Engineering Physics 1: Find Your Syllabus, Then Plan Marks

Engineering physics 1 is the first physics course of a B.E. or B.Tech degree. Its name, code and content depend on your university and admission year. Here is how the versions we checked line up, as of October 2026.

Terms in the table:

• NEP is the National Education Policy 2020, which the new first-year curricula follow.
• Rev-2019 'C' Scheme is the University of Mumbai's 2019 syllabus revision.
• CCE is comprehensive continuous evaluation, SPPU's internal marks (tests, assignments, quiz, activity).
• Term work is marks for practical journals and submitted work.
• Regulation is Anna University's rulebook for a batch, which fixes both syllabus and exam rules.

SPPU's earlier version of the 2024 pattern, for 2024-25 admissions, split marks 30 (CCE) and 70 (end-semester) in the college copy we checked. If you joined in 2024, confirm which version your college follows.

Other universities, such as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) and Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), use their own syllabi. We have not mapped them here.

Run three checks, and trust your syllabus only when all three agree.

Also check your admission year against the table above. A mismatch on any one point means you have the wrong document.

The Mumbai NEP paper is worth 45 end-semester marks, and the lecture hours let us estimate how they spread across six modules. This is our model, not a university statement. The NEP syllabus does not say weightage follows hours, so treat the numbers as an emphasis guide only.

The working: module share = module hours ÷ 26 total hours; estimated marks = share × 45.

For example, Quantum Physics is 6 ÷ 26 × 45 = 10.4 marks. The hours come from the college copy of the University of Mumbai NEP syllabus.

The paper has five questions of 15 marks each. Question 1 is compulsory and covers the maximum content. In every other question, parts (a) and (b) come from different modules. You answer three questions in total. Because the pairs are mixed, you cannot choose by module, so we recommend being solid on at least four of the six modules.

The syllabus lists the exam duration as 1.5 hours in one table and 2 hours in another. That is 30 minutes per answer at 1.5 hours and 40 minutes at 2 hours. Confirm the duration on your hall ticket.

The Rev-2019 syllabus does state that module weightage is proportional to lecture hours. Its paper has six questions of 15 marks, Question 1 is compulsory, and you answer four. The working: marks = hours ÷ 26 × 60.

The figures are rounded, and the university gives the rule, not these numbers. At Mumbai the lab is a separate course (BSL101 in NEP, FEL101 in Rev-2019), so it does not add to these theory marks.

SPPU. The revised Engineering Physics course (BSC-102-BES) carries 3 theory credits and 1 practical credit, with 3 theory hours and 2 practical hours a week. Marks are CCE 40, end-semester 60 and term work 25. It has five units of 8 hours each, 40 hours in all:

1. Fundamentals of Photonics
2. Quantum Physics
3. Wave Optics
4. Semiconductor Physics and Ultrasonics
5. Physics of Nanoparticles and Superconductivity

The university's guidelines give each unit 12 of the 60 end-semester marks, so each is 20% of the paper. Skipping a unit costs you a fifth of the marks. The same unit-by-unit logic applies to the other SPPU first-year subjects; our SPPU Engineering Mechanics online course page shows it for the five Engineering Mechanics units.

Anna University. The 2025 course PH25C01 Applied Physics – I has 2 lecture hours and 2 practical hours a week for 3 credits. Its syllabus covers properties of matter, oscillations and waves, quantum mechanics and applied optics. Continuous assessment and the end-semester exam each carry 50%. Under clause 17.18(i) of Academic Regulations 2025, you pass with at least 45% in the end-semester exam and at least 50% in total. The clause covers theory, laboratory-integrated theory and laboratory courses.

The Regulation 2021 course PH3151 has five units of 9 hours: Mechanics, Electromagnetic Waves, Oscillations Optics and Lasers, Basic Quantum Mechanics, and Applied Quantum Mechanics. The 2021 and 2025 courses share Schrödinger's equation, the particle in a box, the Michelson interferometer, the air wedge, and Nd:YAG and CO2 lasers. Their unit structures differ, so check the 2021 syllabus or the 2017 syllabus if you belong to an earlier batch.

Use A Text Book of Engineering Physics by Dr. M. N. Avadhanulu and Dr. P. G. Kshirsagar (S. Chand), which both Mumbai syllabi list first. The NEP syllabus also lists the following:

• Modern Engineering Physics by A. S. Vasudeva (S. Chand).
• Engineering Physics by D. K. Bhattacharya and Poonam Tandon (Oxford).
• Engineering Physics by R. K. Gaur and S. L. Gupta (Dhanpat Rai).
• Engineering Physics by V. Rajendran (McGraw Hill).
• Introduction to Electrodynamics by D. J. Griffiths, as a reference for the Electrodynamics module.

The same syllabus lists three free National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) video courses, run by the IITs and IISc: 115102124, 115102025 and 115105132. For SPPU and Anna, use the textbook list printed in your own syllabus.

Spend a week on it, weighted by lecture hours. This is our recommendation, using the Mumbai NEP syllabus as the example.

The working: 7 days × 5 hours = 35 study hours. Each module gets 35 × module hours ÷ 26. A 4-hour module gets 5.4 hours, and the 6-hour Quantum Physics module gets 8.1 hours.

At SPPU, split the 35 hours evenly, 7 hours per unit, because each unit carries 12 marks. If you have already fallen behind a lecture batch, our guide to rebuilding physics chapter by chapter after falling behind covers that case.

RG Lectures has been teaching since May 2018 under RG Sir (Rahul Jewaani). Our Engineering Physics course is listed for Mumbai University students, in the Mumbai University courses for the 2026-27 batch. As of October 2026 it costs ₹1,299 (listed at ₹1,599). Combos are ₹2,429 for two subjects (listed at ₹2,799) and ₹3,546 for three (listed at ₹4,399). The physics course we list is for Mumbai University; if you study at SPPU or Anna University, read the syllabus sections above against your own document. For help choosing between subjects, see which first-year engineering classes to take in Maharashtra. We sell this course, so weigh our advice with that in mind. The syllabus facts above come from the university documents listed in Sources.