COMSATS University Islamabad
Registrar Office, Principal Seat, Islamabad
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NOTIFICATION

Scheme of Studies of Master of Science in Physics for Spring 2024

It is Hereby notified that the Academic Council in its 13th Meeting held on June 04, 2012 approved the following Scheme of studies of the Master of Science in Physics, MS (Physics) with effect from at CIIT system.
1. Minimum Duration:  Years
2. Maximum Duration: 0 Years
4. Maximum Semesters: 0 
Course WorkMin No. of CoursesMin No. of Credit Hrs
1  Core Courses
04
12
2  Elective Courses
04
12
3  MS Thesis
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06

Note:

1. Admission to MS and PhD programs at CUI will adhere to existing criteria, withrelevance of prior degrees being crucial. If deemed necessary, additional courses may be required to rectify deficiencies. Approval for admission within the CUI System is contingent upon the relevance of the previous degree as per Notification No: CUI - Reg / Notif - 458 / 23 / 493, dated February 28, 2023, stating that the decision made by the Board of Advanced Studies and Research(BASAR) during its meeting on November 30, 2022, stipulated that admission within the CUI System shall be contingent upon possession of a relevant prior degree.In instances where doubts regarding the relevance of a prior degree arise, the determination of relevance thereof shall be made by the respective Dean irrespective of title of the prior degree, based on recommendations put forth by the respective Campus Admission Committee, HoD, and Chairperson, on a case -by -case basis as required.The decision rendered by the Dean in such cases shall be documented within the student's personal file for record-keeping and reference purposes. The additional GRE-Subject test for MS and PhD programs won't be mandatory for such candidates.
2. Furthermore, if the Dean determines that the candidate does not possess the necessary relevant degree, the candidate shall be admitted under the Interdisciplinary category. Additionally, the candidate must undertake the additional GRE-Subject test for MS and PhD programs as a mandatory requirement. Such candidates are required to fulfill all mandatory requirements outlined under the Interdisciplinary clauses. However, if the Dean, by following the above procedure decides that the previous degree, irrespective of the title of the degree of the candidate does not fall under the Interdisciplinary category, the candidate shall not be admitted at CUI System.
3. MS students shall enroll for 09 to 12 credit hours per semester for coursework, with flexibility granted in exceptional cases such as force majeure incidents including inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major. type of calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune. The Dean may adjust credit hour requirements based on recommendations from the DAC, HoD, and Chairperson. Following coursework, students must register exclusively for a thesis of 06 credit hours each subsequent semester to ensure continuous enrollment throughout their study period.
4. During its 38th meeting, the Academic Council approved the Common Policies, Procedures, and Template of Scheme of Studies for MS and PhD Programs at CUI, aligned with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Graduate Education Policy (GEP) 2023, with the exception of the above-mentioned paragraphs.
    Credit Hours : Please provide total credit hours for this scheme from manage course schemes


 Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite(s)
1 PHY503 Mathematical and Computational Methods in Physics 3(3, 0)
2 PHY565 Graduate Laboratory 3(3, 0)
3 PHY604 Advanced Quantum Physics 3(3, 0)
4 PHY609 Advanced Electromagnetic Fields and Waves 3(3, 0)



