FOUNDATION / PREPARATORY COURSES

For persons wanting to return to education, NUI Maynooth offers preparatory courses, which can be taken before embarking on a degree programme. These courses reintroduce students to the world of learning, and provide them with various important study skills.

For mature students wanting to study Science, the following foundation / preparatory course is available at NUI Maynooth:

NUI Certificate in Science or Engineering

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

B.Sc. Honours with Experimental Physics - MH201 (4 years)

MH201 Experimental Physics flyer (pdf, 7.2 Mb)
MH201 course information
MH201 course structure and information on modules

B.Sc. Honours Physics with Astrophysics - MH204 (4 years)

MH204 Astrophysics flyer (pdf, 7.8 Mb)
B.Sc. Honours Physics with Astrophysics (departmental information)
MH204 course information
MH204 course structure and information on modules

B.Sc. Honours Science Education with Experimental Physics - MH212 (4 years)

MH212 Science Education flyer (pdf, 4.0 Mb)
MH212 course information
MH212 course structure and information on modules

POSTGRADUATE COURSES AND RESEARCH

Persons wishing to enter post-graduate research must first make contact with a prospective supervisor within the Department of Experimental Physics to agree on a possible research topic and to discuss possible funding options. Contact details can be found by clicking on each of our research areas in astronomy and experimental physics.

General information about post-graduate studies is provided by the NUI Maynooth Graduate School.

We also offer a One Year Postgraduate Diploma Course in Applied Physics.

OTHER INFORMATION

Lecture notes and course guidelines can be found on Moodle.

Copies of previous examination papers for all modules are available on the Library's ExPERT Database