Masters Compare - Find your perfect masters course.
Masters Compare - Find your perfect masters course.
Study Details: MSc: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time
PgDip: 9 months full-time, 21 months part-time
Our four divisions – Nanoscience, Optics, Plasmas and the Institute of Photonics – all contribute research-based teaching expertise to the course. You can choose taught elements relevant to your career interests from a wide range of topics, including:
theoretical & computational physics
quantum optics and quantum information
complexity science
physics and the life sciences
solid-state physics
plasma physics
high performance computing
You'll put the knowledge gained in the taught components to use in a cutting-edge research project, which can be theoretical, computational or experimental.
Minimum second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in physics (Mathematics and Physics, Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics, Engineering Physics etc), or a related subject.
Applicants from an engineering discipline need to have had sufficient exposure to fundamental physics courses in quantum mechanics and electromagnetism or need to demonstrate that they can acquire the necessary background. Contact us about your application and the possibility of conversion courses.
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A Masters degree in Physics prepares you for a wide and versatile range of careers in science and engineering as well as all areas of management, financial services, etc. Many graduates proceed to a PhD.
Strathclyde Physics graduates are working across the world in a number of different roles including:
Medical Physicist
Senior Engineer
Professor
Systems Engineer
Treasury Analyst
Patent Attorneys
Software Engineer
Teacher
Spacecraft Project Manager
Defence Scientist
Procurement Manager
Quantum Technology Engineer
Core modules:
Physics Skills (20 credits)
Optional modules:
Research Skills (20 credits)
Introductory Nanoscience (20 credits)
Photonics Materials & Devices (topics in solid state physics) (20 credits)
Topics in Photonics: Laser & Nonlinear Optics (20 credits)
Topics in Quantum Physics (20 credits)
Advanced Nanoscience 1: Imaging & Microscopy (20 credits)
Advanced Nanoscience 2: Solid State Nanoscience (20 credits)
Advanced Topics in Photonics: Ultrafast Physics & Plasmas (20 credits)
Advanced Photonics Devices (20 credits)
Advanced Topics in Quantum Physics - Quantum Technologies (20 credits)
Advanced Topics In Electromagnetism And Plasma Physics (20 credits)
Experimental Laboratories (20 credits)
Advanced Topics in Light-Matter Interaction and Quantum Optics (20 credits)
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