It enables you to acquire industrial experience applicable to your course and future career. There are opportunities for placements abroad. Nuclear and particle physics Nuclear and particle physics and how they are interrelated, focussing on how progress depends on the interplay of theory with experiment Physical modelling Extends skills in formulating and applying analytical and numerical techniques to a range of physical problems . High specification materials Properties and property-engineering of high specification materials for modern applications including semiconductors, piezoelectric ceramics, liquid crystals, emphasising the modelling, selection. An extended experiment or theoretical investigation of an engineering or scientific problem, often related to industrial or research work within the department.
Projects draw on a range of skills and ideas which have been developed through the course.