Physics at Balliol College
Among all the colleges in the University, Balliol has one of the largest intakes of Physics and Physics & Philosophy students, admitting eight to ten across both courses. Balliol is one of only a handful of colleges to have four full-time Tutorial Fellows in Physics.
Balliol has a particular commitment to fundamental aspects of Physics, such as quantum mechanics, particle physics, and theoretical physics, which is reflected in the tutors’ research interests.
Departmental lectures are accompanied by tutorials in College for the first three years of the course. Tutorials typically last one hour and are with one, two, or three students. The Balliol tutors cover almost the entire range of undergraduate subjects, including mechanics, special relativity, and mathematics in the first year; electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and thermodynamics in the second year; and advanced courses on fluid dynamics, atomic physics, particle physics, symmetries, and general relativity in the third year.
Number of places at Balliol: 8–10 (including 4–5 for Physics and Philosophy).
Tutors
Dr Adam Caulton
Associate Professor, Clarendon University Lecturer, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, and Tutor for Graduate AdmissionsPhilosophyProfessor David Lucas
Professor of Physics, Fellow and Tutor in PhysicsPhysicsProfessor André Lukas
Professor of Physics, Fellow and Tutor in Theoretical PhysicsPhysicsProfessor Armin Reichold
Professor of Physics, Reader in Particle Physics, Fellow and Tutor in PhysicsPhysicsDr Raghavendra Srinivas
Early Career Fellow in PhysicsPhysicsDr Anthony Dyson
Lecturer in PhysicsPhysicsDr Christopher Palmer
Lecturer in PhysicsPhysicsDr Sebastian von Hausegger
Lecturer in PhysicsPhysics
About the course
Please see the Physics website. There is also information on the University’s course pages.
Course requirements and selection criteria
Please see:
- the ‘Requirements’ tab of the Physics course page.
- the Department of Physics’ selection criteria.