Physics

Academic Programmes

The Department of Physics offers following programs:

Year – 1
Semester – I
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 1101  Mechanics 2
PHY – 1101P Lab-I 1
Semester – II
PHY – 1201 Waves and Oscillations 2
PHY – 1201P Lab-II 1
Year – 2
Semester – III
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 2201 Electricity and Magnetism 2
PHY – 2201P/ PHY - 2201 Lab-III/Lab-VI 1
PHY – 2202 Geometrical and Physical Optics 3
Semester – IV
PHY – 2203 Modern Physics 3
PHY – 2201P/ PHY2201 Lab-III/Lab-VI 1
PHY – 2201 Heat and thermodynamics 2
Year – 3
Semester – V
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 3101 Quantum Mechanics-I 3
PHY – 3102 Mathematical Methods-I 3
PHY – 3106 Classical Mechanics-I 3
PHY – 4102 Computational Physics 3
PHY – 3103 Electromagnetic Theory I 3
PHY – 4102P Lab-V 3
Semester – VI
PHY – 3201 Mathematical Methods II 3
PHY – 3202 Electromagnetic Theory II 3
PHY – 3206 Classical Mechanics-II 3
PHY – 3204 Quantum Mechanics – II 3
PHY – 4104 Statistical Physics 3
PHY – 3205P Lab-VI 2
Year – 4 
Semester – VII
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 4101 Solid State Physics I 3
PHY – 4103 Atomic & Molecular Physics (Optional) 3
PHY – 3203 Nuclear Physics 3
  Elective I 3
  Elective II 3
PHY-4299 Research Project / Internship 3
Semester – VIII
PHY – 4201 Experimental Techniques 3
PHY – 4203 Solid State Physics – II 3
PHY – 4105P Lab - VII 3
PHY-4299 Research Project 3

Elective Courses

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 4204 Particles Physics 3
PHY – 4205 Plasma Physics 3
PHY – 4206 Material Science 3
PHY – 4207 Cosmology and Relativity 3
PHY – 4208 Laser Physics 3
PHY – 4209 Simulation 3
PHY – 4210 Fluid Mechanics 3
PHY – 4211 Special and General Relativity 3
Year – 1
Year I covers 24 credit hours of teaching. courses can be placed in Semester I or II which is linked with the availability of faculty members.
Semester – I
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 7101 Plasma Physics 3
PHY – 7103 Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Physics 3
PHY – 7104 Non – Linear waves and Solitons 3
PHY – 7104 Non – Linear waves and Solitons 3
PHY – 7105 CMOS Device and Technology 3
PHY – 7203 Materials Science 3
PHY – 7215 Statistical Physics 3
PHY – 7216 Advanced Electromagnetic Theory (Compulsory Course) 3
PHY – 7218 Nuclear Physics & Nuclear Data Application 3
Semester – II
PHY - 7102 Metal Physics 3
PHY - 7201 Atomic & Molecular Physics 3
PHY – 7202 Advanced Plasma Physics & Controlled Fusion 3
PHY – 7204 Non-Linear Dynamics and Chaos 3
PHY – 7205 Experimental Techniques 3
PHY – 7206 Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy 3
PHY – 7207 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics & Particle Physics 3
PHY – 7208 Dielectric Materials 3
PHY – 7209 Quantum Field Theory 3
PHY – 7210 Nanostructures and Nanotechnology 3
PHY – 7211 Magnetism and Magnetic Properties of Materials 3
PHY – 7212 Plasma Processing of Materials 3
PHY – 7213 Advanced Computational Physics 3
PHY – 7217 Laser Materials Processing 3
PHY – 7220 Intense LASER-Atom Interaction 3
Year – 2
Semester III & IV
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 7499 Thesis 12

Courses can be arranged in different semesters according to the availability of faculty members. Only 18 credit hours will be selected by students on the recommendation of their supervisors.

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 8101 Electrodynamics Of Continuous Media 3
PHY – 8102 Classical Theory of Field 3
PHY – 8103 Fluid Mechanics 3
PHY – 8201 Statistical  Physics 3
PHY – 8202 Mechanics 3
PHY – 8204 X-Rays Diffraction Methods 3
PHY – 8205 Physics of Nano-Scale Materials and Nanotechnology 3
PHY – 8206 Non-Linear Theory of Plasma Waves and Instabilities 3
PHY – 8207 Advanced Microscopic Techniques 3
PHY – 8208 Advanced Topics of Non-linear Physics 3
PHY – 8209 Space Physics 3
PHY – 8210 Plasma Spectroscopy 3
PHY – 8211 Dynamics of lonospheric Plasma 3
PHY – 8212 Nuclear Data for Science and Technology 3