Our Physics BSc course will give you an understanding of the fundamental aspects of physics covering areas such as relativity, quantum mechanics, fields and waves, electromagnetism and nuclear physics. You will carry out extensive project work in your third year to gain an insight into the skills and behaviours of scientific research. You also have the opportunity to transfer to the Study Abroad pathway and spend your third year at a partner institution before returning to King’s for the final year. This depends on you reaching a certain grade average and being accepted by a partner university. Women in STEM Scholarship The Faculty funds a scholarship for female undergraduate applicants, as part of its commitment to increasing the representation of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Find out more about eligibility and how to apply at the link in the sidebar.

Key benefits

• Top 10 in the UK for Physics (QS World Rankings by subject 2024) and 7th in the UK for employability (Times Higher Education Graduate Employability rankings 2023/4)
• Join an award-winning department: six former staff and students won Nobel Prizes.
• Study the skies using King’s own rooftop observatory and telescope.
• Central location gives you easy access to major libraries and many leading societies, including the Institute of Physics
• Internationally-renowned academic staff in the fields of cosmology, nanotechnology and the interface between physics and biology.
• Study in a diverse student cohort: King’s is one of the leading Russell Group universities by proportion of female undergraduates on its Physics courses (HESA 2019/20).
• 90 per cent of our research was classed as world- leading or internationally excellent in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework

“The lecturers are incredibly passionate and friendly people. They really care and it makes learning from them enjoyable as you can feed off their passion.”

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