Studying at Mansfield

 

  • Six undergraduates join our Physics community each year.
  • You’ll join a community 24 undergraduates.
  • All applicants apply for the four-year MPhys course, but some students later switch to the three-year BA course.

Physics is a subject which seeks to understand the mechanism behind the workings of elementary particles, atoms, forces and even the universe itself. The Physics course at Oxford University is designed to help you appreciate the ideas which underpin our understanding of physical processes, and take them to the boundaries of current research areas. The Department of Physics is one of the largest in the country and is located very close to Mansfield.

Department of Physics

 

Teaching and learning

Lectures and laboratory work are organised by the Department of Physics, and take place in one or other of the Physics laboratories – these are just a few minutes’ walk away from Mansfield, as is the Radcliffe Science Library.

Your College tutorials at Mansfield are designed to supplement these, and to make sure you really understand the material presented in lectures, and you’re able to use it. In most of the first three years, you’ll normally have two tutorials or classes a week.

When studying the options chosen in the four-year course, you’re taught in classes organised by the Physics Department.

An introduction to studying Physics

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"I chose to study Physics because I have always been interested in understanding how things worked. I wasn’t able to pinpoint an area that was the most interesting to me so I applied to courses like the Oxford one, where there are a range of topics covered in the first few years. I haven’t found my degree easy, but Mansfield has always been there to provide me with the support I needed to make it through my degree."

El Salter, Mansfield Physics graduate

Your Physics Fellows and lecturers

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Professor Stephen Blundell

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Professorial Fellow in Physics

Professor Stephen Blundell

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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Professorial Fellow in Physics

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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Professor Steve Biller

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Professorial Fellow in Experimental Particle Physics, IT Fellow

Professor Steve Biller
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Dr Ana Carpinteiro Inacio

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Stipendiary Lecturer in Physics

Dr Ana Carpinteiro Inacio
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Dr Andrei Constantin

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Stipendiary Lecturer in Physics

Dr Andrei Constantin
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Dr Benjamin Huddart

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Stipendiary Lecturer in Physics

Dr Benjamin Huddart
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Dr Candadi Sukumar

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Stipendiary Lecturer in Physics

Dr Candadi Sukumar

How to apply

Subjects studied at A level or equivalent should include Physics and Mathematics. Further Mathematics and Chemistry are also helpful.

You’ll be asked to sit the Physics Aptitude Test (PAT). Applicants to Mansfield will also be given two thorough but friendly interviews, and will also receive an interview at a second college. The main purpose of these interviews is to test your ability to think clearly and to solve problems, rather than your depth of knowledge.

University of Oxford Physics course page  How to apply

 

Mansfield Isolation Conversations

Our Physics tutors have contributed a range of articles to Mansfield’s Isolation Conversations – from magnets to solitary neutrinos.

Isolation Conversations
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Our Access and Outreach team have put together a range of resources to help you get to know Mansfield, your subject, and your potential Oxford application.