Your journey as a King's physicist starts here

Congratulations on your offer to study Physics MSc at King’s College London. We’re thrilled to welcome you to our community.

Here you’ll find information from current students and academics to help you get a feel for your course and prepare you for your studies at King's.

Read blog posts from students about life at King's:

• Priya shares 5 reasons why she chose to study MSc Physics.
• Mohit gives some top tips to master's students who are returning to study after work.
• Alexia tells you her top 5 study tips for postgraduate Physics students. 

Sukhi, Rachel and Muhammad take you on a tour of the Strand campus, where the Department of Physics is based.

The Physics labs are based on Waterloo campus, just ten minutes walk away.

• You can also watch tours of our other campuses, including Waterloo, Guy's and Denmark Hill.

• Chat to current students on Unibuddy
• Join one of our many offer holder events

Scholarships

• Explore funding and bursary opportunities to help support your studies.

There are a number of events you can join as an offer holder to learn more about the King's community.

• On 30 April 2025, the Higgs lecture will feature Nobel Laureate Professor Gerard't Hooft.

Past Events

• In February/March 2025, King's hosted the Women in STEMM Season - a month-long celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.
• The event Women in STEMM: Inspiring Inclusion - Strategies that work took place in March 2025.
• Women in STEM: Mind the gap - a leap towards equality is available to watch online.
• In November 2023 Professor Ruth Gregory led the physics inaugural lecture - it is available to watch online.
• In May 2023, Professor David Gross delivered the annual Higgs Lecture on '50 years of Quantum Chromodynamics: The Theory of The Strong Nuclear Force' - it is available to watch online.

King’s physicists closer to finding truth behind dark matter

Research from Malcolm Fairbarin, Doddy Marsh and collaborators suggests a new approach to locate axions, a ‘wonder particle’ that could explain both dark energy and dark matter.

First theorised in 1977, these hypothetical, light-mass particles could make up as much as 85% of mass in the Universe.

Find out more.

King’s physicists in £7.7 million grant to develop metamaterials

King’s physicists are part of a new grant to develop materials that change their properties at rapid speeds, enabling greater control over sound and light waves. These metamaterials could transform fields such as telecommunications, information processing, imaging and quantum technologies.

Find out more.