The Department of Physics and Astronomy has a 100-year tradition of transforming students into first-rate scientists who work in academia and industry. 56 faculty members, including two members of the National Academy of Sciences, provide mentorship and motivation in a welcoming community of scientists. Join 150 students pursuing graduate degrees in a program ranked in the top 20% of physics graduate schools in the US (USNWR, 2018).
Experience the excitement of original research in a wide variety of physics disciplines and interdisciplinary studies including astrophysics, AMO (atomic, molecular, and optical), biological, condensed matter, high energy nuclear, high energy particle, PER (physics education research), planetary physics and geophysics.
