MPhil Stream

• Coursework: 12 units
• Thesis Research: 6 units each term

In the final year of study, the student must submit a thesis to the Division and pass an oral examination defending his/her thesis.

PhD Stream
Students must pass the candidacy examination within 24 months from first entry.

• Coursework: 12 units
• Guided Study: 1 unit each term
• Thesis Research: 6 units each term during pre-candidacy period and 12 units each term during post-candidacy period

For students entering with a research master’s degree, the normative study period is 36 months.

In the final year of study, students must submit a thesis to the Division and pass an oral examination defending his/her thesis.

Fields of Specialization

• Experimental: Astrophysics, neutrino oscillation and particle physics; quantum sensing, ultracold atoms and molecules; plasmonics and metamaterials, ceramic-metal composites, thin film growth and magnetic oxides, undercooled metal liquids, nanostructured metal composites, energy storage materials turbulence; bacterial motion, colloids, glass formation, liquid-solid impact; experimental condensed matter physics.
• Theoretical / Computational: Particle physics, cosmology, gravitational waves, pulsations of compact stellar objects; condensed matter physics, electronic and optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures, interacting electron-phonon systems, strongly correlated systems, topological matters; quantum matters, quantum optics, quantum physics and quantum information; complex system, turbulence; computational physics, computational many-body physics, computational biophysics, computational materials physics.

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