Which Physics Course to Study?

Hi
I am struggling to choose between physics with theoretical physics, mathematical physics, computational physics and just physics courses. I wish to specialise in quantum information science and wanted to know which of these undergraduate courses would be the most suitable for the same..

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Mr Wednesday

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Original post by Sricheta

Hi
I am struggling to choose between physics with theoretical physics, mathematical physics, computational physics and just physics courses. I wish to specialise in quantum information science and wanted to know which of these undergraduate courses would be the most suitable for the same..

For quantum info a physics with theoretical physics track might be best, BUT, all physics courses will be very similar in years 1 and 2 and people's ideas of what's cool evolve quite a lot once they are at university. It's usually very easy to swap between different tracks in the 1st few years, or use options choices and projects to tailor your degree in the way you want.

Reply 2

Sricheta

OP

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Original post by Mr Wednesday

For quantum info a physics with theoretical physics track might be best, BUT, all physics courses will be very similar in years 1 and 2 and people's ideas of what's cool evolve quite a lot once they are at university. It's usually very easy to swap between different tracks in the 1st few years, or use options choices and projects to tailor your degree in the way you want.

That makes sense, thanks!

Reply 3

McGinger

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Good brief descriptions here of the course differences - https://www.bath.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-2024/physics/

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Lancaster Student Ambassador

Official Rep

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Hi,
As others have said it's quite easy to change track at the end of your first year at university as most physics tracks share a common first year. At Lancaster after first year you will choose a pathway. One of those pathways is a quantum technology pathway, which allows you to study modules such as quantum information processing and quantum transport in low dimensional nanostructures. However, these modules would also be accessible to you as optional modules if you took the theoretical physics with mathematics course. This crossover is probably quite similar at a lot of universities.
Personally, I'd have a look at the modules offered by various courses and see which align more with your interests.
Hope this helps,
Becky (Lancaster University student ambassador)

Reply 5

Sricheta

OP

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Thank you very much everyone for the help and insights!

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