Department of Physics Course Catalogue 2025/26
USPH-AAM12: MPhys Physics with Study Year Abroad
Route: MPhys(Hons) Physics with Study year abroad
Leading to the award of MASTER OF PHYSICS
Mode of Attendance: Full-time with Study Year Abroad
Normal course duration: 5 Years
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
This course is for students who will be in Year 4 or later in 2025/26
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | Yes |
DACS and exit awards: | BSc (hons) Physics (with Placement)
Diploma of Higher Education [exit award]
Certificate of Higher Education [exit award]
Transfer to DAP possible from study years as follows: Year 1: Yes; Year 2: Yes; Year 3: Yes; Year 4: Yes; Year 5: Yes |
Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 16%
Stage 3: 0%
Stage 4: 34%
Final Stage: 50% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
| This course is being replaced. Years 1 to 3 of this version are not available in 2025/6. |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Academic Year: Stage 4
Optional Units: Select 1 unit from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH32041 | Computational astrophysics | 10 Credits |
| PH32042 | Computational physics [10 credits] | 10 Credits |
| PH32053 | MPhys / MSci laboratory | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 4
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH32013 | Advanced quantum mechanics | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select 4 units from the following list:
| : students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32015 | Science education in practice | 5 Credits |
| PH32014 | Fluid dynamics in physics and astrophysics | 5 Credits |
| PH32019 | Stars and stellar evolution | 5 Credits |
| PH32020 | Statistical physics and soft matter | 5 Credits |
| PH32043 | Computational physics [5 credits] | 5 Credits |
| PH32045 | Data analysis for astrophysics | 5 Credits |
| PH32046 | Electronic and optical properties of matter | 5 Credits |
| PH32047 | Environmental physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32052 | Medical physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32055 | Nonlinear physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32056 | Photonics | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 4
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH32012 | Advanced classical mechanics | 5 Credits |
| PH32017 | MPhys / MSci project preparation | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select 3 units from the following list:
| : students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32014 | Issues in science education | 5 Credits |
| PH32015 | Galaxies and introduction to cosmology | 5 Credits |
| PH32016 | General relativity | 5 Credits |
| PH32021 | Symmetry and topology | 5 Credits |
| PH32050 | Laser physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32051 | Magnetism and superconductivity | 5 Credits |
| PH32054 | Networks and quantum information | 5 Credits |
| PH32057 | Sustainable energy technologies | 5 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Semester 1: Final Stage
Must Pass Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH40081 | MPhys research project | 30 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select 30 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH40083 | Advanced problem solving | 6 Credits |
| PH40085 | Nanoscience | 6 Credits |
| PH40086 | Photonics | 6 Credits |
| PH40113 | High energy astrophysics | 6 Credits |
| PH40137 | Advanced general relativity | 6 Credits |
| PH40138 | Cosmology | 6 Credits |
| PH40139 | Phase transitions and critical phenomena | 6 Credits |
| PH40140 | Quantum theory of matter | 6 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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