A Physics degree makes you highly employable in a range of sectors that value the core principles of problem solving and an analytical approach. The strong research focus at Northumbria enhances these skills, allowing you to develop the key subject specialism which can help you stand out from the crowd. Laboratory-based modules will equip you with practical and computational skills that can be applied to a wide variety of problems and challenges. By your third year, you will be working on modules closely aligned with live departmental research. Our close links with electrical engineering courses and research also offers a significant advantage to our students as it broadens the range of industrial placement opportunities. Physicists are currently in demand in diverse fields including research and development, engineering, healthcare, finance, aerospace, energy and telecoms. Our industry partners tell us they value highly the analytical skills of Northumbria Physics students such as estimation, quantitative modeling and statistical analysis, and these skills can be deployed across a wide range of disciplines in addition to research, such as healthcare, energy, electronics and finance.