Subject Guide

Physical Sciences

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Full UK Coverage Official HESA Data Career Outcomes
Average Graduate Salary
£24,000
Real earnings 15 months after graduation (Full-time)
Total Courses919
Data SourceOffice for Students

MSciPhysics

University of Nottingham, the
FTFoundation
Satisfied100%
Drop-out0%
Salary£30k
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MPhysPhysics with Data Science

University of Sussex
FTPlacementAbroadFoundation
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£31k
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BScPhysics with Theoretical Physics

University of Nottingham, the
FTFoundation
Satisfied92%
Drop-out11%
Salary£30k
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BScForensic Science

Anglia Ruskin University
FT
Satisfied95%
Drop-out10%
Salary (3yr)£23k
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MPhysPhysics (International)

The University of Leeds
FTAbroad
Satisfied84%
Drop-out15%
Salary£30k
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MSciNatural Sciences

King's College London
FT
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£34k
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MPhysTheoretical Physics

University of York
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied93%
Drop-out20%
Salary£32k
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MChemMedicinal and Biological Chemistry

University of Edinburgh
FT
Satisfied83%
Drop-out20%
Salary£29k
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BScPhysics

Swansea University
FT
Satisfied87%
Drop-out21%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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MSciPhysics

Queen Mary University of London
FT
Satisfied
Drop-out22%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MSciChemistry

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
FT
Satisfied88%
Drop-out15%
Salary£34k
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MPhysPhysics

University of Durham
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied90%
Drop-out4%
Salary£35k
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MSciPhysics with Theoretical Physics

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
FT
Satisfied88%
Drop-out5%
Salary£40k
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MPhysPhysics with Science Foundation Year

University of Lincoln
PTPlacement
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (subject)£24k*
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BScPhysics

Queen Mary University of London
FT
Satisfied83%
Drop-out22%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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BScMathematics/Physics

University of Glasgow
FTAbroad
Satisfied76%
Drop-out10%
Salary£30k
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BScChemistry

The University of Leicester
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied91%
Drop-out5%
Salary£30k
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BScTheoretical Physics

Swansea University
FT
Satisfied
Drop-out21%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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BEngAcoustical Engineering

University of Southampton
FT
Satisfied82%
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£32k
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MPhysPhysics

Prifysgol Aberystwyth
FT
Satisfied93%
Drop-out20%
Salary£29k
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BScChemistry

The University of Manchester
FTFoundation
Satisfied96%
Drop-out31%
Salary£29k
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MPhysTheoretical Physics (with a year abroad)

University of York
FTPlacement
Satisfied
Drop-out11%
Salary (3yr)£30k
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MPhysTheoretical Physics

Swansea University
FT
Satisfied87%
Drop-out21%
Salary£25k
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MPhysPhysics with Astrophysics

The University of Kent
FT
Satisfied88%
Drop-out14%
Salary£30k
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Subject Snapshot

Total Courses919
Avg Graduate Salary£24,000
Data SourceOffice for Students