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5 kwi 2024 · Our interdisciplinary faculty are addressing a wide range of areas, from atomic and nuclear physics to high-energy theory, biophysics and more. Elaine Li and Xiuling Li will co-direct the new Texas Quantum Institute.
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Our faculty are leading pioneering scientific research and...
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From the smallest forms of matter to the rich phenomena...
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Our faculty are leading pioneering scientific research and exploration spanning many realms of physics and pushing the boundaries of knowledge and innovation.
With strengths in cosmology, relativity, gravity, plasma and much more, UT physics offers meaningful opportunities in research, class and outreach settings to engage with the most fundamental of all natural sciences. Visit the department site.
Prior to matriculation into the Physics graduate program, the University requires all applicants to have completed a bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university or an international degree equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s degree in both length and rigor.
The Bachelor of Science in Physics degree program is designed to provide the skills, understanding, and outlook required for participation in the discovery of new knowledge about nature. The Bachelor of Science in Physics program is balanced and broad.
From the smallest forms of matter to the rich phenomena present in our everyday lives and the universe itself, topics in physics advance understanding and the tools of the physics learner—observation, imagination, model building, prediction and deduction—are honed at UT Austin.
The Department of Physics has active research groups in nine main areas of current physics research: atomic, molecular, and optical physics; classical physics; nuclear physics; statistical and thermal physics; plasma physics; condensed matter physics; nonlinear dynamics; relativity and cosmology; and elementary particle physics.
