Curriculum for M.Sc. (Physics)
Updated Curriculum 2025
Curriculum before 2025
Updated Curriculum 2025
| Subjects | Subject Code | L:T:P | Credits | Contact Hours/ Week |
| Semester–1 (19 credits) | ||||
| Quantum Mechanics – I | PH5L014 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Classical Mechanics | PH5L001 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematical Physics I | PH5L002 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Electrodynamics | PH5L004 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Electronics | PH5L005 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 4 |
| Physics Laboratory-I | PH5P003 | 0:0:6 | 4 | 6 |
| Semester– 2 (21 credits) | ||||
| Quantum Mechanics –II | PH5L007 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Statistical Mechanics | PH5L015 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Atomic and molecular physics | PH5L009 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Introduction to computational methods | PH5L016 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Applied Optics | PH5L017 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Physics Laboratory-II | PH5P004 | 0:0:6 | 4 | 6 |
| Mathematical Physics II | PH5L018 | 2:0:0 | 2 | 2 |
| Summer (2 Credits) | ||||
| Academic/Industrial internship | PH5D005 | 2 | ||
| Semester– 3 (20 credits) | ||||
| Nuclear and Particle Physics | PH5L012 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | PH5L013 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 |
| Advanced Experimental Methods | PH5L019 | 2:0:0 | 2 | 2 |
| Elective -1/OE1 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Elective -2 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Project – I | PH5D003 | 0:0:0 | 6 | |
| Semester– 4 (18 credits) | ||||
| Elective-3/OE2 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Elective-4 | 3:0:0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Project-II | PH5D004 | 0:0:0 | 12 | |
| Total Credit: 19+21+2+20+18 = 80 Credits | ||||
Curriculum before 2025
| Subject Name | Code | L-T-P | Credit | Contact Hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEMESTER – I | ||||
| Classical Mechanics | PH5L001 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematical Physics | PH5L002 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Quantum Mechanics I | PH5L003 | 3-1-0 | 4 | 4 |
| Electrodynamics I | PH5L004 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Electronics | PH5L005 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Introduction to Computational Methods | PH5L006 | 2-1-2 | 4 | 4 |
| Physics Laboratory I | PH5P001 | 0-0-9 | 6 | 9 |
| Total | 26 | 29 | ||
| SEMESTER – II | ||||
| Quantum Mechanics II | PH5L007 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Statistical Mechanics | PH5L008 | 3-1-0 | 4 | 4 |
| Atomic & Molecular Physics | PH5L009 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Optics and Photonics | PH5L010 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Electrodynamics II | PH5L011 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Physics Laboratory II | PH5P002 | 0-0-9 | 6 | 9 |
| Seminar I | PH5S001 | 0-0-0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 24 | 25 | ||
| SEMESTER – III | ||||
| Nuclear and Particle Physics | PH5L012 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | PH5L013 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Elective I | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Elective II | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Project I | PH5D001 | 0-0-0 | 10 | 0 |
| Seminar II | PH5S002 | 0-0-0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 24 | 12 | ||
| SEMESTER – IV | ||||
| Project II | PH5D002 | 0-0-0 | 16 | 0 |
| Elective III | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Elective IV/Research Review Paper | PH7D003 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 22 | 6 | ||
Elective Courses M. Sc. (Physics)
| Subject Name | New Code | L-T-P | Credit | Contact Hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective – I to V | ||||
| Physics and Technology of Lasers | PH7L001 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Applied Photonics Technology | PH7L002 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Non Equilibrium Phenomena in Physics | PH7L003 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Advanced Statistical Physics | PH7L004 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Magnetism in Materials | PH7L005 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| General Relativity and Cosmology | PH7L006 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Quantum Field Theory | PH7L007 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Nanostructure and Quantum Devices | PH7L008 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Particle Physics | PH7L009 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Methods in Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics | PH7L010 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Semiconductor Physics | PH7L011 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Accelerator based physics of solids | PH7L012 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Radiation detection and measurement | PH7L013 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Biophysics | PH7L014 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Computational Methods and Applications | CY5L009 | 2-1-0 | 3 | 3 |
| Atomistic Simulations in Physics | PH6L001 | 2-0-2 | 4 | 4 |
| Quantum Field Theory II | PH7L015 | 3-0-0 | 3 | 3 |