Bachelor of Science (Research) • Major

Physics

Basic Structure

The Physics major provides a strong grounding in both theoretical and experimental physics. The program covers the entire spectrum from classical mechanics and electromagnetism to quantum mechanics and statistical physics. Students have the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research in various frontier areas of physics. All students are required to complete a minimum of 131 credits to qualify for the Bachelor of Science (Research) degree.

Basic Course (Sem 1-3)	Engineering (Sem 2-3)	Humanities (Sem 1-6)	Major and Project	Minor (Optional)	Electives (Assortment Courses)	Total
40	6	9	51	15	10 - 25	131
				25*		131

NOTE:

*Students not opting for a minor should fulfil 25 credits of assortment courses.
To be eligible for a minor, a student should fulfil 15 credits from the minor pool.
Excess credit(s) from any pool will be counted towards assortment credits.

Semester-wise Course Requirements

To view the common shared curriculum (Semesters 1-3), please click here.

Course Code	Course Name	Instructor	Credits
		Nirmal Raj, R. Ganesan, D. S. Nadig	2:1
		Ranjan Laha, Victor S Muthu, Abha Misra	2:1
		Prabal Maiti, Upendra Behera, Minakshi Nayak	2:1
	Humanities **/	-	8-11
Reduced Load			15-17
Enhanced Load			15-21

For more detailed information, please refer to the Student Handbook.

Note:

Humanities:

A. Humanities courses cannot be dropped in both semesters IV and V.

B. Students must complete 9 credits in humanities pool by the end of six semester.

Recommended Course Load

Semester	Criteria	Credits
I	Student needs to register for a fixed number of credits	18
II	No CGPA and TGPA requirements	Min.: 17 and Max.: 21
III	No CGPA and TGPA requirements	Min.: 17 and Max.: 21
IV	CGPA < 8.0	Min.: 15 and Max.: 17
IV	CGPA ≥ 8.0	Min.: 15 and Max.: 21
V to VIII	CGPA < 8.0 or Preceding term TGPA < 8.0	Min.: 16 and Max.: 18
V to VIII	CGPA ≥ 8.0 or Preceding term TGPA ≥ 8.0	Min.: 16 and Max.: 21

Suggested Core Electives:

Along with below Suggested Electives for Physics Major and Minor, Any courses offered by Centre for High Energy Physics (CHEP) / Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP) / Physics departments will be considered towards Major and Minor electives with the consent of the course instructor.

Note:

January–April Semester: Select courses offered in the January intake. These courses are designed for students beginning their studies at the start of the year.

August–December Semester: Select courses offered in the August intake, suitable for students starting in the second half of the year.

