TFYA86 · 5 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Teknisk fysik, Fysik
Physics
Active · next start VT 2027
35%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN1 · 4 Jun 2026 · 96 students
51%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN1 · 397 students
Unusually hard in 2025/26
35% passed the ordinary exam in 2025/26 (96 students), against 56% on average in earlier years (301 students).
Part of 1 programme
Exam
TEN1 Written examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
51% passed · 397 students
- 35%96
- 48%85
- 51%77
- 52%63
- 74%76
Re-exams
44% passed · 240 students
- 39%38
- 40%15
- 42%38
- 17%18
- 39%31
- 50%14
- 45%31
- 50%14
- 53%17
- 67%24
- Pass the re-exam: 44% (240 students), compared with 51% (397 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 14% (637 students)
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
LAB3 Laboratory work
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 408 students
- 100%79
- 100%83
- 100%80
- 100%83
- 100%83
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Show small sittings (4)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%1
- 100%2
- 100%1
Hand-in or lab
LAB2 Laboratory work
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 397 students
- 100%79
- 100%82
- 100%80
- 100%79
- 100%77
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Show small sittings (3)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%1
- 100%2
Other module
KTR1 Optional examination
- 3
Main rounds
100% passed · 93 students
- 100%93
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
About the course
Aim
In this course, the purpose for the student is to obtain a basic orientation in electromagnetism and its applications, including an introduction to quantum mechanical phenomena and optics. The course is adapted mainly for the D-programme. After finishing the course, the student will be able to:
- solve problems in electromagnetism analytically.
- solve problems regarding electromagnetic waves, interference, and diffraction.
- solve probles in quantum mechanics and describe quantum mechanical phenomena.
- solve and visualize problems in electromagnetism using numerical methods and computer simulations.
- perform experiments and interpret data conserning electromagnetic waves, interference, and diffraction.
Content
- Electrostatics: Coulomb’s law, electric field strength, potential, Gauss’s law, capacitance, electric dipole, polarization, dielectric materials
- Currents: current density, mobility, drift velocity, resistivity.
- Magnetostatics: magnetic flux density, Biot-Savart’s law, Ampere’s law of circulation, magnetic dipole, magnetization, magnetic materials.
- Quantum mechanics: from atoms to solid materials.
- Electromagnetic fields varying with time: induction, electromotive force, Faraday’s law, inductance, wave motion, refraction, interference and diffraction.
- Examples of applications will be given during the course.
- Examiner
- Emma Björk
- Scheduled hours
- 50 h
- Main field of study
- Teknisk fysik, Fysik