Scope for pursuing masters in physics after doing engineering.

[siddharth5129]

Hey . I am a first year engineering student at BITS pilani , India. I've had this gnawing concern for a while about the scope for pursuing a masters in physics(Ideally , in the states) with a B.E in mechanical engineering(or electrical, haven't decided on my engineering stream yet) and an MSC in biology ( I am doing a dual degree). Surely universities in the US would grant admissions to students with a pure physics undergraduate degree in preference to someone like me .Or is that completely untrue. I'd be really grateful for any sort of clarification.

 

[viscousflow]

EE would help the most. Especially since you do more physics in EE than any other engineering degree other than Engineering Physics.

 

[nlsherrill]

EE would help the most. Especially since you do more physics in EE than any other engineering degree other than Engineering Physics.

hmm I would think nuclear engineering would probably have more physics than EE, but they don't offer that at most universities. We don't have engineering physics however, so I would assume that would be equivalent to applied math in contrast to pure math, which would represent physics.

 

[Reshma]

@siddharth5129

Most top schools in US do not offer a terminal Master's degree in Physics. They tend to admit students in PhD Physics programmes based on undergrad GPA, general and subject GRE score, recommendations and research experience. The first two years will mostly consist of advanced Physics courses followed by the qualifier exams.