PhD Theoretical Physics
The structured Theoretical Physics programme from Maynooth University involves substantial original research under the supervision of academic staff in an area of theoretical physics or applied mathematics and the submission of a major thesis containing a significant amount of original matherial and results.
Duration
4 years (Full-time)
6 years (Part-time)
Starting Date
September
Tuition Fee
TBA
Location
Maynooth, Ireland
The programme
The objective of the Theoretical Physics programme from Maynooth University is to provide:
- A high quality research experience and training
- Enhanced arrangements for supervision and mentorship
- Structured arrangements for the development of generic and transferable skills
- Advanced discipline-specific taught courses
- Regular monitoring of progress
Career Options
Theoretical physicists are in high demand in the job market thanks to their skills in numeracy, analytical and abstract thinking and the application of these skills to solving problems in the real world.
Graduates of the Theoretical Physics programme from Maynooth University can consider a wide range of careers, including research and teaching in a university, research in a research institute or industrial setting; public sector agencies, the scientific civil service; banking and stock market analysis; business and actuarial work, telecommunications and in all sections of the computer industry.
They lead and are at the forefront of scientific discovery and in understanding the universe from the microscopic to the macroscopic, the origin of space-time, quarks, black holes and to astrophysical processes on the scale of the entire universe.
Courses Included
- Innovation and Research Commercialisation
- Research Funding Application
- Groups and Their Representations
- Differential Geometry
- Teaching Practice in Mathematical Physics
- Topics In Complex Analysis
- Conference Organisation
- Work-based Placement
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