Become a Physicist.
We are an active, engaged community stimulating undergraduate curiosity, encouraging deep thought about how our universe works and connecting abstract relationships to new situations to help you become a knowledgeable scientist, teacher and lifelong learner.
Our graduate program delivers a solid, professional-level foundation in classical mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics/thermodynamics.
Undergraduates
The BS degree in physics provides the interdisciplinary approach and foundation needed to understand the technological world and is for students interested in pursuing further study of physics or a closely related field in graduate school. Students obtaining the BA degree generally use physics as a background for study in other fields.
Graduates
Our graduate program develops individual creativity and expertise in physics and is strongly focused on forefront research. Our faculty care about students, encouraging them to take part in projects and research from the beginning of their graduate studies. Our graduates go on to work in industry, academia and government positions.
Faculty & Research
Our world-renowned faculty are research-active experts in atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics, astrophysics and cosmology, biophysics, experimental condensed matter, geophysics, high-energy physics, nanotechnology, quantum information science, remote sensing and aerial vehicles, space sciences and theoretical condensed matter.
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