Graduate Degrees, Rules and
Regulations
PhD
Applicants for admission to the PhD who do not hold a Master's
Degree are normally required to register for the MPhil in the first
instance. Applicants may have their registration transferred to
the PhD after one year on providing evidence to the Board of their
ability to undertake independent research.
Applicants for direct admission to the PhD program, are required
to submit in writing to the Department, a detailed proposal of the
research they wish to undertake, within six weeks of notification
by the Registrar. Applicants who write satisfactory proposals may
be admitted as candidates for the PhD.
Students holding degrees from foreign universities will be required
to submit details of their undergraduate and/or graduate studies
and research. In the case of students holding MSc.s by course work,
proof of research ability will be a normal requirement for direct
admission to the PhD program.
Candidates for the PhD are required to pass a departmental examination,
which may be of the open-book type, consisting of two (2) papers
on Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Atomic & Nuclear
Physics, Elementary Particles, Cosmology, Electromagnetic Theory,
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. Cosmology may be replaced
by an appropriate equivalent course. The papers may be taken one
per year or both in the same year. Candidates will be allowed to
resit any failed paper. Candidates with at least second class honors
in Special Physics will be exempted from this examination.
Projects and review committees as for MPhil, but candidates are
expected to undertake much more involved research with less direction.
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