BSc (Hons) or MPhys — 2025 entry Physics with Astronomy

Our BSc and MPhys Physics with Astronomy degrees teach you about our place in the cosmos. You’ll learn about cutting-edge theories of the origin of the Universe and life itself and have the opportunity to carry out original research with leading scientists in the field.

Key course information

Typical offer
ABB
Start date
September 2025
Full time
3 years
UK fees
TBC
Overseas fees
TBC
Subject area
Physics
UCAS code
F3FN
Campus
Stag Hill
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Why choose
this course?

We’re home to fantastic astronomy facilities. These include our teaching and outreach telescopes that you’ll use to get hands-on observation experience, as well as high-performance computing and GPU clusters.

There are two unique aspects of both our courses:

Our award-winning  Professional Training placements

  • Within the BSc, the option to take a paid Professional Training placement in industry gives you invaluable hands-on experience to enhance your employability.
  • On our MPhys, you’ll take a year-long, masters-level integrated research placement. This can be in one of our world-leading research groups or at one of our international partner institutions.

Our focus on undergraduate research and innovation:

  • All undergraduates have the opportunity to apply for paid 8-10 week summer research placements in our research groups and those of our South East Physics Network partners.
  • We offer in-house ‘research and innovation’ and ‘enterprise’ grants that students can apply for to fund a research placement, attend a conference or develop a new business idea.
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Statistics

Top 10 in the UK

Physics is ranked top ten in the UK for overall student satisfaction* in the National Student Survey 2023

16th in the UK

For physics in the Guardian University Guide 2024

96%

Of our physics undergraduates go on to employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2023, HESA)

*Measured by % positivity across all questions for all providers listed in the Guardian University Guide League Tables

Accreditation

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