Physics and Astronomy

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Work closely with leading active researchers

Do you want to contribute to an area of cutting-edge research in an awe-inspiring subject? Do you want to delve deeper into advanced topics in physical or chemical Sciences? Develop valuable new knowledge and skills?

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Masters Open Event - 31 May 2024

Join us online from 11am-1pm (BST), to find out about our masters programmes and scholarships of up to £4,000 for eligible students. Chat with students and academics and get a taste of student life and study at Queen Mary.

Why Physics and Astronomy at Queen Mary?

Join a school that has an international reputation for its research. Three of Queen Mary’s Nobel Prize winners are linked to Physics
We remain at the forefront of some of the most exciting discoveries of the last century such as the discovery of Proxima b and the discovery of Higgs boson, where the latter forms a part of an international collaboration jointly responsible for the Nobel Prize-winning.
Gain specialist careers and employability support through the South East Physics Network (SEPnet)
Have access to excellent research and teaching facilities. Our Physics and Astronomy students benefit from the experimental equipment available in our teaching and research labs, and also from our own roof-top Observatory.

More reasons to study at Queen Mary

Queen Mary University of London is where previously unthinkable ideas are applied to the challenges facing the real world. We do this by being the most inclusive university of its kind, anywhere.

We are one of 24 leading UK universities represented by the Russell Group.
According to the Graduates Outcomes Survey 2021, 90 per cent of postgraduate and PhD graduates are in employment or further study within six months of graduating.
We are the most inclusive Russell Group University, and runner-up for UK University of the Year (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021).
At Queen Mary, you get the safety and security of campus life, while living in one of the most exciting parts of London.

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"In doing both a BSc and MSc in Astrophysics, it’s really taught me how to go about learning. That is, taking new concepts like those I now find in Geophysics, breaking them down into the fundamentals and drawing on my general physics knowledge, researching and reading up where needed to understand and learn about something new."
— Bradley Cooper-Barnard, Geophysicist at CGG, MSc Astrophysics 2019