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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024

PhD, MSc (Demokritos, Greece), BSc (Patras) (Solar physics, Space weather,
Experimental particle physics beyond the Standard Model)

DEGREE PROGRAM

The Bachelor of Science in Physics Program consists of three levels: Introductory,
Intermediate and Advanced. The program starts with introductory courses in Physics, while
the Intermediate level builds strong fundamentals in Physics through courses such as
Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Mathematical Methods, Statistical
Physics, Optics, Numerical and Computation Methods etc. At the Advanced level, students
choose ten elective courses from at least seventeen electives of specialised fields. Eight
focus fields offer various respective elective courses. These are Plasma Physics, Laser
and Optoelectronics, Semiconductor Physics, Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle
Physics, Space Physics, Radiation Physics, Physics of Materials and Electronics. Students
must carry out a final-year project in any of these fields. Industrial training is also a
compulsory course.

AREAS OF RESEARCH

There are six research centres in the Department of Physics

1 Centre for Theoretical Physics (CTP)
2 Low Dimensional Materials Research Centre (LDMRC)
3 Centre For Ionics University of Malaya (CIUM)
4 Plasma Technology Research Centre (PTRC)

and fifteen core areas:
1. Applied Materials
2. Solid-State Physics
3. Microprocessor and Computational Physics
4. Theoretical Physics
5. Elementary Particle Physics
6. Corrosion and Coatings
7. Magnetic Devices and Instrumentation
8. Applied Optics and High Temperature Density Physics
9. Materials Science and Polymer Physics
10. Applied Radiation
11. Radio astronomy
12. Optical Astronomy
13. Nuclear Physics
14. Nuclear Astrophysics
15. Stellar Astrophysics

Research facilities determine how nature can be understood. The Department of Physics
has a laboratory for centralised facilities to support various research activities. Major

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