Undergraduate and Masters Degree Courses List
If you are a prospective student, please see the College Prospectus pages for further information about core courses and options.
Note: most courses have additional revision lectures. These usually take place in term 3.
The information on this page refers to the current academic year.
Degree courses list
Year 1
| Course Title | FHEQ Level | Number of Lectures | Term | Lecturer |
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| Maths (Vectors & Matrices) | 4 | 18 | Term 1 | Prof Dimitri Vvedensky |
| Maths (Complex Analysis) | 4 | 13 | Term 1 | Prof Martin McCall |
| Maths (Functions) | 4 | 18 | Term 1 | Dr Frank Berkshire |
| Mechanics | 4 | 22 | Term 1 | Dr Caroline Clewley |
| Vibrations & Waves | 4 | 14 | Term 1 | Dr Michael Coppins |
| Professional Skills I & Basic Electronics | 4 | 9 | Terms 1 and 2 | Dr Simon Bland Mr Chris Carr |
| Maths (Vector Calculus) | 4 | 23 | Term 2 | Prof Steve Warren |
| Electricity & Magnetism | 4 | 24 | Term 2 | Prof Tim Horbury Dr Jonathan Eastwood |
| Advanced Electronics | 4 | 9 | Term 2 | Mr Chris Carr |
| Quantum Physics | 4 | 22 | Term 2 | Prof Jon Marangos |
| Mathematical Analysis | 4 | 27 | Terms 2 and 3 | Dr Toby Wiseman |
| Relativity | 4 | 10 | Term 3 | Prof Paul Dauncey |
| | 4 | 12 | Term 3 | Dr Vijay Tymms |
| Head of Year 1 | Dr Simon Bland | |||
| Head of Computing I | Dr Caroline Clewley |
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| Head of Laboratory I | Dr Yoshi Uchida | |||
| Deputy Head of Laboratory I | Dr Stuart Mangles |
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| Updated: October 2018 | ||||
Year 2
| Course Title | FHEQ Level | Number of Lectures | Term | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maths (Fourier) | 5 | 12 | Term 1 | Prof Ulrik Egede |
| Maths (Differential Equations) | 5 | 18 | Term 1 | Dr Robert Kingham |
| Professional Skills II | 5 | 3 | Term 1 | Dr Bill Proud Dr Vijay Tymms |
| Quantum Mechanics | 5 | 27 | Term 1 | Dr Jonathan Pritchard |
| Statistics of Measurement | 5 | 10 | Term 1 | Dr Mark Richards |
| Statistical Physics | 5 | 14 | Term 1 | Dr Carl Paterson |
| Thermodynamics | 5 | 20 | Term 1 | Dr Vijay Tymms |
| Atomic Physics | 5 | 10 | Term 2 | Prof Richard Thompson |
| Solid State Physics | 5 | 22 | Term 2 | Dr Rupert Oulton Dr Derek Lee |
| Electromagnetism | 5 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr Michael Coppins Prof Alan Heavens |
| Environmental Physics (option) | 5 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr John Hassard Dr Mark Richards |
| Suns, Stars and Planets (option) | 5 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr David Clements Dr Yvonne Unruh |
| Mathematical Methods (option) | 5 | 28 | Terms 2 and 3 | Prof Dmitry Turaev |
| Nuclear and Particle Physics | 5 | 15 | Terms 2 and 3 | Prof Henrique Araujo |
| Optics | 5 | 12 | Term 3 | Prof Zulfikar Najmudin |
| Lab and Computing II | 5 | 3 | Terms 1 and 2 | Dr Julia Sedgebeer Dr Robert Kingham |
| Head of Year 2 | Dr Yvonne Unruh | |||
| Head of Computing II |
Dr Robert Kingham |
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| Head of Laboratory II | Dr Julia Sedgebeer | |||
| Deputy Head of Laboratory II | Dr David Colling | |||
| Updated: October 2018 | ||||
Year 3
| Course Title | FHEQ Level | Number of Lectures | Term | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Classical Physics | 6 | 26 | Term 1 | Prof Claudia De Rham |
| Astrophysics | 6 | 26 | Term 1 | Prof Andrew Jaffe Dr James Owen |
