physics degree , worth the time and stress ?

One of the most sort after degrees you can do. Priority one is going to a University which has a reputation for being strong in the physical sciences - unlike Medicine for example, the caliber of Uni you go to for Physics makes all the difference.

Other than vocational or specialised fields, you can go into pretty much anything. I intend to go into research, many friends are looking to go into Finance (Banking, Accounting etc), some want to do Law and a large proportion are going on to Further Study (Masters and PhD's).

When making these decisions it comes down to the individual more than the subject. You could get into space exploration from almost any Science related degree however you have to be motivated/able enough to do so.

Physics is one of the most employable degrees as people have already said. I go to Durham, consistently ranked within the top 5 departments in the UK and there are constantly businesses on campus advertising their graduate prospects.

As for doing Masters - if you want to work in a career that is committed to research of any type having a masters is beneficial and that is why so many universities offer an integrated masters programme. As for doing a masters in a different subject - well that would depend on what other subject you're looking at as like undergraduate degree programmes, masters courses have their own prerequisites. What other subject were you thinking of?

With regards to money - research is interesting but pays less. People that go into finance or consultancy can quickly be on enormous salaries (upwards of £35,000 a year) but as you say many don't want to follow that route. Other career paths have different pay scales however it is worth saying that graduate physicists earn more than the average for a new graduate.

What is finance and consultancy, and how hard is it to go in to engineering with a degree in physics. Would you reccomend an engineers degree or physics degree

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