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UPPSC Assistant Professor (Physics) Syllabus 2026 Exam Pattern

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Detail Information about UPPSC has published notification 2026 for the recruitment of Assistant Professor (Physics) vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Recruitment with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.
 
UPPSC Assistant Professor Syllabus 2026 - Overview
 
Organization Name Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC)
Post Name Assistant Professor (Physics)
No. of Posts 60
Mode of Application Online
Category Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Selection Process Preliminary Examination, Mains Exam, Interview
Job Location Uttar Pradesh
Official Website uppsc.up.nic.in
 
UPPSC Assistant Professor (Physics) Syllabus 2026
 
General Studies :
 
1. General Science.
2. Current Events of National and International Importance.
3. History of India (Including Indian National Movement).
4. Indian Polity and Economy.
5. Geography- Indian and world.
6. Mental ability and Statistical data analysis.
Candidates are expected to have general awareness about the above topics with special reference to Uttar Pradesh.
 
Optional Subject (Physics) :
 
Unit-1: Mathematical Physics

Vector algebra and calculus, Gauss and Stokes theorems, orthogonal coordinates, differential vector operators, special coordinate systems, circular cylindrical coordinates, spherical polar coordinates, tensor analysis, contraction, direct product, quotient rule, pseudo-tensors, dual tensors, non-cartesian tensors, covariant differentiation, and tensors differentiation operators, elements of group theory, second order ordinary differential equations, Legendre's equation, Legendre polynomials and Bessel function with their properties, Laguerre equation and its solutions, Laguerre polynomials and their properties, Hermite equation, Hermite Polynomials and their properties, different types of matrices, orthogonal, Hermitian, unitary and normal matrices, eigenvalues and eigen functions of matrices, diagonalization of matrices, properties of analytical functions, complex variable, Cauchy's integral theorem, Cauchy integral formula, Laurent expansion, singularities, Cauchy's residue theorem, Laplace Transform (LT) and its applications in Physics, Fourier series and Fourier transform (FT), FT and LT of delta and Gaussian functions.

Unit-2: Classical Mechanics

Centre of mass, total angular momentum and total kinetic energies of a system of particles, conservation of linear momentum, energy and angular momentum, constraints and their classification, degrees of freedom, generalized coordinates, virtual displacement, D'Alembert's principle, Lagrange's equations of motion of the first and second kind, uniqueness of the Lagrangian, simple applications of the Lagrangian formulation to some physical systems, generalized momenta, canonical variables, Legendre transformations and Hamilton's equation of motion, cyclic coordinates and conservation theorems, derivation of Hamilton's equations from variational principle, generating functions and their properties, Linear harmonic oscillator and coupled oscillators, reduction of two particle equations of motion to the equivalent one-body problem, reduced mass of the system, conservation theorems, Kepler's problem, scattering cross-section, impact parameter, Rutherford scattering, center of mass and laboratory coordinate systems, motion of a particle in a general non-inertial frame of reference, equations of motion in a rotating frame of reference, the Coriolis force, degrees of freedom of a free rigid body, angular momentum and kinetic energy of a rigid body, moment of inertia tensor, moments of inertia, classification of rigid bodies as spherical, symmetric and asymmetric, Euler's equations of motion for a rigid body, torque-free motion of a rigid body, precession of earth's axis of rotation, Euler angles, angular velocity of a rigid body, notions of spin, precession of a rigid body, Special theory of relativity, Lorentz transformation, Lagrangian formulation of relativistic mechanics.

Unit-3: Quantum Mechanics

Fundamental concepts of Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, wave equations, Schrödinger equation (time independent and dependent), eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the linear harmonic oscillator, the periodic potential, spherically symmetric potential and the hydrogen atom, dynamical variables and operators, expectation value, expansion of eigenfunctions, completeness property, commutator algebra, commuting observables, unitary transformations, matrix representations of wave functions and operators, equations of motion in Schrödinger, Heisenberg and interaction pictures, linear harmonic oscillator by operator method, symmetric and antisymmetric wave functions, Slater's determinantal wave functions, Born-Oppenheimer approximation, partial wave analysis, phase shift, scattering from square well potential, time-independent and time-dependent perturbation, problems in relativistic quantum mechanics

