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Departmental Homepage URL: http://physics.nd.edu/
Department Description: Cutting edge research is carried out in astrophysics, nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, condensed matter and biophysics, and atomic physics. Graduate and undergraduate students work with the faculty using local facilities as well as research facilities located in places such as Arizona (the Large Binocular Telescope on Mt. Graham), Illinois (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory), and Europe (CERN and Grenoble, France). Some of the facilities available on campus include the Nuclear Structure Laboratory with its three Van de Graaff accelerators, the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory, and the Molecular Beam Epitaxy facility.
Undergraduate physics majors are trained to use the most modern equipment, learn about the most current and exciting topics for research, and, most of all, learn to be problem solvers. This training leads them to many fields of endeavor. Some (about one-third) go to graduate school in physics; others (another one-third) go on to further their education in professional schools such as medical school or law school; and the remainder enjoy opportunities in such wide-ranging fields as finance, the armed services, and scientific publishing. As the “liberal arts” of the sciences, physics is a training ground for the mind which opens many avenues.
Majors, Second Majors and Programs:
- Physics
- Advanced Physics
- Astrophysics
- Physics and Computing Program Students interested in concentrating in computer science while obtaining a major in physics may choose the Physics and Computing Program.
- Physics-in-Medicine Program Students in this program may prepare for professional schools in medicine, medical physics, biophysics, etc., with appropriate selection of electives.
- Physics as a Second Major The requirement for physics as a second major, for students in the colleges of engineering, arts and letters or business, consists of the physics core courses listed above, except General Chemistry. In order to list physics as a second major on the transcript, the student must satisfy all of the requirements for a major in some other department and college of the University.
- Physics Education Program Majors in the physics education program complete 32 credit hours of education courses offered at Saint Mary's College.
Degrees Offered:
BS in Physics
MS in Physics
PhD in Physics
Physics Sample Curriculum
Physics Course Descriptions
Contact Info:
Department of Physics
225 Nieuwland Science Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556-0369
574-631-4001
email: Shelly Goethals
Academic Advisors:
Anthony K. Hyder
Department Chairperson:
Mitchell R. Wayne
Director of Graduate Studies:
Kathie Newman
Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Anthony K. Hyder
Research Centers and Institutes:
Center for Astrophysics at Notre Dame University (CANDU)
Center for Complex Network Research
Environmental Molecular Sciences Institute (EMSI)
Institute of Theoretical Sciences: Notre Dame/Argonne (ITS)
Joint Institute of Nuclear Astrophysics
Joint Nuclear Theory Institute (JINA Notre Dame/Argonne)
Laboratory for Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Semiconductor Nanostructures (MBE)
Nuclear Structure Laboratory: ISNAP (NSL)
QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame
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