University Level Courses

Applicants are expected to have taken the following undergraduate courses in Physics and Mathematics to the level necessary for following a postgraduate Masters programme in Medical Physics or Physics. Part I questions include topics covered in the following core courses:

Physics

• Classical and Relativistic Mechanics
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Optics
• Physics of Fluids and Gases
• Quantum Mechanics
• Atomic and Nuclear Physics
• Solid State Physics
• Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
• Measurement, Instrumentation and Signal Processing
• Computational Physics and Computer Programming

Mathematics

• Applied Linear Algebra
• Advanced Calculus
• Complex Variables
• Differential Equations
• Numerical methods

Ref: IAEA (2013) TCS 56 Postgraduate Medical Physics Academic Programmes