1 PHY503 Mathematical and Computational Methods in Physics 3(3, 0)
2 PHY565 Graduate Laboratory 3(3, 0)
3 PHY586 Principles and Applications of Plasma Discharges 3(3, 0)
4 PHY604 Advanced Quantum Physics 3(3, 0)
5 PHY609 Advanced Electromagnetic Fields and Waves 3(3, 0)
List of Elective Courses
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite (s)
6 PHY501 Quantum Computation I 3(3, 0)
7 PHY505 Electrodynamics 3(3, 0)
8 PHY506 Applied Quantum Mechanics 3(3, 0)
9 PHY507 Statistical Mechanics 3(3, 0)
10 PHY510 Quantum Field Theory I 3(3, 0)
11 PHY514 Group Theory 3(3, 0)
12 PHY516 Standard Model (SWG) 3(3, 0)
13 PHY517 Particle Physics I 3(3, 0)
14 PHY520 Materials Science I 3(3, 0)
15 PHY522 Experimental Techniques 3(3, 0)
16 PHY523 Introduction to Nanoscience and Technology 3(3, 0)
17 PHY524 Surface Physics 3(3, 0)
18 PHY525 Non-Conventional Energy Resources 3(3, 0)
19 PHY526 Conducting Polymers 3(3, 0)
20 PHY527 Quantum Optics I 3(3, 0)
21 PHY531 Physics of Semiconductors and Devices 3(3, 0)
22 PHY532 Physics of Lasers 3(3, 0)
23 PHY534 Optical Communication Network: Design and Simulation 3(3, 0)
24 PHY535 Electronic Materials Processing 3(3, 0)
25 PHY537 Microsystems Technology 3(3, 0)
26 PHY538 Optics Laboratory 3(3, 0)
27 PHY540 Plasma Physics I 3(3, 0)
28 PHY541 Plasma Physics II 3(3, 0) PHY540
29 PHY542 Semiconductor Power Devices 3(3, 0)
30 PHY550 Physics of Magnetism 3(3, 0)
31 PHY551 Physics of Microfabrication Technology 3(3, 0)
32 PHY555 Fundamentals of Optical Fibers and Optical Signal Processing 3(3, 0)
33 PHY556 Optical Fiber Devices and Sensors 3(3, 0)
34 PHY557 Atomic and Molecular Physics 3(3, 0)
35 PHY558 Laser Systems and Engineering 3(3, 0)
36 PHY559 Applied Photonics 3(3, 0)
37 PHY560 Errors and Data Analysis 3(3, 0)
38 PHY561 Material Processing with Laser 3(3, 0)
39 PHY570 Nuclear Physics 3(3, 0)
40 PHY572 Radiation Detection and Measurements 3(3, 0)
41 PHY573 Principle, Method and Applications of Nuclear Tracks 3(3, 0)
42 PHY574 Radiation Protection and Health Physics 3(3, 0)
43 PHY575 Environmental Radiation Dosimetry 3(3, 0)
44 PHY576 Radiation Laboratory 3(3, 0)
45 PHY580 Environmental Physics 3(3, 0)
46 PHY581 Heavy Ion Physics 3(3, 0)
47 PHY582 Medical Physics 3(3, 0)
48 PHY583 Geophysics 3(3, 0)
49 PHY584 Nanophotonics 3(3, 0)
50 PHY585 Statistical Methods in Experimental Physics 3(3, 0)
51 PHY587 Computational Physics 3(3, 0)
52 PHY602 Quantum Computation II 3(3, 0) PHY501
53 PHY606 Quantum Chromodynamics 3(3, 0) PHY510
54 PHY610 Integrated Optics 3(3, 0) PHY532
55 PHY611 Quantum Field Theory II 3(3, 0) PHY510
56 PHY612 Advanced Statistical Mechanics 3(3, 0)
57 PHY617 Gravitation and Cosmology 3(3, 0)
58 PHY618 Particle Physics II 3(3, 0) PHY517
59 PHY620 Condensed Matter Theory 3(3, 0) PHY604
60 PHY621 Materials Science II 3(3, 0) PHY520
61 PHY622 Modern Semiconductor Structures 3(3, 0) PHY531 ,PHY604
62 PHY626 Thermal Transport Mechanism 3(3, 0) PHY604
63 PHY628 Quantum Optics II 3(3, 0) PHY527
64 PHY640 Advances in Thin Film Technology 3(3, 0) PHY520
65 PHY650 Advanced Topics in Magnetism 3(3, 0) PHY550
66 PHY662 Ultrashort Lasers and Optics 3(3, 0) PHY532
67 PHY663 Fourier Optics 3(3, 0)
68 PHY664 Nonlinear Optics 3(3, 0)
69 PHY665 Photonic Mesoscopic Systems 3(3, 0) PHY532 ,PHY604
70 PHY666 Low Temperature Plasma 3(3, 0) PHY540
71 PHY667 Laser-Matter Interactions 3(3, 0)
72 PHY668 Advanced Plasma Theory 3(3, 0)
73 PHY669 Plasma Diagnostics 3(3, 0)
74 PHY670 Modeling and Simulations in Physics 3(3, 0)
75 PHY671 Numerical Methods for PDE 3(3, 0)
76 PHY705 Finite Temperature and Density Field Theory for High Energy 3(3, 0) PHY510
77 PHY706 Particle Collisions 3(3, 0) PHY517 ,PHY570 ,PHY604
78 PHY707 Physics of Early Universe 3(3, 0) PHY617
79 PHY708 Neutrino Physics 3(3, 0) PHY517
80 PHY709 Supersymmetry 3(3, 0) PHY510 ,PHY517
81 PHY710 Kinematics of Nuclear Reactions of High Energies 3(3, 0) PHY517 ,PHY570 ,PHY604
82 PHY719 Quark Gluon Plasma 3(3, 0) PHY510 ,PHY517
83 PHY720 Special Topics in Quantum Optics I 3(3, 0) PHY527
84 PHY721 Special Topics in Quantum Optics II 3(3, 0) PHY527
85 PHY722 Nonlinear Plasma Theory 3(3, 0)
Thesis Thesis
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite (s)
86 PHY800 Thesis 6(0, 6)


Note:

1. PHY604 OR PHY531 are pre-requisite for the course PHY622 Modern Semiconductor Structures. 2. PHY503 OR Basic course on electromagnetic theory or Equivalent are pre-requisite for the course PHY663 Fourier Optics till Spring 2018. 3. PHY503 OR Basic course on electromagnetic theory or Equivalent are pre-requisite for the course PHY664 Nonlinear Optics till Spring 2018. 4. PHY604 or PHY532 are pre-requisite for the course PHY665 Photonic Mesoscopic Systems. 5. PHY517OR PHY604 OR PHY570 are pre-requisite for the course PHY706 Particle Collisions. 6. PHY510 OR PHY517are pre-requisite for the course PHY709 Supersymmetry. 7. PHY517 OR PHY604 OR PHY570 are pre-requisite for the course PHY710 Kinematics of Nuclear Reactions of High Energies. 8. PHY510 OR PHY517 are pre-requisite for the course PHY719 Quark Gluon Plasma.
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