VTUEEE Physics Syllabus 2025

Physics and measurement 

• Derived & fundamental units 
• SI units 
• Measurement errors 
• Dimensions of physical quantities

Kinematics 

• Motion in a straight line 
• Speed & velocity 
• Frame of reference 
• Uniform and non-uniform motion 
• Vectors & scalars 
• Relative velocity 

Laws of motion 

• Newton’s first, second, and third law 
• Kinetic & static friction 
• Rolling friction 
• Friction’s laws 
• Uniform circular motion dynamics

Work, energy & power 

• Potential and kinetic energies 
• Work energy theorem 
• Conservative/non conservative forces 

Rotational motion 

• Rotation of rigid body 
• Parallel and perpendicular axes theorems 
• Moment of inertia 
• Rotational motion basic concepts 

Gravitation 

• Universal law of gravitation 
• Kepler’s law 
• Escape velocity 
• Universal law of gravitation
• Satellite’s orbital velocity

Properties of solids & liquids 

• Hooke’s law
• Young/bulk modulus 
• Bernoulli’s principle and its application
• Heat capacity 
• Bernoulli’s principle 
• Viscosity 

Thermodynamics 

• Heat, work & internal energy
• First and second law of thermodynamics 
• Carnot engine 
• Thermal equilibrium

Kinetic theory of gases 

• Work done on a compressing gas 
• Pressure’s concept 
• Kinetic theory of gases

Oscillations and waves 

• Wave motion 
• Transverse & longitudinal waves 
• Wave’s speed 
• Reflection of waves
• Doppler effect in sound 
• Periodic functions 

Electrostatistics 

• Electric charges 
• Electric field 
• Gauss’s law (its applications)
• Electric flux 
• Energy in a capacitor 
• Electric field lines 

Current electricity 

• Kirchoff’s law (its applications)
• Metre bridge 
• Electric current 
• Drift velocity 
• Ohm’s law 
• Resistors color code 

Magnetic effects of current and magnetism 

• Biot-savart’s law 
• Ampere’s law 
• Cyclotron 
• Magnetic field lines 
• Bar magnet as solenoid 

Electromagnetic induction & alternating currents 

• Ac generator and transformer 
• AC circuits powers 
• LCR series circuit 
• Faraday’s law 
• Lenz’s law 

Electromagnetic waves 

• EM waves applications 
• Electromagnetic waves transverse nature 
• Electromagnetic spectrum 

Optics 

• Wave optics 
• Single slit diffraction 
• Refraction & reflection of light on thin/spherical surfaces 
• Plane polarized lights and polaroids uses 

Dual nature of matter and radiation 

• Photoelectric effect 
• Davisson-germer experiment 
• Hertz & Lenard’s observations 

Atoms & nuclei 

• Atomic masses, isotopes, isotones composition 
• Alpha, beta, and gamma particles (their properties)
• Size & composition of nucleus 
• Bohr’s model

Electronic devices 

• Semiconductor 
• Transistor as amplifier 
• Oscillator 
• Transistor as a switch 

Communication systems 

• Communication system basic elements 
• Electromagnetic waves propagation in atmosphere