Best mathematical physics program

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<p>I am currently doing BSc Mathematics Honours program in India. I am interested in mathematical physics, specially mathematical founations of physics i.e. quantum gravity.</p>

<p>I have checked various top university such as Harvard, michigan. princeton, CalTech, Chicago, MIT, Stanford and am very diappointed. I want to work in the mathematics department, but these universities don't have the kind of course I want to take. There is only one university which comes sufficiently close. UPenn.
<a href="http://www.math.upenn.edu/grad/courses.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.math.upenn.edu/grad/courses.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>see:
694/695. MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
794. PHYSICS FOR MATHEMATICIANS. </p>

<p>Staff. Prerequisite(s): Math 694. Corequisite(s): Math 695. Credit given for each semester. </p>

<p>This course is designed to bring mathematicians with no physics background up to speed on the basic theories of physics: Mechanics, relativity, quantum mechanics, classical fields, quantum filed theory, the standard model, strings, superstrings, and M-theory. </p>

<p>sounds exciting? i agree. I need help finding a similar program. </p>

<p>note: I can not get into physics program since i donnot have an adequate background. So that it is out of question.
also note: Cambridge and Oxford do have very exciting program but Oxford doesn't have master program and campridge's part III assumes knowledge of quantum mechanics and special relativity which I donot have!</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley - Applied Mathematics with emphasis on Quantum Mechanics comes to mind. </p>

<p>And if you are interested in physics what is the problem with taking the required to classes to get a physics degree? And if that is even out of the question, what about moving over to physics in graduate School rather than trying to crunch them together?</p>

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<p>Well the problem, precisely, is that I cannot move over to physics grad program :) I donot have the required background. In India, the curriculum is very rigid and you cannot take courses outside you department. sad, isn't it?</p>

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<p>Oh I see, you are looking for graduate programs. Silly me, I thought you were looking to transfer somewhere.</p>

<p>Hmm I really cant give information on this, its beyond my range. However I can say that the chancellor of my university got her BA in English at Stanford before entering Caltech as a graduate student in astrophysics. She just 'hung around' long enough and learned the required material before going there.</p>

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<p>:) that's unheard of, but not impossible in US. intellectual freedom... That is what I like the most about US education.</p>