Timeline for Is it better for me to study chemistry or physics?
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| Jan 7, 2021 at 17:47 | comment | added | Cay | @shoubik Yeah i think so too - i guess i just need to do a bit more research | |
| Jan 7, 2021 at 17:18 | comment | added | S R Maiti | @Cay, No problem, happy to have helped. I guess you can probably also do some solid state/material science stuff from a physics background. | |
| Jan 7, 2021 at 15:33 | comment | added | Cay | @shoubik Thankyou so much for all of your help! I really need to think then if i want to close off inorganic chem :((( I am going to talk to my teachers about it, thankyou! | |
| Jan 7, 2021 at 12:55 | comment | added | S R Maiti | Also, there is a lot of flexibility in UK universities, you can change courses anytime, and in your postgrads, you can shift to a related stream (e.g. chemistry -> nanotechnology). Don't worry too much, trust your intuition :-) | |
| Jan 7, 2021 at 12:51 | comment | added | S R Maiti | On the other hand if you go into nuclear physics/atomic particle physics - that sort of thing, then a physics or chemical physics degree might be useful. I don't personally know much about chemical physics, I only know one person who is in that course in my year, and she said that her year group is the last who will take that course in our uni. | |
| Jan 7, 2021 at 12:49 | comment | added | S R Maiti | @Cay, You can probably guess, your list is too broad to be covered by one single subject! I would say if you want to go into material science/solid-state/inorganic/nanotechnology, you should choose chemistry and then focus on inorganic. If you are keen on quantum chemistry/computational chemistry, then also chemistry is helpful. (For computational, you would also need some skill in programming) | |
| Jan 5, 2021 at 21:11 | comment | added | Cay | The thing is I want to do material science / computational chemistry/quantum chemistry / solid-state physics/chemical physics / nuclear physics / physical chemistry / atomic and particle physics/nanotechnology / possibly inorganic - so its really hard finding a degree which can satisfy all of these requirements! Would you say a chemical physics degree therefore may be suitable for me? | |
| Jan 5, 2021 at 21:08 | comment | added | Cay | Wow! This is for real useful - i was actually just looking at chemical physics courses ! | |
| Jan 5, 2021 at 20:52 | history | answered | S R Maiti | CC BY-SA 4.0 |