Todays Program

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Todays Program 930 Registration 945 Welcome
(Prof. Sheng) 950 UG Program (Prof. Wong) 1010
Research Achievements (Prof. Chan) 1030 Tea
Break 1100 Students Sharing Time 1130 Lab
Tours 1300 End of the Event
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HKUST Department of Physics Undergraduate
Program Our Commitment to Quality
Education Research Scholarship Future Career
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The Staff Professors 7 Associate
Professors/Senior Lecturers 18 Assistant
Professors/Lecturers 3 Visiting
Scholars 12 Research Associates 11 Resear
ch Assistants 11 Junior Research
Assistants 4 Project Assistants
2 Instructional Assistants
4 Officers/clerks/secretaries
6 Engineer 1 Senior Technicians
2 Technical Associates/Technicians 5 Asst
Computer Officer 1
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The Undergraduate Students Year
1 Physics/Applied Physics 94 Management
Science 5 Physics-Mathematics 4 Science
Education 3 Year 2 Physics/Applied
Physics 86 Management Science 12 Physics-M
athematics 2 Year 3 Physics/Applied
Physics 89 Management Science 11 In 2003,
about 60 of students will be admitted to the
Physics program about 40 of students will be
admitted to the Applied Physics program.
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The Postgraduate Students MPhil Year
1 15 Year 2 15 Year 3 1 MSc Year 1
3 Year 2 1 PhD Year 1 or 2 4 Year 3
or above 17
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• The Undergraduate Program
• Year 1 Basic training
• Fundamentals of Physics
• Mathematics, esp. calculus, linear algebra,
  differential equations
• Computer programming
• Modern Physics
• Modern Physics Lab

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• Year 2 Solid training
• Classical Mechanics
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Quantum Mechanics
• Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
• Experimental Physics

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• Year 3 Advanced training
• Electives of specialized courses in theoretical
  and applied physics (solid state, materials,
  optics, information, astrophysics, particle
  physics etc.)
• Advanced experimental physics, or Computational
  physics (for Applied Physics)
• Independent study project

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• Our Commitment to Quality Education
• Individual Level
• Research Scholarships
• Exchange studies (UC, Rice, Waterloo, Peking )
• Personal Response System (PRS)
• Course Level
• One-credit courses
• Directed studies and junior projects
• Independent studies
• Program Level
• Management Science Option
• Physics and Mathematics Option
• Science and Education Program

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• B. Sc. in Physics
• Designed for students who want to study physics
• For students who want a more general education,
  use the free electives to take
• advanced physics courses
• minor programs (Mathematics, Chemistry,
  Humanities, Social Science etc.)
• any other subjects you are interested in

• B. Sc. in Applied Physics
• More specialized
• Designed for students who have made up their mind
  to be specialized in special areas of physics
• Includes specialized courses in materials
  science, optics, computational physics

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• Options and Programs for Physics/Applied Physics
  students
• Default options
• Special options/programs with minimum entering
  CGA
• Students in Physics
• Default option Pure Physics option
• Special option Physics and Mathematics option
• Special program Physics and Science Education
  program
• Students in Applied Physics
• Default option Science and Technology option
• Special option Management Science option
• Special program Physics and Science Education
  program

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• Management Science Option
• Basic physics courses
• Computational physics
• Information physics
• ISMT courses Business statistics, operational
  management, forecasting
• CGA B- minimum and interview

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• Physics and Mathematics Option
• Designed for students who want to study both
  physics and mathematics
• EM2/QM2, 4 required MATH courses
• Less electives
• Can obtain the degree of B.Sc. in Physics and
  Mathematics if students follow chosen courses
• CGA minimum B and interview

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• B. Sc. in Physics and Science Education
• Designed for students who want to be teachers
• 4-year course with B. Sc. in Physics and
  Qualified Teacher Status on graduation
• Education courses in 2nd Spring
• Courses in HKIEd in 3rd FallWinter and 4th
  WinterSpring
• 7 Science electives (Chemistry and Biology)
• Very broad
• Minimum CGA B- and interview

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• The Undergraduate Research Scholarships
• Aim to promote research culture to new as well
  as existing students in the Department.
• Conditions
• ALE score 24-30 (A10, B8, )
• summer research projects offered by the Physics
  faculty members at the end of the first academic
  year.
• Award
• HK18,000 for ALE score 28-30
• HK12,000 for ALE score 24-26
• they must be taken in one single seating and
  one of them must be Physics / Engineering Science)

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PRS Question
My preferred work, if I get a Physics degree 1)
Further studies 2) Engineer 3)
Information technology 4) Management Commercial
5) Education 6) others
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• Future Careers
• Further studies
• Information technology
• Commercial (especially technically related)
• Education
• We focus on educating your person!

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• The MPhil Program
• Normal duration 2 years
• 12 credits of PG courses
• MPhil Thesis Research
• teaching assistantship _at_ 13,500 per month

• The MSc Program
• Normal duration 1.5 years
• 30 credits of PG courses
• No financial support

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• The PhD Program
• Normal duration 4 years
• 12 credits of PG courses
• Qualifying examination
• PhD Thesis Research
• teaching assistantship _at_ 13,500 per month

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Lab Tours Group 1 (I. K. Sou) Teaching Lab
Carbon-Nanotube Lab II-VI MBE Lab Group 2 (K.
S. Wong) Teaching Lab TEM Lab UHVSTM
Lab Group 3 (K. Y. Szeto) Teaching Lab PC
Cluster Lab ER Fluid Lab Group 4 (O.
Tsui) Carbon-Nanotube Lab II-VI MBE Lab
Teaching Lab Group 5 (K. K. Fung) UHVSTM Lab
TEM Lab Teaching Lab Group 6 (P. W. Leung) ER
Fluid Lab PC Cluster Lab Teaching Lab
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Please return the PRS handset at the door. Next
Talk Research Achievements (CT Chan)