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Faculty of Science Booklet, Academic Session 2022/2023

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

The Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science, University of Malaya was established in
1961. From the beginning, education in Physics was meant to be a union of theoretical and
practical aspects. The Department of Physics, under the current leadership of the Head of
Department, Prof. Dr. Zamri bin Zainal Abiddin, endeavour to impart a thorough knowledge of
the fundamental principles of Physics, as mathematically and experimentally demonstrated to
younger generation. Academics and researchers of the Department of Physics are conducting
internationally relevant and competitive research, they also collaborate on joint projects with
the industry to contribute to the development of knowledge and innovation-based economy, as
well as other components to strengthen multidisciplinary and inter-disciplinary research. Their
scientific work is connected with innovative teaching techniques, thus providing a creative and
stimulating environment for the education of future generations of physicists.

The Department offers Bachelor of Science in Physics Program. Our academics are committed
to the flexible delivery of learning and teaching methods. Depending on the course, students
will enjoy a variety of teaching modes, such as tutorials, problem-based learning, online
learning, practical experience and laboratory work. At level three, students will also undergo
industrial training and complete a final year project to strengthen the knowledge and skills
obtained and adapt to the ever-advancing knowledge in science and technology.

The Department offers graduate study leading to the Master of Science (M.Sc.) and Doctor of
Philosophy (Ph.D.). Details are available in the Graduate Program Guidebook of Faculty of
Science. Students who graduate with the Bachelor of Science degree from the Department of
Physics are encouraged to pursue their studies to the higher degree levels in the field of
Physics or other related fields.

Research facilities determine the ways in which nature could be understood. The Department
of Physics has centralised facilities laboratory to support a wide range of research activities.
Major facilities include TEM, FE-SEM, SEM-EDX, XRD, AFM, FT-IR, PL, TLD Reader, OMA,
60 Co irradiator and HpGe Gamma spectrometer, TGA, DSC, DMA, UV-VIS-NIR Spectrometer,
Field Emission Auger Microprobe, Flame Hydrolysis Deposition system, Mask Aligner, 1 m
grazing incidence Spectrometer, DC sputtering system etc.

DEGREE PROGRAM
The Bachelor of Science in Physics.

Bachelor of Science in Physics Program consists of three levels, namely Introductory,
Intermediate and Advanced levels. 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. In the Advanced level, students
choose ten elective courses from a total of at least seventeen electives of specialised fields
and required to carry out a final year project in any one of these fields. Industrial training is also
a compulsory course.

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