Physics with Theoretical Physics BSc at Kings College London

Overview

Our Physics with Theoretical Physics BSc will give you an understanding across all fundamental aspects of physics, including theoretical physics. You’ll be taught by internationally renowned academic staff with links to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and the LIGO gravitational wave observatory. Your studies will take place in a friendly and supportive environment in the heart of London. 

Key benefits

• Award winning – six former staff and students in the department are Nobel Prize winners. 
• Internationally renowned academic staff in the fields of cosmology, nanotechnology and the interface between physics and biology. 
• Central location gives you easy access to major libraries and many leading societies, including the Institute of Physics. 

Description

We have designed this Physics with Theoretical Physics BSc to give you a broad understanding of all of the fundamental elements of physics and especially theoretical physics. You will cover topics such as relativity, quantum mechanics, fields and waves, electromagnetism, nuclear and particle physics. The theoretical physics modules introduce advanced mathematical tools used in theoretical physics.

Problem solving and project work is an important part of this course and you’ll learn about team work, group organisation and the skills of oral and poster presentations. We also encourage you to work with a school, to experience teaching and develop the skill of presenting information to non-experts.

You’ll be assigned a personal tutor to support your development and our Department encourages an atmosphere in which students feel able to easily approach academic staff. Our Student-Staff Liaison Committee provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and feedback on teaching. Staff and students are members of the Maxwell Society, which is the Department of Physics’ social and lecture society.

Career prospects

Our Physics graduates are in high demand because employers recognise the wide range of skills that they possess. We train physicists to be good problem solvers, to think logically and to apply mathematical and computational techniques to real problems. 

Career destinations

Recent graduates have found employment or further study as: 

• Investment Manager, Manthan Capital 
• Project Engineer, Cryogenic Ltd 
• Researcher, Institute of Scientific Instruments 
• Risk Analyst, City Index 
• Maths Part III, Cambridge 
• Software Engineer IBM 
• Physics Teacher, London