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Helen Challis International Office Imperial College London

The resulting museums on the South Kensington Campus The Science Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum The Natural History Museum The Royal Albert Hall

Imperial College 14,000 students 9,000 undergrads 5,000 postgrads 3,300 academic staff 49% students from outside UK

Imperial College in the heart of London

World Ranking

14 Nobel Prize Winners and one Field’s medallist Alexander Fleming: Penicillin Andrew Huxley: Nerve Impulses Rodney Porter: Stucture of Antibodies Abdus Salam: Theoretical Physics Simon Donaldson: Algebreic geometry Denis Gabor: Holography

Faculty of Natural Sciences

In the Department of Chemistry

MRes in Nanomaterials In the Department of Chemistry MRes in Green Chemistry MRes in Plastic Electronics (see also: Physics) MSc in Theory & Simulations (see also: Physics)

Life Sciences ۩ Molecular Biosciences Molecular Biosciences ۩ Cell & Molecular Biology Cell & Molecular Biology ۩ Ecology & Evolution Ecology & Evolution

www3.imperial.ac.uk/environmentalpolicy

Physics Based Taught Masters *Shock Physics *Optics and Photonics *Quantum Fields & Fundamental Forces *General Physics *Theory and Simulation of Materials *Controlled Quantum Dynamics *Photonics *Plastic Electronics *Plasmonics and Metamaterials *

Department of Physics – Blackett Laboratory © Imperial College LondonPage 15 9 one-year Masters programmes Shock Physics Optics and Photonics Quantum Fields & Fundamental Forces Physics Theory and Simulation of Materials Controlled Quantum Dynamics Photonics Plastic Electronics Plasmonics and Metamaterials Outreach to London’s global community fostering of science communication skills from undergraduates to faculty embedding of top-level science with the arts: Royal College of Music joint degree programme, Royal College of Arts projects, artist in residence cultural diversity and championing of women in science and engineering ~ 800 undergraduate, 120 Masters, and 270 PhD students 2009: 34% female intake 33% of undergraduates continue with further studies (mostly PhD) highly trained analytical minds for the financial sector 115 academic staff Student Statistics

Academic Research in Blackett: 120 staff and 220 RAs ☼ Astrophysics: Steve Warren + 6 staff Far Infrared/sub-mm, X-ray, Gravitational Lensing, Cosmology, Galactic, Solar, …. ☼ Condensed Matter Theory: Matthew Faulkes + 9 staff Materials Modelling, Metamaterials, Complexity Science, Nanotechnology, Quantum Phases ☼ Experimental Solid State Physics: Lesley Cohen + 15 staff Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Functional Magnetism, Nanotechnology, Molecular Materials and Devices, Quantum Optics, Photovoltaics, Spintronics, Plasmonics, Superconductivity, …. ☼ High Energy Physics: Jordan Nash + 21 staff Beyond the Standard Model, CMS/LHCb/D0/BaBar, Neutrino Factory, T2K, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Grid Computing, …. ☼ Photonics: Paul French + 11 staff Fibre and solid state lasers, Sculpted thin films, Data storage, Imaging, Adaptive optics, Nonlinear optics, ☼ Plasma Physics: Steve Rose + 7 staff Laser-solid interactions, Particle acceleration, Magnetic Confinement Fusion, Wire array Z-pinch, Astrophysical Jets, Dusty Plasmas, Laser-Plasma theory, …. ☼ Quantum Optics and Laser Science: Mungshik Kim + 11 staff Attosecond science, Quantum coherence, Quantum Optics, Quantum Information, Atom chips, Trapping and Cold matter, EDM measurement, Non-linear …. ☼ Space and Atmospheric Physics: Steve Schwartz + 13 staff Heliospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Planetary Physics, Earth’s Atmosphere and Oceans, Earth Observation, Climate change, Instrumentation, …. ☼ Theoretical Physics: Jerome Gauntlett + 14 staff Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Gravity/Foundations of QM, String Theory & M-Theory, Cosmology, Page 16

Low-voltage ZnO thin-film transistors Anthopoulos and team ADV MATER 2011, Vol:23 ADV FUNC MATER 2011 Experimental Solid State Physics NanoPlasmonics Maier, Pendry and team Nano Lett, 2011, Vol:11 Phys Rev Lett, 2010, Vol:105 Magnetic Monopole Defects Branford team: Nature Physics 2010 Science 2012 Organic Photovoltaics Kim, Nelson and Bradley MACROMOL

Theory & Simulation of Materials MSc course outline: Multidisciplinary Six core courses: advanced math, equilibrium, kinetics, elasticity, electronic structure, multiscale simulation methods Choice of two options Major research project Entry criteria: GPA of 3.2+/4 or 4+/5 (MIT) Career options: Materials underpin all modern technology e.g.: o Energy o Transport o Security o IT & communication Links (including funding) with Argonne National Lab, Baker Hughes, US Air Force, Johnson Matthey etc. Highlights: Cohort-based Direct transfer to PhD Residential professional skills training (PhD): o Team-working o Career planning o Science communication (BBC) Outreach activities Master classes with senior figures

MSc in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces MSc course outline: Compulsory courses cover the Standard Model, Quantum Field Theory and QED Options include string theory, supersymmetry and particle cosmology Guest lectures by leading physicists Entry criteria: GPA of 3.2+/4 or 4+/5 (MIT) Career options: Programme aimed at preparing students for a PhD in theoretical physics Mathematical skills gained in great demand in other areas of physics, mathematics and business Highlights: Theoretical physics group established by Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam Over 30 years of teaching theoretical physics Two week research seminar series

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