYS1017 Physics Skills 1
- PHYS1022 Electricity and Magnetism
- MATH1006 Introduction to Mathematical Methods
- ARCH1001 Human Origins
- ARCH1057 The Development of Archaeological & Anthropological Thought
- ARCH1062 Wonderful things: World history in 40 objects
- CHEM1002 Chemistry For Biological Scientists I
- CHEM1012 Introduction to Chemistry
- CRIM1003 Introduction to Criminology
- EDUC1036 An Introduction to Teaching Teachers
- GEOG1003 Society, Culture and Space
- HUMA2013 How the Arts Work: a practical introduction to cultural economics
- MATH1048 Linear Algebra I
- PAIR1002 Political Systems
- PAIR1004 Introduction to Political Theory
- PHIL1005 Ethics
- PHIL1006 Introduction to Political Philosophy
- PHIL1016 Reason and Argument
- PHYS1004 Introduction to Photonics
- PHYS1005 Introduction to Astronomy and Space Science
- UOSM2013 Pathological Mechanisms of Disease
- UOSM2015 Sustainability in the Local and Global Environment
- UOSM2020 Economics with Experiments
- UOSM2022 Social Enterprise
- UOSM2023 Portus Field School
- UOSM2027 Health Policy and Economics
- UOSM2030 Body and Society
- UOSM2033 Living and Working on the Web
Semester 2
Compulsory Core Modules- PHYS1011 Waves, Light and Quanta
- PHYS1013 Energy and Matter
- PHYS1019 Physics Skills 2
- MATH1007 Mathematical Methods For Physical Scientists
- ANTH2001 Cosmology, Ritual and Belief
- CHEM1007 Chemistry For Biological Scientists II
- CRIM1004 Criminal Justice Studies
- EDUC1035 Primary Education: systems and structures
- EDUC1041 Secondary Education: Systems and Structures
- GEOG1002 Geomorphological Processes
- GEOG1011 Dangerous World
- HUMA1026 Castles in Medieval Society
- MATH1049 Linear Algebra II
- PAIR1001 Introduction to International Relations
- PAIR1003 Issues in Contemporary Politics
- PAIR2016 Public Policy Analysis
- PHIL1002 Knowledge and Mind
- PHIL2034 Philosophy of Science
- PHYS1008 Physics of The Solar System
- PHYS1026 Introduction to the Nanoworld
- PHYS2015 Introduction to Energy in The Environment
- PSYC1009 Psychology of Social and Individual Wellbeing
- PSYC2006 Behavioural Neuroscience
- PSYC2007 Developmental Psychology
- PSYC2018 Perception
- SOCI2003 Gender & Society
- SOES1009 The Living Earth
- SPAN2013 Latin America and Latin Americans Through Film
- UOSM2000 Work and Employment in Theory and Practice
- UOSM2002 Design Skills for Presentations and Maps
- UOSM2004 Global Health
- UOSM2005 Living with Environmental Change
- UOSM2007 Digital Humanities: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
- UOSM2008 Living and Working on the Web
- UOSM2009 Ethics in a Complex World
- UOSM2010 Global Challenges
- UOSM2011 The Management of Risk and Uncertainty
- UOSM2012 Online Social Networks
- UOSM2014 Piracy, Security and Maritime Space
- UOSM2016 The Human Brain and Society
- UOSM2017 Intercultural communication in a global world
- UOSM2018 Understanding Modern China
- UOSM2021 More or Less
- UOSM2024 The Arab World in and Beyond the Headlines
- UOSM2025 Tall Tales: Unpicking the Secrets of Buildings
- UOSM2026 Jekyll and Hyde: an exploration of ethics in science
- UOSM2028 How Musical Instruments Work
- UOSM2031 Engineering Replacement Body Parts
- UOSM2032 Making Sense out of senses: How the Brain Works
Full Academic Year
Core and Compulsory Modules
- PHYS1028 Personal Tutorial (Physics)
Year 2
Semester 1
Compulsory Core Modules- PHYS2003 Quantum Physics
- PHYS2022 Physics from Evidence I
- PHYS2023 Wave Physics
- ARCH1001 Human Origins
- ARCH1057 The Development of Archaeological & Anthropological Thought
- ARCH1062 Wonderful things: World history in 40 objects
- CHEM1012 Introduction to Chemistry
- CRIM1003 Introduction to Criminology
- EDUC1036 An Introduction to Teaching Teachers
- EDUC2031 Lifelong Learning: Systems and Structures
- GEOG2027 Geographies of Wellbeing
- HUMA2013 How the Arts Work: a practical introduction to cultural economics
- ISVR3063 Musical Instrument Acoustics
- LAWS3089 Miscarriages of Justice
- LAWS3101 International Criminal Law: Confronting History and Ourselves
- MATH2015 Mathematical Methods For Scientists
- MATH2045 Vector Calculus and Complex Variable
- PAIR1002 Political Systems
- PAIR1004 Introduction to Political Theory
- PAIR3027 Political Behaviour
- PHIL1003 Introduction to Early Greek Philosophy
- PHIL1005 Ethics
- PHIL1006 Introduction to Political Philosophy
- PHIL1016 Reason and Argument
- PHYS2013 Galaxies
