This programme equips students with the knowledge in physics and instrumentations, and operational technical skill, which would lay the foundation for applications in various industrial areas. Students will go through training in the applications of physics and instrumentations, computer simulations, designing virtual instruments using Lab view and handling advanced equipment such as thermal evaporator and atomic force microscope. This programme would lay the foundation for future applied physics innovators in material sciences, instrumentations, biomedical and healthcare equipment designers.
Academically, this programme has adequate coverage in its core physics contents, and graduates are well prepared to continue their post-graduate studies in physics, locally or overseas. Additionally, they can also pursue post-graduate studies in cross-disciplinary fields such as nanoscience, biophysics, chemical physics, medical physics, and geophysics.
Industries employing physicists are varied:
- Aerospace and defense
- Education
- Energy
- Engineering
- Instrumentation
- Manufacturing
- Oil and gas
- Science and telecommunications
Programme Outline:
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Physics Laboratory
- Physics II
- Thermodynamics
- Thermodynamics Laboratory
- Classical Mechanics
- Electromagnetism
- Electromagnetism Laboratory
- Quantum Mechanics
- Solid State Physics
- Solid State Physics Laboratory
- Optics
- Optics Laboratory
- Physics of Semiconductor Devices
- Circuit Theory
- Electronics
- Electronics Laboratory
- Introduction to Microcontrollers
- Programming Concepts
- Virtual Instrumentation
- Control Principles for Instrumentation
- Scientific Instrumentation
- Sensors and Actuators
- Algebra and Calculus
- Mathematics for Science I
- Mathematics for Science II
- Public Speaking
- Project
- Industrial Training
Career Prospects:
- Research & Development Personnel
- Semiconductor Test Engineers
- Semiconductor Design Engineers
- Instrumentation Engineers
- Biomedical Devices Engineers