Astrophysics Phd Programs India
Category: Physics Scholarships. Physics opportunities are offered for majors that display resourcefulness and academic success. Physics offer challenging, thrilling and productive careers. These endowments cover many specialized fields- from acoustics, astronomy, and astrophysics to medical physics, geophysics, and vacuum sciences. Online associate and bachelor's degree programs cover a breadth of subjects in science and other fields and prepare students for more advanced studies at the graduate level. Core physics courses often include classes in wave physics, relativity, electromagnetism, quantum and classical mechanics.
Year of entry: 2020
A minimum of a 2i class UK Masters honours degree or international equivalent is required or a first degree with an additional Masters degree or international equivalent.
Programme options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Y | Y | N | N |
Programme description
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Manchester is one of the largest and most active departments of physics in the UK. We have a long tradition of excellence in both teaching and research, and have interests in most areas of contemporary research.
The Department has a strong presence in a number of Manchester-based centres for multidisciplinary research: The National Graphene Institute, the Photon Science Institute; the Manchester Centre for Non-Linear Dynamics; the Dalton Nuclear Institute; and the Mesoscience and Nanotechnology Centre. In addition, the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire is a part of the Department.
Strong research activity exists in a broad range of physics topics funded by the Research Councils including EPSRC, STFC, BBSRC, the EU and industry. All the research groups offer well-equipped laboratories and computing facilities and are involved in a wide range of collaborative projects with industry and other academic departments in the UK and overseas. For more information please visit our research page: http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/
You can also download our Postgraduate Project Booklet 2019/20 (PDF document, 2.5Mb) which contains details of research projects available within the department.
The postgraduate research environment is well funded and world-class as demonstrated by our ranking in REF2014. Supervision is provided by academic staff, who are leaders in their fields, with independent pastoral back-up. Transferable skills training is available and there are some school teaching opportunities.
Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2020, the tuition fees are as follows:
- PhD (full-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £4,407
International students (per annum): £25,000 - PhD (part-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £2,203
International students (per annum): £12,500
Please note for the majority of projects where experimentation requires further resource: higher fee bands (where quoted) will be charged rather than the base rate for supervision, administration and computational costs. The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive and, therefore, you will not be required to pay any additional bench fees or administration costs.
All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of the course for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for International students, for the course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information please visit: postgraduate fees. Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your project.
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Our internationally-renowned expertise across the School of Natural Sciences informs research led teaching with strong collaboration across disciplines, unlocking new and exciting fields and translating science into reality. Our multidisciplinary learning and research activities advance the boundaries of science for the wider benefit of society, inspiring students to promote positive change through educating future leaders in the true fundamentals of science. Find out more about Science and Engineering at Manchester.
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The majority of graduate students (about 110 are accepted each year) carry out research at the Cavendish Laboratory towards a PhD degree.
For admission to the PhD the Faculty Board normally requires applicants to have achieved the equivalent of a UK Masters (Pass). Applicants should obtain the equivalent of:
- at least a 2:i in a UK four-year 'undergraduate Master's' (Honours) degree, OR
- at least a 2:i in a UK three-year Bachelor's (Honours) degree plus a relevant one/two -year UK Master's degree.
All applicants are assessed individually on the basis of their academic records.
At least nine consecutive terms of residence (about 3 years) in the University are normally required for the PhD degree. It is possible, however, for a graduate student to apply for dispensation for up to six terms of residence if it is desirable that part of the student's work should be carried out elsewhere, for example in an industrial research laboratory.
Final examination involves the submission of a thesis of not more than 60,000 words followed by an oral examination (or viva) of the thesis and the general field of physics into which it falls.
Successful applicants are assigned to a research supervisor, a specialist in part or all of the student's chosen research field, and joins a research group which might vary in size between 4 and 80 individuals. Although the supervisor is responsible for the progress of a student's research programme, the extent to which a graduate student is assisted by the supervisor or by other members of the group depends almost entirely on the structure and character of the group concerned. The research field is normally determined at entry, after consideration of the student's interests and facilities available.
A list of current research projects is published and available on the research pages of our website, and more detailed information about specific research areas can be obtained from the relevant academic staff. The student, however, may work within a given field for a period of time before his or her personal topic is determined.
There is no requirement by the University of attendance at formal courses of lectures for the PhD. Graduate work is largely a matter of independent research and successful graduates require a high degree of self-motivation. Nevertheless, lectures and classes may be arranged, and students are expected to attend both seminars (delivered regularly by members of the University and by visiting scholars and industrialists) and external conferences. In addition, graduate students carry out first- and second-year physics undergraduate supervision and assist with practical work and theoretical examples classes in the Department.
Lectures within all the faculties of the University are open to any member of the University, and a physics graduate student has the opportunity of attending lectures not only within the undergraduate Physics and Theoretical Physics course, but also in any other subject area or faculty.