Entry requirementsSelected entry requirements
English language: Minimum grade C in English Language. IELTS - minimum 6.0. TOEFL - minimum 213 (computer-based) or 550 (paper-based) or 80 (internet based).
A level: AAA-AAB (including Physics and Maths)
Unit grade information: The University of Manchester welcomes the provision of unit grade information which, like all other available information, will inform the consideration of applications. Unit grades will not normally form part of offer conditions, except for Mathematics programmes.
GCSE: English Language at grade C or above.
Key Skills qualification: The University warmly welcomes applications from students studying the Key Skills qualification. However, as the opportunities to take these modules are not open to all applicants, currently this is not an essential requirement of the University.
International baccalaureate: 37-33 points overall including minimum of 5-6 points in Mathematics and Physics at Higher level.
Additional entry requirements
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Academic titleMPhys Physics with Photonics
Course descriptionCourse description
Physics is of fundamental importance in optical technologies, and advances in basic physics continually lead to new photonics applications. The aim of the Honours School of Physics with Photonics is to provide you with a firm foundation in fundamental physics, together with a solid understanding of photonics - the science of generating, controlling, using and detecting photons.
The University of Manchester has recently formed a new multidisciplinary research unit, the Photon Science Institute , which has its own brand new, purpose built building adjacent to the Schuster Building. The building is equipped with environmentally controlled laser laboratories and brings together over 100 researchers working with `light for science'. The Physics with Photonics programme fits squarely with the research themes of the PSI and students will have the opportunity to carry out their final year projects working in exciting new research areas.
The Physics with Photonics course has close connections with industry, with academic staff in the School of Physics and Astronomy working extensively with companies engaged in emerging technologies. This interplay between the academic and industrial sides of research and development ensures that the course provides you with excellent opportunities for an appreciation of the applications of physics and the ways in which developments in physics can be implemented in practice. There may also be opportunities for you to take summer placements with the above companies amongst others.
It is possible to transfer to the 3-year BSc course at the beginning of your third year.
Special features
Students have an opportunity to spend a period of time studying abroad in the second or third year.
It is possible to transfer to the 3-year BSc course at the beginning of your third year.
Career opportunities
Graduates in Physics with Photonics have the skills and knowledge of the physicist combined with specialist expertise in the physics-based technology of photonics. Your career opportunities therefore embrace all of those available to physics graduates but also include those which require more specialised knowledge of photonics.