Key Information
- Duration: Full-time 48 months; Part-time 72 months
- Start dates & application deadlines: Starting September 2026; Apply anytime.
- Language: English
- Credits: 30 ECTS
- Delivered: On Campus
- Campus Location: Maynooth, Ireland
- Disciplines: Physics
Overview
The objective of the Theoretical Physics programme from Maynooth University is to provide:
- A high quality research experience and training
- Enhanced arrangements for supervision and mentorship
- Structured arrangements for the development of generic and transferable skills
- Advanced discipline-specific taught courses
- Regular monitoring of progress
Career
Theoretical physicists are in high demand in the job market thanks to their skills in numeracy, analytical and abstract thinking and the application of these skills to solving problems in the real world. Graduates can consider a wide range of careers, including research and teaching in a university, research in a research institute or industrial setting; public sector agencies, the scientific civil service; banking and stock market analysis; business and actuarial work, telecommunications and in all sections of the computer industry. Visit the programme website for more information.
They lead and are at the forefront of scientific discovery and in understanding the universe from the microscopic to the macroscopic, the origin of space-time, quarks, quantum information, black holes and to astrophysical processes on the scale of the entire universe.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Innovation and Research Commercialisation
- Research Funding Application
- Differential Geometry
- Teaching Practice in Mathematical Physics
- Topics In Complex Analysis
- Conference Organisation
- Work-based Placement
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Admission Requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: First Class
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 120
- TOEFL iBT: 90
- PTE Academic: 63
- IELTS: 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- Candidates for a PhD degree will normally be expected to have a Masters degree or a First Class Honours primary degree in Mathematical/Theoretical Physics or a relevant discipline.
- Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
Tuition Fees
- International: 27,700 AUD / year (≈ 17,000 EUR / year)
- EU/EEA: 12,221 AUD / year (≈ 7,500 EUR / year)
- Part-Time Tuition Fees: EU students: 5,250 EUR / year
Living Costs
Maynooth, Ireland: 1,059 - 1,629 AUD / month
