Physics and Philosophy King's College London

Overview

You will study the fundamental aspects of physics, including relativity, quantum mechanics, fields and waves, electromagnetism and nuclear physics. Studying philosophy will help you to develop your understanding of reality and our knowledge of it, as well as develop skills in reasoning and argument.

Physics and Philosophy program from at King's College London is one of the few physics and philosophy joint honours courses that follows an integrated approach to the two subjects, with modules in the philosophy of physics and philosophy of science, offering you a deeper understanding of some of the conceptual puzzles that you will encounter in your physics courses.

You can also choose to study our MSci course, taking both subjects to Master’s level by adding a fourth year. During this year, you’ll get to choose from a huge array of modules, and undertake a substantial physics research project and philosophy dissertations on topics of your choice, enhancing key employability skills including project management, creative thinking, working as a team, and communication and presentation skills.

Key benefits:

• Award winning: six former staff and students in the Physics department have won Nobel Prizes.

• Research lies at the heart of our department, so you’ll be taught by internationally renowned scientists.

• The Philosophy Department is ranked 4th in Europe and 8th in the world. (QS World Rankings by Subject 2020)

• King's offers an exceptionally wide range of optional Philosophy modules, covering all areas of the history of philosophy and contemporary philosophy, without any gaps from pre-Socrates to the present day.

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