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An English university: Imperial College, London

MAR 01, 1968

British methods are different from those in America, hut they are not so rooted in tradition as to he incapable of change. London students now have the option of completing their BSc in three or four years.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3034826

Clifford C. Butler

MOST STUDENTS IN BRITAIN who intend to become professional physicists study for a Bachelor of Science degree with honors. The undergraduate physics school at Imperial College consists almost entirely of physics majors preparing for this degree of the University of London; they devote almost all of their time to physics and the necessary required mathematics. They are unlikely to take any humanities courses although some universities expect a modest performance in one or more foreign languages. In England and Wales the physics honors courses are spread over three years, but in Scotland they usually last four years.

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