LithiumHelios said:As in some of my other posts I can recommend some good UK universities (by no means exhaustive, there are plenty of good uni's in the UK but these would nearly always get a mention). In no particular order:
- http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/physics/"
- http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/"
- http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/"
- http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/"
- http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/"
- http://www.dur.ac.uk/physics/"
There's a handful there but any of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Group" universities would give you a great education as well (e.g. Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, King's College London, Nottingham,...). So if you're interested in the UK take a look at some of the above and certainly some of the other Russell group universities. Should be a good starting point.
I've given links to the physics departments for each page with the aim that you can check out the types of courses and modules offered by each of these. Also feel free to check out the universities/departments prospectus and research interests. If you have any particular bias (e.g. Astro or Particle) then try to match something up there (but don't pidgeon hole yourself with just one research interest, keep an open mind and see how things go). If any course sounds interesting you can then check up the city its in the student life etc from the universities main page.
Hope some of these will be of interest if you get any particular questions (especially about UK universities) feel free to ask and I'll try to help. I'm sure others can give better advice on Euro universities.
Hope you find something you like the look of!
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