Program Overview

This degree will stimulate your critical thinking and problem-solving skills to help you to be competitive across all science-led disciplines.

Your science degree begins with a suite of introductory subjects in which you will learn and explore core science concepts across physical, life, data and mathematical science disciplines and develop and strengthen key scientific and transferable skills, providing a transformative learning experience that will underpin your future studies and careers.

Major: Physics

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered about our planet and the forces that govern its motion?  Perhaps you've tried to imagine the vast distances that light travels to reach us from the stars. Or maybe you're curious about atoms, the tiny building blocks of all matter.

The observable universe is comprised of two parts: radiation and matter. Physics is the study of these parts and how they interact. It aims to understand the physical world through experimentation and mathematical modelling.

Physics has led to technological advances such as phones, computers, GPS, radiotherapy and human spaceflight. Current research in physics has applications in IT, electronics, renewables, health and engineering.

At RMIT we have strong links to science in the workplace. Our academics work with government organisations and hospitals as well as companies nationally and internationally in the areas of quantum technology, photonics, advanced materials, biophysics and medical physics.

During your degree you will study topics in physics that include electromagnetism, optics, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics and materials. You will also study topics in mathematics that include differential equations, vector calculus and linear algebra.