- UOSM2013 Pathological Mechanisms of Disease
- UOSM2015 Sustainability in the Local and Global Environment
- UOSM2020 Economics with Experiments
- UOSM2022 Social Enterprise
- UOSM2023 Portus Field School
- UOSM2027 Health Policy and Economics
- UOSM2030 Body and Society
- UOSM2033 Living and Working on the Web
Semester 2
Compulsory Core Modules- PHYS2001 Electromagnetism
- PHYS2006 Classical Mechanics
- PHYS2024 Quantum Physics of Matter
- ANTH2001 Cosmology, Ritual and Belief
- CRIM1004 Criminal Justice Studies
- CRIM2004 Criminological Psychology
- EDUC1035 Primary Education: systems and structures
- EDUC1041 Secondary Education: Systems and Structures
- ENGL2081 Romance in a Material World, 1570-2011
- HUMA1026 Castles in Medieval Society
- ISVR3061 Human Responses to Sound and Vibration
- LAWS3094 Transitional Justice: Law, War & Crime
- LAWS3098 Violence and Sex in Law, Literature and Culture
- MATH2038 Partial Differential Equations
- PAIR1001 Introduction to International Relations
- PAIR1003 Issues in Contemporary Politics
- PAIR2016 Public Policy Analysis
- PAIR3025 Public Policy Analysis
- PHIL1002 Knowledge and Mind
- PHIL1019 Puzzles about Art and Literature
- PHIL1020 Faith and Reason
- PHIL1021 Existentialism and its Origins
- PHIL2034 Philosophy of Science
- PHYS2007 Medical Physics
- PHYS2009 Practical Photonics
- PHYS2015 Introduction to Energy in The Environment
- PHYS3019 Communicating and Teaching and The Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme
- PSYC1009 Psychology of Social and Individual Wellbeing
- PSYC2006 Behavioural Neuroscience
- PSYC2007 Developmental Psychology
- PSYC2018 Perception
- SOCI2003 Gender & Society
- SOCI3074 Collective Action and Social Change
- SOES1009 The Living Earth
- SPAN2013 Latin America and Latin Americans Through Film
- UOSM2000 Work and Employment in Theory and Practice
- UOSM2002 Design Skills for Presentations and Maps
- UOSM2004 Global Health
- UOSM2005 Living with Environmental Change
- UOSM2007 Digital Humanities: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
- UOSM2008 Living and Working on the Web
- UOSM2009 Ethics in a Complex World
- UOSM2010 Global Challenges
- UOSM2011 The Management of Risk and Uncertainty
- UOSM2012 Online Social Networks
- UOSM2014 Piracy, Security and Maritime Space
- UOSM2016 The Human Brain and Society
- UOSM2017 Intercultural communication in a global world
- UOSM2018 Understanding Modern China
- UOSM2021 More or Less
- UOSM2024 The Arab World in and Beyond the Headlines
- UOSM2025 Tall Tales: Unpicking the Secrets of Buildings
- UOSM2026 Jekyll and Hyde: an exploration of ethics in science
- UOSM2028 How Musical Instruments Work
- UOSM2031 Engineering Replacement Body Parts
- UOSM2032 Making Sense out of senses: How the Brain Works
Year 3
Semester 1
Compulsory Core Modules- PHYS3004 Crystalline Solids
- PHYS3008 Atomic Physics
- PHYS6009 Dissertation
- EDUC2031 Lifelong Learning: Systems and Structures
- GEOG3051 Mediterranean Environments and Culture
- HUMA2013 How the Arts Work: a practical introduction to cultural economics
- ISVR3063 Musical Instrument Acoustics
- ISVR6130 Signal Processing
- LAWS3089 Miscarriages of Justice
- LAWS3101 International Criminal Law: Confronting History and Ourselves
- MATH2015 Mathematical Methods For Scientists
- MATH2045 Vector Calculus and Complex Variable
- MATH3018 Numerical Methods
- PAIR3027 Political Behaviour
- PHYS2013 Galaxies
- PHYS3003 Light and Matter
- PHYS3011 Photons in Astrophysics
- PHYS6003 Advanced Quantum Physics
- PHYS6005 Cosmology and the Early Universe
- PHYS6012 Coherent Light, Coherent Matter
- PHYS6024 Lasers
- UOSM2013 Pathological Mechanisms of Disease
- UOSM2015 Sustainability in the Local and Global Environment
- UOSM2020 Economics with Experiments
- UOSM2022 Social Enterprise
- UOSM2027 Health Policy and Economics
- UOSM2030 Body and Society
- UOSM2033 Living and Working on the Web
Semester 2
Compulsory Core Modules- PHYS3002 Nuclei and Particles
- PHYS3007 Theories of Matter, Space and Time
- ANTH2001 Cosmology, Ritual and Belief
- CRIM2004 Criminological Psychology
- ENGL2081 Romance in a Material World, 1570-2011
- GEOG3023 River Basin Management
- GEOG3041 Geographies of Nature
- GEOG3048 Aeolian Processes and Geomorphic Modelling
- ISVR3061 Human Responses to Sound and Vibration
- ISVR6138 Biomedical Application of Signal and Image Processing
- LAWS3094 Transitional Justice: Law, War & Crime
