Physics PhD / MPhil

By pursuing a Physics PhD at Liverpool, you’ll explore fundamental physics using state-of-the-art technology. You’ll also become part of a large multinational collaboration, with the opportunity to live and work at an international research facility in the UK or overseas. Investigate fundamental physics using cutting-edge technologies in detectors andor data analysis in fields such as artificial intelligence, renewable energy and sustainable technologies, innovative material, semiconductor and quantum sensors, and medical physics. As a member of our research groups, you’ll also be part of dedicated teams, often part of large international collaborations. Throughout your degree, you’ll be expected to work independently and demonstrate that you can plan and deliver a research project, with the support of at least two supervisors. During your first year, you’ll attend specialist courses provided by research-active staff members in each of our research groups. These will bring you up to the level required for frontline international research. You can also attend specialised summer schools financed by the Research Councils that fund our work. The new, original research that you produce during your PhD degree will be presented in a thesis (and possibly in peer-reviewed journal publications). Finally, you’ll defend your thesis in front of experts. Depending on your project, you may be able to live and work at international research facilities in UK or overseas. Many of our PhD students spend some time (between a few weeks and up to two years) at international research facilities in Europe, America or Japan.

You’ll typically need a degree equivalent to a master’s degree with at least 2:1 classification. Exceptions do apply, so get in contact with us if you want to make an inquiry.