Make your Masters matter at UCL Physics and Astronomy

UCL Physics & Astronomy has a strong commitment to teaching and research. UCL Physics & Astronomy is among the top departments in the UK for this subject area, currently 4th in the UK in the QS World University Rankings 2024 for Physics & Astronomy. 

Our graduate students benefit from a vibrant research community, bringing together world-renowned researchers and academic staff to inform our graduate teaching. Our large number of international collaborations provide opportunities to work with an international team, including at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva and at the EISCAT radar instruments in Scandinavia for studying the Earth's upper atmosphere.

 Our MSc programmes provide you with the opportunity to acquire graduate-level study and research skills across a broad area of Physics and Astronomy, providing a strong foundation for further research or employment in the sector.

Our programmes:

• Astrophysics MSc
  This MSc provides students with the skills, knowledge and research ability for a career in astrophysics. The programme is designed to satisfy the need, both nationally and internationally, for well-qualified postgraduates who will be able to challenges that arise from future developments in this field.
• Physics MSc
  This MSc provides students with the skills, knowledge and research ability for a career in physics. The programme is designed to satisfy the need, both nationally and internationally, for well-qualified postgraduates who will be able to challenges that arise from future developments in this field.
• Quantum Technologies MSc
  This programme will take students to the cutting-edge of research in the emerging area of quantum technologies, giving them not only an advanced training in the relevant physics but also the chance to acquire key skills in the engineering and information sciences.
• Scientific and Data Intensive Computing MSc
  Scientists and engineers are tackling ever more complex problems, most of which do not admit analytical solutions and must be solved numerically. Numerical methods can only play an even more important role in the future as we face even bigger challenges. Therefore, skilled scientific programmers are in high demand in industry and academia and will drive forward much of the future economy.

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UCL Physics and Astronomy graduate student Maria talks about her favourite module on the physics of exoplanets! Find out about the methods used to detect exoplanets, and what information can be explored through using these techniques.