MRes Physics at Nottingham Trent University

A one-year full-time research Masters at Clifton Campus, Nottingham, combining taught modules with a year-long extended research project. Students are taught by active researchers on topics such as nanotechnology, space weather and the upper atmosphere, and microfluidics, using facilities including an observatory, MRI and CT scanners and a scanning tunnelling microscope.

Faculty: School of Science and Technology  |  Department: Physics  |  Duration: 1 year full-time  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Research Project, Professional Physicist and Current Topics in Physics. Students choose one option from Medical Imaging, Imaging Matter: From Atoms to Galaxies, Advanced Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computing, or Science Communication.

Career pathways

Graduates work in roles such as business analyst, physicist, management and financial trading, radiation protection advisor, research scientist and secondary science teacher; the course is also a basis for PhD research. Graduate employers include the NHS, Rolls Royce and the Science and Technology Facilities Council.

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