About Physics With Theoretical Physics Bsc in Kings College London
Overview
Our Physics with Theoretical Physics BSc will give you an understanding across all fundamental aspects of physics, including theoretical physics. You’ll be taught by internationally renowned academic staff with links to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and the LIGO gravitational wave observatory. Your studies will take place in a friendly and supportive environment in the heart of London.
Key benefits
- Award winning – six former staff and students in the department are Nobel Prize winners.
- Internationally renowned academic staff in the fields of cosmology, nanotechnology and the interface between physics and biology.
- Central location gives you easy access to major libraries and many leading societies, including the Institute of Physics.
Description
We have designed this Physics with Theoretical Physics BSc to give you a broad understanding of all of the fundamental elements of physics and especially theoretical physics. You will cover topics such as relativity, quantum mechanics, fields and waves, electromagnetism, nuclear and particle physics. The theoretical physics modules introduce advanced mathematical tools used in theoretical physics.
Problem solving and project work is an important part of this course and you’ll learn about team work, group organisation and the skills of oral and poster presentations. We also encourage you to work with a school, to experience teaching and develop the skill of presenting information to non-experts.
You’ll be assigned a personal tutor to support your development and our Department encourages an atmosphere in which students feel able to easily approach academic staff. Our Student-Staff Liaison Committee provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and feedback on teaching. Staff and students are members of the Maxwell Society, which is the Department of Physics’ social and lecture society.
Career prospects
Our Physics graduates are in high demand because employers recognise the wide range of skills that they possess. We train physicists to be good problem solvers, to think logically and to apply mathematical and computational techniques to real problems.
Career destinations
Recent graduates have found employment or further study as:
- Investment Manager, Manthan Capital
- Project Engineer, Cryogenic Ltd
- Researcher, Institute of Scientific Instruments
- Risk Analyst, City Index
- Maths Part III, Cambridge
- Software Engineer IBM
- Physics Teacher, London
Academic qualification equivalents
English language requirements (one of the below):
- IELTS : Minimum 6.0 overall, with no skill below 5.5
- TOEFL : 80 overall with a minimum of 20 in each skills
- PTE : 59 overall with a minimum of 54 in each communicative skill
Kings College London Highlights
| University Type |
Public University |
| Campus Setting |
Urban |
| Establishment Year |
1829 |
| No. of Faculties |
9 |
| No. of Campuses |
5 |
| No. of Residence Halls |
11 |
| Graduate Job Rate |
90% |
| Expenditure on facility improvement |
1 Billion Pounds |
| Applications Accepted |
Online |
| Work-Study |
Available |
| Intake Type |
Semester wise |
| Mode of Program |
Full time and online |
King's College London The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
| Expenses |
Annual Cost (GBP) |
| International Tuition Fee (Undergraduate) |
19,800 per year |
| International Tuition Fee (Postgraduate) |
16,380 per year |
| Student fee (full-time) |
650 |
| Student Healthcare Plan |
202 |
| Orientation |
160 |
| Books and stationery |
1,300 |
| Residence |
3,800 |
| Food |
3,170 |
| Living expenses |
1,000 |
UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) requires students to have a budget of at least £1,265 per month in addition to tuition fees.
