Physics is a graduate department in the Faculty of Science. The Department emphasizes fundamental research in areas of potential technological importance and in areas of science where a physics point of view is particularly effective. The Department also has a tradition of inventing new tools for science and new devices for technology.

Because of the broad range of techniques and intellectual points of view that are relevant to contemporary applied physics, the course work and research in the Department are designed to bring the student into contact with activity in several disciplines related to physics, such as mathematics and chemistry. So, the department encompasses a number of laboratories designed for this purpose.