Program Requirements

Study planners are useful guides for successful progression through the program. Students must follow the program rules and requirements listed on the Programs and Courses website. 

Students are required to check the prerequisites, incompatibilities and restrictions for all courses they select in their study plan. Future course offerings are subject to change. 

Refer to the relevant study planner from the year and semester the program was commenced. 

2025

2025 Masters Semester 2 commencement

2024

2024 Masters Semester 2 commencement

2023

2023 Masters Semester 2 commencement

 


Program Requirements - 2022

For students commencing the program from 2022, please refer to the following.

To plan courses for your program, please:

  1. Open Program Planner
  2. Sign in using your UQ username and password or ‘start plan as guest’
  3. Search for your program using the program name or program code (for example: ‘Bachelor of Mathematics’ or ‘2460’)
  4. Add courses to your planner as required

Refer to the relevant ‘Program and course requirements’ page for the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete the program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.


Program requirements - 2021

The following planner is for students who commenced their program in 2021.

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 142KB)) set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

Semester 2 Commencement (July intake)

1st semester (July - November)

Course Code & TitleRequirements
PHYS7141 Quantum PhysicsCore Course (Previously 'Part A')
PHYS7021 Statistical MechanicsCore Course (Previously 'Part A')

Choose 2 units from:

[ PHYS7712 Project A
PHYS7900 Perspectives in Physics Research ]

Research Project Course (Previously 'Part A')
Choose 2 units from:

COMS73071 Advanced Photonics
MATH71441 Advanced Hamiltonian Dynamics & Chaos
MATH7133 Algebraic Methods of Mathematical Physics
PHYS7073 Computational Physics
PHYS7241 Advanced Quantum Theory ]

Program Elective Courses (Previously 'Part B')

2nd semester (February - June)

Course Code & TitleRequirements
PHYS7042 Quantum PhysicsCore Course (Previously 'Part A')
PHYS7033 Condensed Matter Physics: Electronic properties of crystalsCore Course (Previously 'Part A')
PHYS7713 Project BCore Course (Previously 'Part A')
Choose 2 units from:

COMS4113 Photonics
COMP7703 Machine Learning
PHYS7270 Advanced Computational Physics  ]

Program Elective Courses (Previously 'Part B')

3rd semester (July - November)

Course Code & TitleRequirements
PHYS7055 Laser Physics & Quantum OpticsCore Course (Previously 'Part A')
PHYS7045 Quantum TechnologiesCore Course (Previously 'Part A')
PHYS7714 Project CResearch Project Course (Previously 'Part A')
Choose 2 units from:

COMS73071 Advanced Photonics
MATH71441 Advanced Hamiltonian Dynamics & Chaos
MATH7133 Algebraic Methods of Mathematical Physics
PHYS7073 Computational Physics
PHYS7241 Advanced Quantum Theory ]

Program Elective Courses (Previously 'Part B')
  1. Course offered in odd years only.