Our four divisions – Nanoscience, Optics, Plasmas and the Institute of Photonics – all contribute research-based teaching expertise to the course. You can choose taught elements relevant to your career interests from a wide range of topics, including:
You'll put the knowledge gained in the taught components to use in a cutting-edge research project, which can be theoretical, computational or experimental.
You'll explore and master theoretical, computational and experimental physics skills. Two semesters of taught classes are made up of compulsory and optional modules. MSc students also undertake a three-month research project.
Our teaching is based on lectures, tutorials, workshops, laboratory experiments, and research projects.
The assessment of most taught modules is based on a written examination and continuous coursework (about 20%), and, in some modules, an oral examination. The final project is assessed mainly by a report supplemented by a talk, an oral examination (viva) and an assessment of the performance and engagement during the project by the supervisor.
This will be awarded to a meritorious student of at least distinction level on any MSc course offered by the Department. It will be awarded to the student who achieves the highest credit weighted average over the whole course portfolio.
This will be awarded to a meritorious student of at least distinction level on any MSc course offered by the Department. It will be awarded to the student who achieves the highest mark for the MSc Project.
The course is run by the Department of Physics . We recently invested £4 million in new quantum technology laboratories and a complete refurbishment of the teaching laboratories. Funding of £150,000 was secured from the Quantum Hubs for new state-of-the-art advanced experimental kits for training and demonstration experiments, in particular in the quantum science, photonics and nanoscience areas. Furthermore, Strathclyde recently invested £15 million in refurbishing our John Anderson building (home of the Department of Physics) in order to enhance environmental sustainability and reduce our carbon footprint.
Departmental facilities include:
The programme is accredited by the Institute of Physics (IOP) as the professional body for physics in the UK and Ireland.
Academic requirements Minimum second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in physics (Mathematics and Physics, Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics, Engineering Physics etc), or a related subject. Applicants from an engineering discipline need to have had sufficient exposure to fundamental physics courses in quantum mechanics and electromagnetism or need to demonstrate that they can acquire the necessary background. Contact us about your application and the possibility of conversion courses. Don’t meet the academic entry requirements? We offer the Pre-Masters Preparation Course at the University of Strathclyde International Study Centre, for international students (non-UK/Ireland). English language requirements You must have an English language minimum score of IELTS 6.0 (with no component below 5.5). We offer comprehensive English language courses for students whose IELTS scores are below 6.0. As a university, we now accept many more English language tests other than IELTS for overseas applicants, for example, TOEFL and PTE Cambridge. View the full list of accepted English language tests here . Strathclyde has been consistently among the top universities for research output. This environment was exactly what an aspiring researcher like me was looking for. Siddharth Rangnekar More about Siddharth's experience Fees & funding Back to course