Physics MRes

Our Physics MRes gives you advanced research skills and knowledge in physics and prepares you for a PhD or a career in a commercial research and development (R&D) environment.

About this course
Our Physics MRes gives you:

• advanced research skills and knowledge in physics
• problem-solving skills 
• quantitative analysis knowledge 

You'll be suitable for the programme if you have a BSc in physics, or a closely related subject such as mathematics, chemistry or engineering.

A major part of the programme is to work within a research group. You'll employ modern techniques and equipment to tackle a problem of fundamental or technological importance.

What you'll learn
Your topic of study will be either experimental or theoretical, in one of our areas of physics research.

Experimental themes:

• renewable energy
• photonics 
• 2D materials and sensing
• nanoelectronics technology
• materials for low-cost environmental sensing

Theoretical themes:

• materials modelling from first principles
• astrophysics and geophysics
• quantum fluids and turbulence
• cosmology and quantum gravity 
• quantum matter and quantum technologies
• metamaterials and light-matter interaction