What requirements are needed to become a Physicist?

Complete your BSc, MSc and then join a PhD program. There are entrance exams that you will have to clear at every stage. For example, if you want to go abroad for your PhD then you will have to clear GRE.
Other than that, the main requirement is interest in physics. There are different styles and typ

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