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Physics & Astronomy
BSc (Single Honours Degrees) Astrophysics
Physics
MPhys (Single Honours Degrees) Astrophysics Physics
MSci (Joint Honours Degree) Physics and Chemistry
BSc (Joint Honours Degrees) Physics and one of:
Computer Science Logic & Philosophy of Science
Mathematics
MPhys (Joint Honours Degree) Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Entry Requirements The likely minimum grades currently required are shown below. (For Joint Honours degrees the subject with the higher entry requirements determines the likely minimum grades.)
First Level Entry Typical entry requirements for Highers are AAAA, and for A-Level are AAA (including Physics and Mathematics). International Baccalaureate Points: 38
Second Level Entry Typically requires Advanced Highers at AAB or A-Level at AAA (including Physics and Mathematics), or Advanced Highers in Physics and Mathematics at AA along with Highers at AA in two other subjects. International Baccalaureate Points: 38
Gateway to Physics and Engineering Entry For UK students with high academic potential but having experienced disadvantage, at least BBBB or ABBC at Highers, BBB at A-Level, in all cases to include physics and mathematics. Also for international students with high academic potential but with less access to advanced level qualifications.
Preference may be given to candidates offering strong science qualifications.
Please note: • Obtaining these grades may not guarantee you a place. • We consider all aspects of every application, including the personal statement.
• Remember to confirm that you also meet the Faculty Entrance Requirements. Information on these and other qualifications pages 52-85.
Degree Structure For Science Faculty information and other module choices, see pages 16-17.
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Subject Enquiries Dr Kenny Wood E:
physics@st-andrews.ac.uk
General Enquiries UK/EU:
student.recruitment@
st-andrews.ac.uk Rest of the World:
international@st-andrews.ac.uk
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/physics
Our astronomy team played a major role in the collaboration that discovered the most earth-like planet yet found outside our solar system. This artist’s impression is courtesy of the European Southern Observatory. This planet was found using gravitational lensing. 22 gas-giant exoplanets have been found using a robotic telescope to search for the dimming of a star’s light as a planet passes in front it.
Physics with Photonics Theoretical Physics
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Students welcoming the start of the session in the new concourse of the School’ s main building.
“The education provided at St Andrews is of high quality containing an excellent grounding in physics as well as valuable transferable skills. The School is friendly and students are communicative and highly supportive of the School and its staff.” The Institute of Physics report 2005.
• A 2008 graduate was awarded the ‘UK Physics Student of the Year’ award for the research work in her final-year project.
• Our programmes are particularly flexible offering a choice of entry and exit points.
• Students with good Advanced Highers or A-Levels may complete an Honours BSc degree in three years, and an Honours MPhys degree in four years.
• The size of the School (30 academic staff, and around 70 entrant students) allows significant interaction amongst staff and students. Second and Third level tutorials are in groups of only four or five students.
• The University Observatory contains the largest operational optical telescope in the UK, and is an active part of the exoplanet research programme.
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In 2008 our astronomers discovered the youngest planet yet found around another star.
• Our theoretical physicists have determined the prescription for an optical material needed for an ‘invisibility cloak’.
• Our experimental physicists have pioneered the use of lasers to inject genes into cells.
Physics is thriving at St Andrews, with major research groups working in astronomy and astrophysics, laser physics and optoelectronics, biophotonics, quantum optics, magnetism and superconductivity, millimetre-wave techniques, semiconductor physics, and theoretical physics. Healthy numbers of well-qualified students join our BSc and MPhys programmes each year.
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