Course Code	Title	Credits
UB 205	Introductory Physiology	2:0
UB 206	Experiments in Biochemistry and Physiology	0:2
UB 207	General Biochemistry	2:0
UB 301L	Experiments in Microbiology	0:1
UB 302	Developmental Biology	2:0
UB 303	Experiments in Molecular Biophysics	0:1
UB 304	Experiments in Neurobiology	0:1
UB 307L	Experiments in Ecology and Evolution	0:2
UB 309	Genetics	2:0
UC 207L	Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis Laboratory	0:1
UC 207T	Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis	2:0
UC 303	Basic Organometallic Chemistry	3:0
UC 402	Molecular Spectroscopy,Dynamics and Photochemistry	3:0
UCY 204	THERMODYNAMICS AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY	3:0
UCY 205	INORGANIC CHEMISTRY : CHEMISTRY OF ELEMENTS	3:0
UCY 206	BASIC ORGANIC REACTIONS	3:0
UCY 301	ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY	0:3
UCY 302	PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY	0:3
UEES 206L	Experimental Methods in Environmental Chemistry Lab	0:1
UEES 206T	Experimental Methods in Environmental Chemistry	2:0
UEES 207	GEOPHYSICAL PROCESSES	3:0
UEES 208L	INTRODUCTION TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY LAB	0:1
UEES 208T	INTRODUCTION TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY	2:0
UEES 301L	Introduction to Earth System Laboratory	0:1
UEES 301T	Introduction to Earth System	2:0
UEES 313L	Lab: Experimental Methods In Environmental Engineering	0:1
UEES 313T	Experimental methods in Environmental Engineering	2:0
UENG 101L	Algorithms And Programming Laboratory	0:1
UENG 101T	Algorithms And Programming	3:0
UENG 102L	Introduction to Electrical and Electronics Engineering Laboratory	0:1
UENG 102T	Introduction To Electrical And Electronics Engineering	3:0
UENG 206	Introduction to Mechanical Engineering	3:0
UES 314	DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING	3:0
UI 202	In-Semester Project	0:1
UI 301	In-semester Project	0:1
UI 302	In-Semester Project	0:1
UM 204	Introduction to Basic Analysis	3:1
UM 205	Introduction To Algebraic Structures	3:1
UMC 102	Computer Systems	3:0
UMC 103	Discrete Mathematics	2:0
UMC 201	Data Structures and Algorithms	3:1
UMC 202	Numerical Methods	3:1
UMC 203	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning	3:1
UMC 205	Automata and Computability	3:1
UMC 301	Applied Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	3:1
UMT 202L	Structure of Materials Laboratory	0:1
UMT 202T	Structure of Materials	2:0
UMT 203	Materials Thermodynamics	3:0
UMT 205	Mechanical Properties of Materials	3:0
UMT 301	Materials Kinetics	3:0
UMT 302L	Materials Processing Lab	0:1
UMT 302T	Introduction To Materials Processing	2:0
UMT 309	Functional Properties of Materials	3:0
UMT 310L	Introduction to Materials Manufacturing Laboratory	0:1
UMT 310T	Introduction to Materials Manufacturing	2:0
UMT 311	Functional Property Characterization Laboratory	0:1
UMT 312L	Mechanical Testing Lab	0:1
UMT 312T	Mechanical Testing And Failure Of Materials	2:0
UMT 401	Functional Properties of Materials II	3:0
AE 202	Fluid Dynamics	3:0
AE 210	Gas Dynamics	3:0
HE 215	Nuclear and Particle Physics	3:0
HE 315	Advanced Mathematical Physics	3:0
HE 316	Advanced Mathematical Methods in Physics	3:0
HE 322	QCD and Collider Physics	3:0
HE 379	Physics Beyond Standard Model	3:0
HE 381	Quantum Field Theory on a Quantum Computer	3:0
HE 384	Quantum Computation	3:0
HE 386	Experimental High Energy Physics	3:0
HE 389	AdS/CFT -or- Quantum Gravity in Anti-de Sitter Space	3:0
HE 390	Black Holes, Holography and Quantum Information	3:0
HE 391	Quantum Mechanics III	3:0
HE 392	Standard Model of Particle Physics	3:0
HE 393	String Theory II	3:0
HE 395	Quantum Field Theory - I	3:0
HE 396	Quantum Field Theories - II	3:0
HE 397	The Standard Model of Particle Physics	3:0
HE 398	General Relativity	3:0
IN 201	Analytical Instrumentation	3:0
IN 203	Micro to Quantum Supercapacitor Devices	3:0
IN 204	Basic Instrumentation Laboratory	0:3
IN 205	Optical Instrumentation lab 1	0:3
IN 206	Signals and Systems for Digital Health	2:1
IN 210	Wave propagation in periodic media	3:0
IN 212	Advanced Nano/Micro System	3:0
IN 212	Advanced Nano/Micro Systems	3:0
IN 214	Semiconductor Devices and Circuits	3:0
IN 221	Sensors and Transducers	3:0
IN 222	Microcontrollers and Applications	3:0
IN 223	Plasma Processes	3:0
IN 224	Nanoscience and Device fabrication	3:0
IN 227	Control Systems Design	3:0
IN 228	Automatic System Control Engineering	3:0
IN 229	Advanced Instrumentation Electronics	3:0
IN 232	Concepts in solid state physics	3:0
IN 234	Biomedical Optics and Spectroscopy	3:0
IN 244	Optical Metrology	2:1
IN 247	Principles of Tomographic Imaging	3:0
IN 252	Optical materials and devices	3:0
IN 266	Introduction to Quantum Measurement and Control	3:0
IN 267	Fluorescence Microscopy and Imaging	3:0
IN 268	Microfluidic Devices and Applications	2:1
IN 270	Digital Signal Processing	3:0
IN 271	Cryogenic Instrumentation and Applications	3:0
IN 277	Instrumentation Electronics Laboratory	2:1
IN 278	Introduction to Embedded Systems	2:1
IN 279	RF networks and Systems	2:1
IN 280	Optical Instrumentation	2:1
IN 299	Dissertation Project	0:19
IN 302	Classical and Quantum Optics	3:0
IN 303	Concepts of Terahertz Communication	3:0
IN 305	Optical Instrumentation Lab 2	0:3
IN 321	Instrumentation Systems Laboratory	0:3
IN 332	2D MATERIALS	3:0
PH 205	Math Methods of Physics	3:0
PH 206	Electromagnetic Theory	3:0
PH 207	Electronics I	1:2
PH 208	Condensed Matter Physics-I	3:0
PH 209	Electronics II	2:1
PH 211	General Physics Laboratory	0:3
PH 212	Experiments in Condensed Matter Physics	0:3
PH 213	Advanced Experiments in Condensed Matter Physics	0:4
PH 215	Nuclear and Particle Physics	3:0
PH 217	Fundamentals of Astrophysics	3:0
PH 231	Workshop practice	0:1
PH 250A	Project I	0:6
PH 250B	Project - II	0:6
PH 300	Seminar Course	0:1
PH 300	Seminar Course	1:0
PH 301	Seminar Course	2:0
PH 303	Spatial dynamics in Biology	2:1
PH 316	Advanced Mathematical Methods	3:0
PH 320	Condensed Matter Physics - II	3:0
PH 322	Molecular Simulation	3:0
PH 325	Advanced Statistical Physics	3:0
PH 326	Principles and Techniques of Magnetic Resonance - I	3:0
PH 327	Principles and Techniques of Magnetic Resonance II	3:0
PH 330	Advanced Independent Project	0:3
PH 333	Physics of Disordered Systems	3:0
PH 335	Modern Topics in Condensed Matter	3:0
PH 340	Quantum Statistical Field Theory	3:0
PH 345	High Pressure Physics	2:0
PH 350	Physics of Soft Condensed Matter	3:0
PH 351	Crystal Growth, Thin films and Characterization	3:0
PH 352	Semiconductor Physics	3:0
PH 353	Principles of Magnetism	3:0
PH 354	Computational physics	3:0
PH 355	Statistical Mechanics of time Dependent Phenomena	3:0
PH 359	Physics at the Nanoscale	3:0
PH 360	Biological Physics	3:0
PH 362	Radiative Processess in Astrophysics	2:0
PH 363	Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Plasma Physics	2:0
PH 364	Topological Phases of Matter (Theory and experiment)	3:0
PH 365	Galaxies and Interstellar Medium	3:0
PH 366	Physics of Advanced Optical Materials	3:0
PH 367	Plasma Physics and Applications	3:0
PH 371	General Relativity & Cosmology	3:0
PH 372	Radiative Processess in Astrophysics	3:0
PH 373	Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Plasma Physics	3:0
PH 375	Symmetry, Topology, and Entanglement in Condensed Matter	3:0
PH 377	Astronomical Techniques (Seminar Course)	0:2
PH 380	Non-equilibrium Quantum Many-Body Dynamics	3:0
PH 391	Quantum Mechanics III	3:0
PH 392	Standard Model of Particle Physics	3:0
PH 395	Quantum Field Theory I	3:0
PH 396	Gauge Field Theories	3:0
PH 398	General Relativity	3:0
QT 202	Introduction to Quantum Measurement	3:0
QT 204	Introduction to Materials for Quantum Technologies	3:0

