TNE056 · 6 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Elektroteknik, Teknisk fysik, Fysik
Electromagnetic Field Theory and Electromagnetism
Active · next start VT 2027
30%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN1 · 29 May 2026 · 23 students
45%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN1 · 96 students
Unusually hard in 2025/26
30% passed the ordinary exam in 2025/26 (23 students), against 48% on average in earlier years (73 students).
Part of 1 programme
Exam
TEN1 Written examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
45% passed · 96 students
- 30%23
- 60%20
- 55%20
- 38%13
- 40%20
Re-exams
38% passed · 45 students
- 50%8
- 17%6
- 20%5
- 71%7
- 17%6
- 29%7
- 50%6
- Pass the re-exam: 38% (45 students), compared with 45% (96 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 22% (141 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
- 0%2
- 50%2
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
UPG1 Assignments
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 79 students
- 100%21
- 100%18
- 100%14
- 100%13
- 100%13
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
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Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
About the course
Aim
After completion of the course a student is expected
- to understand fundamental laws of electromagnetism (Coulomb’s law, Gauss law, Ohm’s law, Amper’s law, Faraday’s law etc. ), as well as fundamental concept such as potential, capacitance, current, resistance, inductance, e.m.f., electromagnetic induction, etc.
- to be able to apply fundamental laws of electromagnetism to perform practical calculations (e.g. calculate potential, electric and magnetic fields, capacitance, inductance, e.m.f., etc. for basic model systems)
- to be able to relate fundamental laws of electromagnetism to various technological applications as well as to everyday life phenomena
The course aims to give students knowledge of electromagnetism which is essential for continued studies in physics, esp. in the area of electronics.
Content
- Fundamental theory of electrostatics: Coulombs law, electrostatic potential och field, superposition principle, dipole and generalised multipoles. Brief description of electrostatic fields in conductors and dielectric materials, polarisation and permittivity, Gauss law, Poisson's and Laplace's equations and boundary conditions.
- Fundamental theory of magnetism: magnetic field strength, Biot-Savart law, divergence and curl of magnetic fields. Magnetism in media, magnetisation, para-, ferro- and diamagnetic materials.
- Maxwell's equations and the electromagnetic field. Electromagnetic waves in vacuum, energy density and Poynting's vector.
- EM waves in dielectric and conducting materials: group velocity and the index of refraction. Reflection, refraction and polarisation. Waveguides.
- Examiner
- Igor Zozoulenko
- Scheduled hours
- 54 h
- Main field of study
- Elektroteknik, Teknisk fysik, Fysik