Particle Physics with Research Year Abroad (MPhys)

Award
Master of Physics
Typical Offer
A*AA-AAA View full entry requirements
Duration
4 years
Course Type
Full-time
Campus
Highfield
UCAS Course code
F303

About this course

This MPhys Particle Physics degree offers a unique opportunity to combine physics with a year studying abroad. You'll spend your fourth year with the international research team at CERN in Geneva and work on a project at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

We offer this flagship course to the best students on our MPhys Physics and MPhys Physics with Mathematics degrees.

Experiments at the LHC led to the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the Higgs boson.

Experience at CERN will be recognised by research institutions worldwide, opening up a wide range of career and PhD possibilities.

While at CERN, you’ll work on one of the following experiments:

  • LHCb, which is investigating differences between matter and antimatter
  • ATLAS or CMS, both of which are broad research programmes looking for new particles

We’re the only UK university to offer a physics degree with an integrated 1-year placement at CERN.

We regularly review our courses to ensure and improve quality. This course may be revised as a result of this. Any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Find out why, when, and how we might make changes.

Our courses are regulated in England by the Office for Students (OfS).

Course location

This course is based at Highfield.

Awarding body

This qualification is awarded by the University of Southampton.

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