Continuing Master's Degree

Students have the option to continue for the Master of Science (MS) degree after completing four years of the Bachelor of Science (BS).

View 5th Year Requirements

Students fulfilling the following academic requirements during the 5th year will be eligible for the MS degree:

Credit Requirements

20 credits from the Project / Dissertation
12 credits from blackboard (theory) courses

Mandatory Courses

The following courses are prescribed for the 5th year MS programme:

Course Code	Course Name
PH 206 (3:0)	Electromagnetic Theory
PH 208 (3:0)	Condensed Matter Physics I OR IN 232 (3:0): Concepts in Solid State Physics
PH 217 (3:0)	Fundamentals of Astrophysics
PH/HE 215 (3:0)	Nuclear and Particle Physics

Course Completion Rules

If none of the above mandatory courses were completed during the first four years (BS):

Students must complete all mandatory courses in the 5th year.

If all mandatory courses were already completed during the first four years (BS):

To meet the 12-credit requirement, students may choose any other 200- or 300-level course(s) from any department, subject to approval.

If some (but not all) mandatory courses were completed during the first four years (BS):

Students must complete the remaining mandatory courses and may take additional 200- or 300-level course(s) from any department to fulfill requirements.

Important: All course selections in the 5th year are subject to approval by the student’s Advisor, Instructor, and Undergraduate Coordinator.