Physics with Industrial Placement

Description

Our distinctive MPhys Physics with a Year of Experimental Research is available to our first-class MPhys students who will be given the opportunity to spend their final year immersed in a research environment in our world-class materials and photonics laboratories. You will have the opportunity to work on any of our areas of expertise, from photonics to nanotechnology to the quantum properties of matter.

The MPhys Physics with a Year of Experimental Research will build upon the BSc Physics programme and give you a more advanced understanding of materials physics. This flagship programme is intended for students who wish to go on to study for a PhD. We aim to give you the skills and experience that will put you ahead of your peers.

Our MPhys students have the option to move into these programmes once they have arrived in Southampton and established themselves as first-class students – typically you will move into the programme in your second year. Your courses will then be carefully coordinated to fast track you in three years to the frontier of knowledge in quantum materials.

In your final year, you will join our Quantum, Light and Matter Research Group. Potential themes of your research include:

• condensed matter
• cold atom
• semiconductor
• magnetism and superconductor physics
• nanostructures
• nanomaterials and nanofabricated devices
• optoelectronics
• polymer and semiconductor chemistry

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 16320 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

Year 1

Compulsory Core Modules

• PHYS1015 Motion and Relativity
• PHYS1017 Physics Skills 1
• PHYS1022 Electricity and Magnetism

Compulsory Modules

• MATH1006 Introduction to Mathematical Methods

Optional (Recommended) Modules

• MATH1048 Linear Algebra I
• PHYS1004 Introduction to Photonics

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Semester 2

Compulsory Core Modules

• PHYS1011 Waves, Light and Quanta
• PHYS1013 Energy and Matter
• PHYS1019 Physics Skills 2

Compulsory Modules

• MATH1007 Mathematical Methods For Physical Scientists

Optional (Recommended) Modules

• MATH1049 Linear Algebra II
• PHYS1026 Introduction to the Nanoworld

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Full Academic Year

Compulsory Modules

• PHYS1028 Personal Tutorial (Physics)

Year 2

Semester 1

Compulsory Core Modules

• PHYS2003 Quantum Physics
• PHYS2022 Physics from Evidence I
• PHYS2023 Wave Physics

Optional (Recommended) Modules

• MATH2015 Mathematical Methods For Scientists

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Semester 2

Compulsory Core Modules

• PHYS2001 Electromagnetism
• PHYS2006 Classical Mechanics
• PHYS2024 Quantum Physics of Matter

Optional (Recommended) Modules

• PHYS2009 Practical Photonics

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Year 3

Semester 1

Compulsory Core Modules

• PHYS3004 Crystalline Solids
• PHYS3008 Atomic Physics

Compulsory Modules

• PHYS6003 Advanced Quantum Physics

Optional (Recommended) Modules

• PHYS3003 Light and Matter
• PHYS6012 Coherent Light, Coherent Matter
• PHYS6024 Lasers

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Semester 2

Compulsory Core Modules

• PHYS3002 Nuclei and Particles
• PHYS3007 Theories of Matter, Space and Time

Optional (Recommended) Modules

• PHYS3009 Applied Nuclear Physics
• PHYS6014 Nanoscience: technology and advanced materials
• PHYS6017 Computer Techniques in Physics

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Year 4

Full Academic Year

Core and Compulsory Modules

• PHYS6018 Research and Thesis on Experimental Physics

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 600

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

GCSEs:

GCSE Mathematics and English at grade C or above

A Levels:

AAA, including AA in Mathematics and Physics

English Language Requirements:

If English is not your first language, you will be required to pass an approved English test. We normally ask for a score of IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 580.

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.

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