Prospective Students
Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy has an international reputation for excellence and a strong commitment to innovative and supportive teaching. You will be taught in a research environment and will benefit from interaction with researchers who are leaders in their fields. We currently have 260 Undergraduate students and 60 Postgraduate students undertaking MPhil or PhD programmes.
A degree in physics, or one which includes physics, offers an intellectual challenge as well as providing you with practical skills and the ability to solve real-life problems. This broad training allows you to keep your choice of career open until the time you graduate and also to adapt to current employment opportunities. The adaptability of physics graduates is one of the factors which make them so popular as employees in diverse sectors such as industry, research, education, commerce and finance.
For more details on the wide variety of courses offered and the environment you will be working in, please access the following pages:
Undergraduate Studies
Physics is for people who take a real interest in the world around them, those who have enquiring minds and want to understand why things are the way they are. Physics is the basic science and lies at the very heart of all high technology and engineering.
Postgraduate Studies
Cardiff University is a major centre for postgraduates from throughout the UK, the European Union and the rest of the world. Renowned internationally for both teaching and research, the University is currently home to over 5,000 postgraduates - some 20% of our student body.