Unit-4: Electromagnetic Theory

Green's functions, boundary value problems, dielectrics, polarization of a medium and electrostatic energy, BiotSavart law, differential equation for static magnetic field, vector potential, magnetic field from localized current distributions, examples of magnetostatic problems, Faraday's law of induction, magnetic energy of steady current distributions, displacement current, Maxwell's equations, vector and scalar potentials, gauge symmetry, Coulomb and Lorentz gauges, electromagnetic energy and momentum, conservation laws, inhomogeneous wave equation and Green's function solution, plane waves in a dielectric medium, reflection and refraction at dielectric interfaces, frequency dispersion in dielectrics and metals, dielectric constant and anomalous dispersion, wave propagation in
one dimension, group velocity, metallic waveguides, boundary conditions at metallic surfaces, propagation modes in wave guides, resonant modes in cavities, field of a localized oscillating source, fields and radiation in dipole and quadrupole approximations, radiation by moving charges, Lienard-Wiechert potentials, total power radiated by an accelerated charge, Lorentz formula, formation of plasma, Debye theory of screening, plasma oscillations, motion of charges in electromagnetic fields, magneto-plasma, plasma confinement, hydromagnetic waves.

Unit-5: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic and chemical potentials, specific heat, classical theory, Einstein's theory, Debye's theory, thermal conductivity, thermal expansion of materials, Drude model of electrical and thermal conductivity, Sommerfeld model of free election gas; motion of electrons
in a one-dimensional periodic potential, phase equilibria, free energy and its relations with thermodynamical quantities,
Ideal Bose and Fermi gases, phase space trajectory, concept of a statistical ensemble, micro canonical, grand canonical ensembles, partition function, distribution function, mean value of a physical quantity, statistical equilibrium, statistical independence and quasi-closed systems, Liouville's
theorem and its significance, entropy and law of increase of entropy, theorem of small increments, dependence of thermodynamic quantities, white dwarf and Chandrasekhar limit, statistical distribution in quantum statistics, Boltzmann distribution, Fermi-Dirac (F-D) and Bose-Einstein (B-E) distribution, F-D and B-E gases of elementary particles, first and second order phase transitions, Ising model, black body radiation, Planck's formula and Boltzmann's law

Unit-6: Electronics

Semiconductors and their properties, semiconductor  devices (p-n) unction diode, Zener diode, Schottky diode, LED, Photodiode, Gunn diode, BJT, UJT, JFET, MOSFET, SCR, etc. analog and digital circuits (different kinds of amplifiers and digital circuits (different kinds of amplifiers
and oscillators, multivibrators, GATES, OP-AMP, filter circuits, etc.), network analysis admittance, impedance, scattering and hybrid matrices for two and three-port networks and their cascade and parallel combinations, superposition theorem, Thevenin's theorem, Norton's theorem, Millman's theorem, maximum power
transfer theorem, Boolean laws and theorems, conversion of codes, flip flops, shift Registers and counters, various frequency bands used for communication, types of communications and need of modulation, AM, FM, PM modulations, different kinds of memories, i.e., C-MOS, ROM, RAM, MOS, A/D and D/Aconvertors, microprocessors and microcontrollers

Unit-7: Atomic and Molecular Physics

Spatial rotations, orbital angular momentum, commutation relations – L , L , L and L , Eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of L and L , particle on a sphere and the rigid rotator, spin angular momentum, Pauli spin matrices, total angular momentum, spectrum of J and J , ladder operators, addition of two angular momenta, Clebsch-Gordan coefficients for j =j =1/2 and j =1/2, j =1, selection rules, quantum states of electrons in an atom, spin-orbit interaction, LS coupling, JJ coupling, fine structure and hyperfine structure, interaction energy, spectra of He and different alkali atoms, normal and anomalous Zeeman effect, Paschen-Back effect and
Stark effect, Frank-Condon principle and selection rules, photoelectron spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, chemical shift, and electron spin resonance, electronic, rotational, vibrational and Raman spectra of diatomic molecules, selection rules, basic principles of laser, Einstein coefficients, optical and electrical pumping, population inversion, rate equations, cavity and mode of resonance, light amplification, threshold condition, coherence length, laser broadening mechanisms, gas, solid state and semiconductor lasers, operating principle and applications of lasers.

