A wide choice of fourth year MPhys projects is available across all six physics sub-departments. Occasionally students arrange to do their projects at outside laboratories. In year 1 your time is equally divided between maths and physics, with about ten lectures and two paired tutorials a week. In addition you spend one day a week, over two terms, in the practical laboratories. In years 2 and 3 the core physics topics are covered, with about 10 lectures a week and three paired tutorials a fortnight.
Practical work occupies two days a fortnight over four terms.
Those taking the 3-year BA undertake a short project in the Trinity term of their 3rd year. 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.