📖Program Curriculum

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Modes of delivery of the in Astrophysics include lectures seminars and tutorials and allow students the opportunity to take part in lab project and team work

The programme draws upon a wide range of advanced Masters-level courses You will have the flexibility to tailor your choice of optional courses and project work to a variety of specific research topics and their applications in the area of astrophysics

Please note some courses are only offered on alternate indicated in brackets after the course

Core courses include
PARTICLE PHYSICS
ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS FOR PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
DYNAMICS ELECTRODYNAMICS & RELATIVITY
ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY 2
GROUPS AND SYMMETRIES
RESEARCH SKILLS
MSC PROJECT
These core courses run on alternate

GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION running 2022-23
PULSARS AND SUPERNOVAE running 2022-23
PLASTHEORY AND DIAGNOSTICS next running 2024-24
STATISTICAL ASTRONOMY next running 2024-24
Optional courses include
QUANTUM AND ATOM OPTICS
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
These optional courses run on alternate

COSMOLOGY running 2022-23
EXPLORING PLANETARY SYSTEMS running 2022-23
INSTRUMENTS FOR OPTICAL AND RADIO ASTRONOMY running 2022-23
GALAXIES next running 2024-24
HELIOPHYSICS AND STELLAR ATMOSPHERES next running 2024-24
STELLAR STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION next running 2024-24
Programme alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised In exceptional circumstances however the University may withdraw or alter a programme For more information please see Student contract

CAREER PROSPECTS
Career opportunities include academic research based in universities research institutes observatories and laboratory facilities; industrial research in a wide range of fields including energy and the environmental sector IT and semiconductors optics and lasers materials science telecommunications engineering; banking and commerce; higher education

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🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:
  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

224 RMB

Tuition fee:

25,980 GBP per year

25,980 GBP in total

❓✅❌ Entry Requirements

You are not eligible to apply to this program because:

The minimum age is 18.

English fluency is required.
You need to be either:
- A native English speaker
- Studied in English at high school or a degree
- Have passed IELTS level 6.5 or TOEFL 95 or above.

Minimum education level: Bachelor's.

The program is competitive, you need to have a high grades of Average A, 70%, or a high GPA.

All students from all countries are eligible to apply to this program.

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📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a University

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Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo
  • Official transcript
  • Personal statement
  • English certificate (You can take the English test online)
  • Guarantor letter
  • 2 Recommendation letters

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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