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Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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M.Sci. Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics Full-time

Year: 3
2025/26 Session

Students are required to pass at least 100 credits including all compulsory modules.

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Complex Variable Theory 06 06205 10 Semester 1
LH Continuum Mechanics 06 27708 20 Semester 1
LH Quantum Mechanics 3 03 00498 10 Semester 1
LH Radiation and Relativity 03 00971 10 Semester 2
LH Statistical Physics 09 30979 10 Semester 1

Choose 60 credits from the following options. Students must choose 20 credits in semester 1 and 40 credits in semester 2.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Images and Communications 09 25042 10 Semester 2

Choose 60 credits from the following options. Students must choose 20 credits in semester 1 and 40 credits in semester 2.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Advanced Mathematical Modelling 10 21887 20 Semester 1

Choose 60 credits from the following options. Students must choose 20 credits in semester 1 and 40 credits in semester 2.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Applied Mathematical Analysis 09 35378 20 Semester 2
LH Atomic Physics 03 23559 10 Semester 2
LH Biophysics 03 38944 10 Semester 1
LH Chaos and Dynamical Systems 03 00607 10 Semester 2
LH Condensed Matter Physics 03 01123 10 Semester 2
LH Current Topics in Theoretical Physics 03 07813 10 Semester 2

Choose 60 credits from the following options. Students must choose 20 credits in semester 1 and 40 credits in semester 2.

Choose 60 credits from the following options. Students must choose 20 credits in semester 1 and 40 credits in semester 2.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Evolution of Cosmic Structure 03 24347 10 Semester 2
LH Exoplanets 09 29639 10 Semester 2
Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Fission and Fusion 03 01349 10 Semester 1
LH Functional and Fourier Analysis 06 31129 20 Semester 2
LH General Physics 03 07811 10 Semester 2
LH Group Studies 03 01109 20 Semester 2
LH Medical Imaging 03 06203 10 Semester 1
LH Methods in Partial Differential Equations 09 37165 20 Semester 1

Choose 60 credits from the following options. Students must choose 20 credits in semester 1 and 40 credits in semester 2.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Metric Spaces and Topology 09 32243 20 Semester 1

Choose 60 credits from the following options. Students must choose 20 credits in semester 1 and 40 credits in semester 2.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Nuclear Physics 09 37091 10 Semester 2

Choose 60 credits from the following options. Students must choose 20 credits in semester 1 and 40 credits in semester 2.

Choose 60 credits from the following options. Students must choose 20 credits in semester 1 and 40 credits in semester 2.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Numerical Methods and Numerical Linear Algebra 09 37089 20 Semester 2
Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Observational Cosmology 03 00716 10 Semester 1
LH Partial Differential Equations 06 28367 10 Semester 1
LH Particle Physics 03 19780 10 Semester 2
LH Physical Principles of Radar 03 31150 10 Semester 1
LH Physics Teaching in Schools 03 19123 10 Semester 2
LH Scientific Computing Laboratory 1 09 24813 10 Semester 1

English Literature Block C

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Scientific Computing Laboratory 2 09 37163 10 Semester 1

English Literature Block D: