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M.Sc. Program


Program Overview

Open to students with bachelors degree in science or engineering . There is a variety of core-courses that emphasize the fundamentals while keeping in mind the evolving nature of subjects. A strong laboratory component allows you explore a range of experiments from classic ones to those that are more recent and advanced. A platter of advanced elective courses offer a glimpse into frontier areas of research and allow for you to choose a topic for the one-year project.

Selection Process

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Structure of the Program

The program consists of 4 semesters . The first two semesters consists of cores courses. The third and fourth semesters are largely elective courses. There is a project component last semester.

Semester - I
 
Semester - II
Course No.

Course Name

Credit

PH 5010

Mathematical Physics

4

PH 5030

Classical Mechanics

4

PH 5100

Quantum Mechanics I

4

PH 5040

Electronics - I

3

PH 5060

Physics Laboratory - I

1





 
Course No.

Course Name

Credit

PH 5020

Electromagnetic Theory

4

PH 5080

Statistical Physics

3

PH 5170 

Quantum Mechanics - II

3

PH 5160

Condensed Matter Physics - I

4

PH 5250 / PH5720 

Advanced Electronics & Lab / Numerical Methods and Programming Lab

3

PH 5120

Physics Laboratory - II

0

     
Semester - III
 
Semester - IV
Course No.

Course Name

Credit

PH 5410

Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics

4

PH 5110 /
PH 5050

Optics and Photonics / Mathematical Physics II

3

PH 5210 /
PH 5211 

Condensed Matter Physics - II / High Energy Physics

3

PH 5212

Elective 1

3

PH 5270

Physics Laboratory - III

1

PH 5290 

Project I

0


 
Course No.

Course Name

Credit

PH ****

Elective 2

3

PH ****

Elective 3

3

PH ****

Elective 4

3

PH 5230

Seminar

0

PH 5240

Viva Voce

0

PH 5300

Project II

0




Syllabus

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Career Prospects

Opportunities after our M. Sc. program include doing research in leading national and international universities, laboratories and research institutes. Some of the students go ahead to do industrial research in various fields, or opt to take up non-academic work in companies. The campus interviews at IIT Madras offer the students a wider choice of such opportunities as well.