- LAWS3098 Violence and Sex in Law, Literature and Culture
- MATH2038 Partial Differential Equations
- MATH3006 Relativity, Blackholes and Cosmology
- PAIR2016 Public Policy Analysis
- PAIR3025 Public Policy Analysis
- PHIL2034 Philosophy of Science
- PHYS2007 Medical Physics
- PHYS2009 Practical Photonics
- PHYS2015 Introduction to Energy in The Environment
- PHYS3009 Applied Nuclear Physics
- PHYS3010 Stellar Evolution
- PHYS3019 Communicating and Teaching and The Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme
- PHYS6004 Space Plasma Physics
- PHYS6008 Physics from Evidence II
- PHYS6011 Particle Physics
- PHYS6014 Nanoscience: technology and advanced materials
- PHYS6017 Computer Techniques in Physics
- PSYC2006 Behavioural Neuroscience
- PSYC2007 Developmental Psychology
- PSYC2018 Perception
- SOCI2003 Gender & Society
- SOCI3074 Collective Action and Social Change
- SPAN2013 Latin America and Latin Americans Through Film
- UOSM2002 Design Skills for Presentations and Maps
- UOSM2004 Global Health
- UOSM2005 Living with Environmental Change
- UOSM2007 Digital Humanities: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
- UOSM2008 Living and Working on the Web
- UOSM2009 Ethics in a Complex World
- UOSM2010 Global Challenges
- UOSM2011 The Management of Risk and Uncertainty
- UOSM2012 Online Social Networks
- UOSM2014 Piracy, Security and Maritime Space
- UOSM2016 The Human Brain and Society
- UOSM2017 Intercultural communication in a global world
- UOSM2018 Understanding Modern China
- UOSM2021 More or Less
- UOSM2024 The Arab World in and Beyond the Headlines
- UOSM2025 Tall Tales: Unpicking the Secrets of Buildings
- UOSM2026 Jekyll and Hyde: an exploration of ethics in science
- UOSM2028 How Musical Instruments Work
- UOSM2031 Engineering Replacement Body Parts
- UOSM2032 Making Sense out of senses: How the Brain Works
Year 4
Semester 1
Optional Modules- ISVR3063 Musical Instrument Acoustics
- ISVR6130 Signal Processing
- MATH3018 Numerical Methods
- MATH6149 Modelling with Differential Equations
- PHYS3003 Light and Matter
- PHYS3011 Photons in Astrophysics
- PHYS6003 Advanced Quantum Physics
- PHYS6005 Cosmology and the Early Universe
- PHYS6012 Coherent Light, Coherent Matter
- PHYS6024 Lasers
Semester 2
Compulsory Modules- PHYS6015 MPhys Final Year Synoptic Examination
- ISVR3061 Human Responses to Sound and Vibration
- ISVR6138 Biomedical Application of Signal and Image Processing
- MATH3006 Relativity, Blackholes and Cosmology
- MATH6107 Gravitational Waves
- OPTO6002 Solid State and Ultrafast Lasers
- OPTO6003 Photonic Materials
- OPTO6004 Metamaterials, Nanophonics and Plasmonics
- PHYS3009 Applied Nuclear Physics
- PHYS3010 Stellar Evolution
- PHYS3019 Communicating and Teaching and The Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme
- PHYS6004 Space Plasma Physics
- PHYS6011 Particle Physics
- PHYS6014 Nanoscience: technology and advanced materials
- PHYS6017 Computer Techniques in Physics
Full Academic Year
Core and Compulsory Modules
- PHYS6006 MPhys Project
English Language Requirements
IELTS band : 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 580
To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to
take an IELTS test.Requirements
GCSEs:
GCSE Mathematics and English at grade C or above
A Levels:
AAA, including AA in Mathematics and Physics
Alternative Qualifications:
We welcome applications from candidates offering qualifications other than A and AS levels (including BTEC, European Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate, Irish Leaving Certificate and Scottish Highers). You will be expected to attain an equivalent standard to an A level applicant.
Work Experience
No work experience is required.
Want to improve your English level for admission?
Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.
- ✔️ Flexible study schedule
- ✔️ Experienced teachers
- ✔️ Certificate upon completion
📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.
Related Scholarships*
- Academic Excellence Scholarship
"The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."
- Access Bursary
Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.
- Alumni Bursary
Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students
* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Southampton.
Accreditation
Our MPhys Physics programmes are accredited by the Institute of Physics
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