Programme Highlights
- English as the medium of instruction
- 1 year (full-time)
- Emphasizing a balanced and flexible approach, with a strong focus on catering to the academic and career aspiration of students, developing their own specialty in subject knowledge and technical skills
- Solid education on theories, techniques and frontier developments in different sub-fields in physics including the five fields of specialization: astrophysics, computational physics, condensed matter physics, device and nanophysics, photonics and quantum information
- Highly valued by many employers for MSc degree holders in physics with advanced preparation in mathematics, laboratory skills, and programming
- Promising employment opportunities, especially in the high-technology industry
A. Programme Structure
Regulations and Syllabuses*
To be eligible for the award of the MSc in the field of Physics, students shall complete at least 60 credits of courses. They must enroll in 2 courses (9 credits) of "compulsory courses" and take at least 42 credits of courses out of a broad range of "disciplinary electives". In addition, students must carry out a “capstone project” by enrolling in the 9-credit course PHYS8971. They are encouraged to approach faculty members in their areas of interest as soon as possible, in order to choose an appropriate project.
* The Regulations and Syllabuses 2024-25 is subject to final approval.
Master of Science in the field of Physics |
Compulsory Courses (9 credits) |
PHYS8201 Basic research methods in physical science (6 credits) |
PHYS8970 Physics seminar (3 credits) |
Disciplinary Electives (42 credits) Take at least 42 credits from Lists A and B with at least 18 credits must be chosen from List A: |
List A |
List B |
PHYS8150 Computational physics and its contemporary applications (6 credits) |
PHYS8352 Quantum information (6 credits) |
PHYS8351 Graduate quantum mechanics (6 credits) |
PHYS8551 Topics in solid state physics (6 credits) |
PHYS8450 Graduate electromagnetic field theory (6 credits) |
PHYS8552 Condensed matter physics (6 credits) |
PHYS8550 Graduate statistical mechanics (6 credits) |
PHYS8654 General relativity (6 credits) |
PHYS8701 Physics experimental techniques (6 credits) |
PHYS8656 Topics in astrophysics(6 credits) |
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PHYS8750 Nanophysics (6 credits) |
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PHYS8751 Device physics (6 credits) |
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PHYS8850 Topics in particle physics (6 credits) |
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PHYS8852 Photonics and metamaterials (6 credits) |
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PHYS8152 Data analysis in physics, astronomy and space science (6 credits) |
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PHYS8153 Big data, AI and machine learning in physics, astronomy and space science (6 credits) |
Capstone Requirement (9 credits) |
PHYS8971 Capstone project (9 credits) |
* Timetabling of courses may limit availability of some electives. The actual offering of such electives will be based on student demand.