Physics

About this course

Physics is the most fundamental of the natural sciences, seeking to understand the laws that govern everything from the behaviour of subatomic particles to the large-scale structure of the universe. It is a discipline built on mathematical rigour, experimental ingenuity, and the ambition to explain the natural world in the most general terms possible. Modern physics encompasses quantum mechanics, relativity, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and cosmology, and its methods underpin technologies from semiconductors to medical imaging to GPS. At the University of Manchester, studying physics places you within one of the most respected physics departments in the country. This three-year full-time programme offers flexibility and depth, and the department's research activity means you are learning in an environment shaped by people working at the frontiers of the discipline. The programme in

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