Unit-8 : Nuclear and Particle Physics

Fundamental properties of Nucleus, Nuclear radiation measurements - Ionization Chamber, Proportional Counter, Geiger Muller Counter, Scintillation Counters, luminescence detectors, Interaction of radiation with matter, Interaction of ionized radiation with matter – Stopping power, Bethe's formula. Liquid drop model and Bethe-Weizsäcker mass formula, Magic numbers, Shell model- Evidence of shell structure, Spin-orbit coupling, Collective model- Vibrational and rotational spectra for nuclear particles. Predictions of spin, parity and magnetic moments, Alpha, Beta and Gamma decay, accelerators, synchrotron, cyclotrons and linear accelerators and their applications in various scientific and medical fields. Nuclear reaction and their types, Q-equation, Solution of Q-equation, Threshold energy, Nuclear reaction cross section and its measurement, Compound reaction mechanism, Level width, Nuclear resonances and single level, Breit -Winger
formula, Theory of deuteron, Nuclear forces- Spin dependence and non-central features, Low energy n-p scattering, Scattering length and effective range theory, Low
energy p-p scattering, Charge symmetry and charge independence of nuclear forces, Meson theory of nuclear forces, elementary particles, types of interactions between elementary particles, Exact conservation laws,Approximate conservation laws- Isospin, parity, strangeness, charge conjugation, time reversal, charge conjugation parity (CP) violation, Charge-Parity-Time (CPT) theorem, Resonances and their properties, SU(3) classification of particles and resonances, Quark flavor and color, Quark model of hadrons, Strangeness oscillation, CP non-conservation in K0 decays, Regeneration phenomenon, Basic idea about the standard model, discovery of Higg's bosons and related theory.

Unit-9: Solid State Physics

Fundamental types of lattices and Bravais lattice; Miller Indices of a family of planes and interplanar spacing for different crystal structures, Bragg's law, scattered wave amplitude, reciprocal lattice, concept of Brillouin zone, Fourier analysis of the basis, crystal binding and elastic constants of crystals, group theory in crystallography and symmetry elements, nomenclatures of different groups, wave motion of one dimensional atomic lattice, group velocity and phase velocity, force constants, Brillouin zones, normal modes of vibration in one dimensional atomic lattice of finite length, lattice with two atoms per primitive cell, Optical and acoustical phonons, momentum of phonons, inelastic scattering of photons by long wavelength of phonons, Band theory of solids: Metals, insulators and
intrinsic semiconductors; Kroning-Penney Model, direct and indirect band gap of semiconductors, construction of Fermi surfaces, Fermi surface and Brillouin zones, experimental Methods in Fermi surface studies, de Hass van Alphen effect, quantum Hall effect, Magnetoresistance, Boltzmann transport equations, occurrence of superconductivity, Meissner effect, London equation, high temperature superconductors, Cooper pairs and elementary discussion of BCS model, Josephson junction, Langevin theory of diamagnetism and quantum theory of diamagnetism and paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, magnons, magnetic hysteresis, point defects, Schottky defects and Frenkel defects, line and stacking faults, volume imperfections, ordered phases of matter: translational and orientational order, kinds of liquid crystalline order, quasicrystals, materials design and selection, metals and alloys: solid solutions, solubility limits, Gibb's phase rule, binary phase diagrams, methods of fabrication and applications of few composites, smart materials, superalloys, shape memory alloys materials characterization techniques: X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Ultraviolet-VISIBLE Infrared Spectroscopy (UV-IR), Raman Spectroscopy, Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA), Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

Unit-10: Topic of Special Interest

Dosimetry of high energy radiations/particles, superfluidity, nanostructured materials and their applications, synthesis techniques of nanomaterials, Quantum confinement, and 0 D, 1 D and 2 D systems, Transport properties of 2D and 1D systems, Fullerenes; Synthesis of C60 and properties, various forms of fullerenes, Graphene, carbon nanotubes and their applications, Non-linear optical properties, nanotechnology in nature, metamaterials, self-healable materials, energy devices: solar cells, self-powered nanogenerators, supercapacitors, batteries and fuel cells, physics and technology of sensors such as humidity, gas, pressure and biosensors, transducers, superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), optical fibres and their applications in science, industry, medicine and defense
 
UPPSC Assistant Professor (Physics) Exam Pattern 2026
 
Preliminary Examination

Duration : 120 Minutes

Negative Marking : 0.33

 
S.No Subject No.of uestion Marks
1 General Studies 30 60
2 Optional Subject (Physics) 90 90
  Total 120 150

Mains Examination

Duration : 180 Minutes

 
S.No Subject No.of Question Marks
1 Optional Subject (Physics) (10+10) 20
Section A: 10 Short Answer Questions (125 words each)
Section B: 10 Long Answer Questions (200 words each)
(80+120) 200
Section A: 10 questions x 8 marks = 80 marks
Section B: 10 questions x 12 marks = 120 marks
  Total 120 150

Prelims Exam Date 2026 : 31st May 2026

Starting Date of Application Form : 04th September 2025

Last Date of Application Form : 06th October 2025

Total Post : 60

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