| Computational Physics | 6 | 26 | Term 1 | Dr Yoshi Uchida Dr Pat Scott |
| Foundations of Quantum Mechanics | 6 | 26 | Term 2 |
Dr Andrew Tolley |
| Group Theory | 6 | 26 | Term 1 | Dr Vitali Averbukh |
| Light & Matter | 6 | 26 | Term 1 | Dr Mike Tarbutt Dr Will Branford Dr Riccardo Sapienza |
| Statistical Mechanics | 6 | 26 | Term 1 | Prof Kim Christensen Dr Johannes Knolle |
| Communicating Physics | 6 | Terms 1 and 2 | Dr Vijay Tymms | |
| Professional Skills III | 6 | Term 1 or 2 | Dr Mark Richards | |
| Complexity & Networks | 6 | 26 | Term 2 | Prof Kim Christensen Dr Tim Evans |
| Fluid Dynamics | 6 | 9 | Term 2 | Dr Arnaud Czaja |
| Lasers | 6 | 13 | Term 2 | Prof John Tisch |
| Imaging and Biophotonics | 6 | 13 | Term 3 | Dr James McGinty |
| Medical Imaging: X-Rays & Ultrasound | 6 | 13 | Term 2 | Dr Stuart Mangles |
| Medical Imaging: Nuclear Diagnostics & MRI | 6 | 13 | Term 2 |
Dr Jürgen Pozimski |
| Physics of the Universe | 6 | 24 | Term 2 | Prof Oliver Buchmueller Dr Roberto Trotta |
| Plasma Physics | 6 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr Jerry Chittenden |
| Principles of Instrumentation | 6 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr Jaroslaw Pasternak |
| Head of Comprehensives | Prof Jo Haigh |
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| Head of Laboratory III |
Prof Roland Smith |
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| Deputy Head of Laboratory III | Dr James McGinty |
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| Head of Microprocessors |
Prof Mark Neil | |||
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Head of Year 3 Head of BSc Projects |
Dr Mark Richards Prof Carlo Contaldi |
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| Updated: October 2018 | ||||
Year 4 / Masters
| Course Title | FHEQ Level | Number of Lectures | Term | Lecturer |
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| Nanotechnology in Consumer Electronics | 7 | 13 | Term 1 | Dr Will Branford Prof Alasdair Campbell |
| General Relativity | 7 | 26 | Term 1 | Prof Fay Dowker |
| Advanced Hydrodynamics | 7 | 13 | Term 2 |
Dr Jerry Chittenden |
| Optical Communications | 7 | 13 | Term 1 | Dr Rupert Oulton |
| Information Theory | 7 | 13 | Term 1 | Dr Dan Mortlock |
| Plasmonics & Metamaterials | 7 | 26 | Term 1 | Prof Ortwin Hess |
| Quantum Field Theory | 7 | 26 | Term 1 | Dr Tim Evans |
| Quantum Information | 7 | 26 | Term 1 | Dr Florian Mintert |
| Quantum Optics | 7 | 26 | Term 1 | Prof Myungshik Kim |
| Unification - The Standard Model | 7 | 26 | Term 1 | Prof Arttu Rajantie |
| Rapid Feedback | Terms 1 and 2 | Prof Arkady Tseytlin |
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| Research Interfaces | 7 | 34 | Terms 1 and 2 | Dr Helen Brindley Dr Heather Graven Prof Lesley Cohen |
| Advanced Particle Physics | 7 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr Mitesh Patel Dr Alex Tapper |
| Atmospheric Physics | 7 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis |
| Computational Neuroscience | 7 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr Claudia Clopath |
| Cosmology | 7 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr Subu Mohanty |
| Entrepreneurship for Physicists | 7 | 20 | Term 2 | Dr John Hassard |
| Laser Technology | 7 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr Kenny Weir Prof Roland Smith |
| Quantum Theory of Matter | 7 | 26 | Term 2 | Prof Dimitri Vvedensky Dr Derek Lee |
| Space Physics | 7 | 26 | Term 2 | Dr Marina Galand |
| MSci Projects | Prof Ulrik Egede | |||
| Updated: October 2018 | ||||