32 one-year master's programs in Physics — UK
32 programs for a master's in Physics in the UK that answer which programs in this group finish in a year. Every program here is 12 months long or shorter.
one-year Programs
Every program here is 12 months long or shorter.
- 1
University of Oxford
- Grad School Navigator#5University rank
- QS#3Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#8Subject rank
- U.S. News#16Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 15
- Annual tuition
- $55,974
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 2
University of Cambridge
- Grad School Navigator#7University rank
- QS#5Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=5Subject rank
- U.S. News#13Subject rank
- Application deadline
- May 14
- Annual tuition
- $56,594
- Program duration
- 9 months
- 3
Imperial College London
- Grad School Navigator#15University rank
- QS#12Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=12Subject rank
- U.S. News#39Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Aug 20 +4
- Annual tuition
- $49,792
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 4
University College London
- Grad School Navigator#37University rank
- QS#25Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#38Subject rank
- U.S. News#43Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Aug 28 +3
- Annual tuition
- $54,656
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 5
University of Edinburgh
- Grad School Navigator#50University rank
- QS#34University rank
- Times Higher Education=41Subject rank
- U.S. News#65Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15 +2
- Annual tuition
- $40,960
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 6
University of Manchester
- Grad School Navigator#67University rank
- QS=34Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=51Subject rank
- U.S. News#80Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Rolling
- Annual tuition
- $38,272
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 7
University of Glasgow
- Grad School Navigator#108University rank
- QS=119Subject rank
- Times Higher Education126–150Subject rank
- U.S. News#100Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Aug 21 +12
- Annual tuition
- $39,744
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 8
University of Nottingham
- Grad School Navigator#121University rank
- QS=111Subject rank
- Times Higher Education151–175Subject rank
- U.S. News#204Subject rank
- Annual tuition
- $32,960
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 9
University of Sheffield
- Grad School Navigator#123University rank
- QS#106Subject rank
- Times Higher Education126–150Subject rank
- U.S. News#88Subject rank
- Annual tuition
- $28,928
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 10
University of St Andrews
- Grad School Navigator#135University rank
- QS151–200Subject rank
- Times Higher Education126–150Subject rank
- U.S. News#534Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Aug 6
- Annual tuition
- $40,256
- Program duration
- 12 months
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Complete Program List32 programs
The complete list of Physics Master's Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #5 | University of Oxford | MSc in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics | 12 months |
| #5 | University of Oxford | MSt in Philosophy of Physics | 9 months |
| #7 | University of Cambridge | MASt in Astrophysics | 9 months |
| #7 | University of Cambridge | MASt in Physics | 9 months |
| #15 | Imperial College London | MRes Machine Learning and Big Data in the Physical Sciences | 12 months |
| #15 | Imperial College London | MRes Photonics | 12 months |
| #15 | Imperial College London | MSc Physics | 12 months |
| #15 | Imperial College London | MSc Physics with Quantum Dynamics | 12 months |
| #37 | University College London | Astrophysics MSc | 12 months |
| #50 | University of Edinburgh | Mathematical Physics MSc | 12 months |
| #50 | University of Edinburgh | Particle & Nuclear Physics MSc | 12 months |
| #50 | University of Edinburgh | Theoretical Physics | 12 months |
| #67 | University of Manchester | MSc by Research Physics | 12 months |
| #67 | University of Manchester | MSc by Research Theoretical Physics | 12 months |
| #108 | University of Glasgow | Astrophysics MSc | 12 months |
| #108 | University of Glasgow | Medical Physics MSc | 12 months |
| #108 | University of Glasgow | Theoretical Physics MSc | 12 months |
| #121 | University of Nottingham | Gravity, Particles and Fields MSc | 12 months |
| #121 | University of Nottingham | Physics MRes | 12 months |
| #123 | University of Sheffield | Particle Physics MSc (Res) | 12 months |
| #135 | University of St Andrews | Astrophysics (MSc) | 12 months |
| #139 | University of Leeds | Physics MSc | 12 months |
| #140 | Durham University | Particles, Strings and Cosmology MSc | 12 months |
| #140 | Durham University | Physics MSc by Research | 12 months |
| #192 | Newcastle University | Physics MRes | 12 months |
| #201–250 | Cardiff University | Astrophysics MSc | 12 months |
| #201–250 | Cardiff University | Compound Semiconductor Physics MSc | 12 months |
| #201–250 | Cardiff University | Data Intensive Astrophysics MSc | 12 months |
| #201–250 | Cardiff University | Data Intensive Physics MSc | 12 months |
| #201–250 | Cardiff University | Physics MSc | 12 months |
| #251–300 | Loughborough University | Advanced Physics MSc | 12 months |
| #251–300 | Loughborough University | Physics of Materials MSc | 12 months |
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