Natural Sciences

This Integrated MSc-PhD. program is open for students with Bachelor’s degree, highly meritorious, and motivated towards fundamental research in Natural Sciences such as physics, chemistry, earth and planetary sciences, evolutionary and developmental biology. The Natural Sciences program is offered by Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

However, for the current academic year, only Physics discipline is available, with a choice of specialization in (i) Astrophysics, (ii) Nuclear Physics. A student in this program would complete the courses mandatory for a Ph.D., along with the courses essential for an MSc., during the first two semesters, and also acquire ample research experience by working on a research project, during the 3rd and the 4th semesters.

Key facts of the Natural Sciences program from Manipal Academy of Higher Education

On successful completion of four semesters, the student can opt to exit with an Msc (by Research) degree in Physics, or can opt to continue for PhD. Ph.D. level work begins at the 5th semester. Such a student would be more equipped, than a regular MSc student, while beginning to do Ph.D. level work.

The focus would be to bring out the research skills of a motivated Bachelor student. Added courses and projects, at Master’s and Ph.D. levels, would aim at building the student’s strength in the concept, and in the experimental, analytical, modelling and computational skills, towards understanding a complex natural phenomenon, even while pursuing studies for the Ph.D. degree, on a frontier problem in the chosen discipline.

Career Prospects:

Since the emphasis is on high quality research work, a student obtaining Ph.D. degree under this program would have acquired remarkable skills in research, from approach to the problem to its solution, and hence would have a competitive edge while seeking an academic position or employment as a professional researcher in a reputed institution in India or abroad.

Courses include:

• Probability and Statistics

• Advanced Mathematical Techniques

• Numerical Techniques and Applications

• Quantum Mechanics and Applications

• Modern Physics