MPAGS Training Modules
Modules are grouped by broad subject area for convenience. Students are free to choose any modules subject to their home department's rules on the taught components of the research degree. Please browse all subject areas when looking for modules and contact the module convenor if you are not sure whether the module would be suitable.
Module Registration
Please fill in the module registration form to register for an MPAGS module.
If you have any queries, please email physicspg@warwick.ac.uk
Modules 2026/27
Module Convenor |
Subject Area |
Scheduled Date |
ASTRO |
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| Term1 | ||
| (Leicester) | Formation of Planetary Systems | Not running |
| Tom Wilson (海角社区) | Start date: 28/10/2026 | |
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, (Nottingham) Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay (海角社区) |
Astronomy Background Reading | October 2026 |
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Christopher Moore and (Birmingham |
Black Hole and Gravitational Waves | Not running |
COMPUTATIONAL
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| Term 1 | ||
| (Nottingham) | An Introduction to Scientific Computing with Python | Start date: 28/09/2026 |
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Mark Slater (Birmingham), Thomas Latham (海角社区) (Bristol), Ben Morgan (海角社区) |
Software Development with C++ | Start date: 16/10/2026 |
| Term 2 | ||
| (Nottingham) | High performance computing with Julia | Start date: 08/02/2027 |
CONDENSED MATTER and THEORY
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| Term 1 | ||
| Gavin Bell (海角社区) | Nano / Surface Physics | Self study |
| Dr Maksym Myronov (海角社区) | Epitaxy Fundamentals | Not running |
| Gavin Bell (海角社区) | Vacuum Science (hands-on content + Moodle) | Not running (Moodle material available) |
| and (Birmingham) | Optics Lab (hands-on content) | Start date: 09/12/2026 |
| Maksym Myronov (海角社区) | Introduction to Microfabrication | Not running |
| Richard Beanland (海角社区) | Introduction to Microscopy | Not running |
| (Birmingham) | Probes of Condensed Matter:Mossbauer and Mu-SR |
TBC |
| (Birmingham) | Exact Diagonalization | TBC |
| (Birmingham) | Introduction to Continuous Groups | Not running |
| (Birmingham) | Bosonic Physics | TBC |
| (Birmingham) | Bose-Einstein Condensation in Ultra Cold Gases | Start date: 05/10/2026 |
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Animesh Datta (海角社区) |
Quantum Computation | Self study |
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Maksym Myronov (海角社区) |
Physics of semiconductor materials and devices | Not running |
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Advanced Experimental Techniques in Condensed Matter Physics (海角社区 students only) |
TBC | |
| (Birmingham) | Start date: 09/11/2026 | |
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Term 2 |
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| (海角社区) | Start date: 12/01/2027 | |
| (Nottingham) and | TBC | |
| (Nottingham) | Classical and Quantum Phase Transitions | Not running |
PARTICLE
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| Term 1 | ||
| Karolos Potamianos (海角社区) | Relativistic Quantum Mechanics | Start date: 07/10/2026 |
| (Sheffield) | Introduction to Particle Physics | Start date: 05/10/2026 |
| (Birmingham) | Digital Electronics | Start date: 06/10/2026 |
| (Birmingham) | Group Theory for Particle Physics | Start date:09/11/2026 |
| (Nottingham) | Quantum Field Theory |
Start date: 11/11/2026 |
| (Bristol) | QED and the Standard Model | Start date: 11/11/2026 |
| Term 2 | ||
| (Bristol) | Statistics for Particle Physics | Start date: 11/01/2027 |
| (Birmingham) | Particle Techniques | Start date: 11/01/2027 |
| (Birmingham) and Karim Massri (CERN) | Trigger for Particle Physics | Start date: 13/01/2027 |
| (Birmingham) | Spin-charge separation and infinite particle transformations | TBC |
| and Adam Softley-Brown(Sheffield) | Dark Matter: evidence and axions |
Not running |