2-Term Pathway - Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Certificate - Transfer to Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Physics and Philosophy

If a student has finished high school but does not meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them to gain entry to an undergraduate degree. Admission to the University of Nottingham can be gained through a pathway course at the University of Nottingham International College. Students will be part of a large international student population at the University of Nottingham. It is a member of the elite Russell Group, and is consistently ranked among the world’s best schools.

Nottingham is home to Nobel Prize-winning research and the popular Sixty Symbols YouTube channel.

Explore the interplay between these closely related subjects. Students can use their study to address some of the deeper philosophical questions that modern physics raises.

Students will study more advanced areas of core physics such as Quantum Mechanics. Optional philosophy modules such as Knowledge and Justification will develop expertise in this specialist field.

Nottingham has a proud heritage of innovative and cutting-edge research. Nottingham is ranked joint third of all physics departments in the country for ‘research power’ (REF 2014).

This interdisciplinary course will give students lots of much-desired skills and employability, such as critical analysis and independent study. Students go on to work in a broad range of physics-related industries as well as careers in science communication and policy.