Your MPhys Physics with Astronomy degree opens up a huge range of career options. Your experimental, theoretical and analytical skills will be a strong foundation for further study – a path followed by around a third of our graduates – or for an industry research role.
If you decide on a career outside physics, you’ll be able to demonstrate transferable skills such as computation and coding, data modelling, statistical analysis, communication and project management. In addition, employers will see your physics degree as a sign that you are an independent thinker with an enquiring mind and an appetite for a challenge.
If you’re not yet sure about your future career path, we’ll offer the support you need to help you decide. You can attend a programme of career-focused sessions in year two, designed specially for physics students and timetabled to fit in with your studies. They include application and interview workshops, visits to companies and talks from visiting professionals.
We can also help you to find a paid summer placement through the South East Physics Network scheme, giving you valuable real-world experience and the chance to make industry contacts. If you’re keen to gain some additional hands-on astronomy research experience, you could choose to do your placement in our labs, working alongside graduate students on an Astronomy Research Group project.
Our Physics and Astronomy graduates work in the private and public sectors, in government, defence, finance, business, and industry. Here are just some of the roles they have secured: