PhD Physics

University of Liverpool

By pursuing a Physics PhD at Liverpool, you’ll explore fundamental physics using state-of-the-art technology. You’ll also become part of a large multinational collaboration, with the opportunity to live and work at an international research facility in the UK or overseas.IntroductionInvestigate fundamental physics using cutting-edge technologies in detectors and/or data analysis in fields such as artificial intelligence, renewable energy and sustainable technologies, innovative material, semiconductor and quantum sensors, and medical physics. As a member of our research groups, you’ll also be part of dedicated teams, often part of large international collaborations.Throughout your degree, you’ll be expected to work independently and demonstrate that you can plan and deliver a research project, with the support of at least two supervisors. During your first year, you’ll attend specialist courses provided by research-active staff members in each of our research groups. These will bring you up to the level required for frontline international research. You can also attend specialised summer schools financed by the Research Councils that fund our work. The new, original research that you produce during your PhD degree will be presented in a thesis (and possibly in peer-reviewed journal publications). Finally, you’ll defend your thesis in front of experts.Depending on your project, you may be able to live and work at international research facilities in UK or overseas. We recommend that PhD students start this PhD on 1 October each year. If there’s any reason you must start your PhD at a different time of the year, this can be negotiated.Research topicsTypically, we welcome around 15-25 PhD students each year working on an original project relevant to one of the following research topics:Accelerator Science and TechnologyCondensed Matter PhysicsNuclear PhysicsParticle PhysicsPhysics EducationResearch cultureOur research is carried out across research clusters and throughout transversal activities focusing on cutting edge technologies in fields such as:Artificial intelligenceRenewable energy and sustainable technologiesInnovative materials, semiconductor and quantum sensorsMedical physics.Note: Physics MPhil also available