Your journey as a King's physicist starts here

Congratulations on your offer to study Physics 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.

Jenna talks about a day in the life of a 3rd year physics student.

Student Stories

Read blog posts from current students about life as a King's physicist:

• Alexandra shares 5 reasons why she chose to study physics.
• Julia shares a typical week for a physics first year at King's.
• Jenna talks about empowering opportunities at King's.

As well as your studies, there are loads of ways you can get involved in the King's community:

• Find out about the Ada Lovelace Day celebrating STEM.
• Listen to the Nightingale podcast, which aims to inspire women in STEM.
• Learn more about the KCL Womxn in STEM society
• Learn more about the Maxwell society
• Learn more about the KCL Womxn in Physics society

Watch Physics 3rd year Jenna talk about societies at King's

Dr Eva Philippaki explains what type of work you'll be doing in the Physics labs.

Taster lecture - Dark Matter

Professor Malcolm Fairbairn's research lies at the boundary between cosmology, particle physics and astrophysics with a particular interest in dark matter, dark energy, cosmological inflation and particle astrophysics. Find out more about dark matter and the research at King's in this taster lecture.

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.

Find out about study spaces at Strand campus from Physics 3rd year Jenna

• Chat 1-2-1 with one of our current students on Unibuddy
• Sign up for our offer holder events

Scholarships

• Explore the Women in STEM Scholarship and other scholarships and bursaries available to help support your studies.

Watch the Physics online offer holder session:

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

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 on 5 March 2025.
• Women in STEMM: 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.

Breakthrough black hole simulation could test space, time and matter concepts

Scientists have created an experiment that mimics black holes, enabling them to see in greater detail how they behave and interact with their surroundings.

The approach produces a ‘quantum tornado’ of superfluid helium particles in the lab that replicates the gravitational conditions near rotating black holes.

Find out more.

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. 

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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.

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Science investment at King's

King's supercharges science with major investment in talent, education and research.

Find out more.