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Final-year project in mm-wave radar and science outreach Problem-solving workshops complement lectures
Scholarships There are several scholarships for students taking part in the Gateway to Physics and Engineering programme. There are also various scholarships available from the University that all students may apply for, see:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/physics/pandaweb/admiss/bursaries
New Developments At the time of writing some of the exciting developments here are:
• The recent completion of a major refurbishment of several teaching areas in the School, including the main concourse, group study area, library, and lecture theatres.
• The introduction of the new Gateway to Physics and Engineering programme.
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In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise our School came joint second in the UK for research in physics and astronomy. (See page 5.)
• The School’s astronomers have now detected over 50 new extra-solar planets, representing half of the total number of transiting extra-solar planets so far detected.
Study Abroad The Robert T Jones Trust funds one year of postgraduate Masters study at the prestigious Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) for a selected person graduating from our School.
Careers Graduates in any of these disciplines enjoy a wide range of career options, including research and development in industry and in Government agencies. Many find employment in fields not directly related to their degree subject, e.g. computing, software development, meteorology, biophysics, geophysics, banking and commerce, where their problem-solving skills and numeracy are in demand. Our School’s website includes a number of ’graduate profiles‘ showing our graduates working as an investment manager in Brisbane, a photonics researcher in Japan, an “engineer in charge” on the fusion project JET, a physics teacher in Mallaig, a patent lawyer in London, and an accountant in Edinburgh. Other graduates are working in high-tech companies in the USA and UK, some have started up their own businesses in science and technology, and some are in the University sector doing research and teaching. More information:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/careers/wiki/ School_of_Physics_and_Astronomy
Please see page 42 for details of the University’s Careers Centre.
An electron microscope is used to fabricate photonic crystal devices for the study of “slow light” and also applications in optical communications.
Biophotonics research at St Andrews, in collaboration with Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, has produced this “light emitting sticking plaster” that is used to treat skin cancers with a photo-activated drug.
Astrolabes can be used for navigation, surveying, and astronomical calculation. This one was made in 1575 and used for teaching and research in the University, purchased c.1673 by James Gregory, Professor of Mathematics. (Courtesy of MUSA.)
Physics & Astronomy
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