In the 4th year you take two major options, about six lectures plus one class a week, plus the MPhys project in Hilary Term. Application procedure Candidates will not normally be required to submit examples of school or college written work. Tutors are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated students with a physicist's ability to apply basic principles to unfamiliar situations. Although the course requires a good level of mathematical competence, the key requirement here is the ability to formulate a problem in mathematical terms and then extract the physical consequences from the solution. All Oxford physics graduates either find immediate employment or go on to further study.
Physicists take up an enormous variety of careers.
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