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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026

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)
5 Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAAR)

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 facilities
include TEM, FE-SEM, SEM-EDX, XRD, AFM, FT-IR, PL, TLD Reader, OMA, Co-60 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.

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