About School of Physics

Students studying in the physics department

School of Physics is one of the first schools of study to be established in University of Hyderabad in 1977. The School of Physics is a center of excellence for multidisciplinary and interfacial research and teaching activities in diverse fields ranging from nanosciences and cold atoms to astrophysics and cosmology, photonics, quantum field theory, spintronics, particle physics and complex systems. The school is a recipient of a number of awards and recognitions. Notable among them are the Center for Advanced Study (CAS), and Networking Resource Centre (NRC) of UGC, selected as one of the five founding centres for the Theoretical Physics Seminar Circuit (TPSC) and the recipient of Fund for Improvement of Science and Technology (FIST) infrastructure scheme of DST, and is acknowledged as a Centre of Excellence by the Third World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy.

Degree programmes offered by the School

The School of Physics has developed high-quality teaching programmes at the Integrated M.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. levels with a student-teacher ratio that is favorable for individual attention.

Degree programmes offered by the School

  • Integrated M.Sc. (5-year) in Physics
  • M.Sc. in Physics
  • Ph.D. in Physics

Degree programmes offered through Centre for Advanced Studies in Electronics Science and Technology (CASEST)

  • M.Tech. in Integrated Circuits Technology
  • M.Tech. in Microelectronics & VLSI Design
  • Ph.D. in Electronic Science and Engineering

Degree programmes offered through Centre for Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS)

  • Integrated M.Sc. (5-year) in Applied Geology
  • M.Sc. in Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Ph.D. in Earth Sciences

Research Areas

The School offers active research programmes to train Ph.D. scholars and has gone on to achieving national and international recognition in areas that include condensed matter physics, high-energy physics (experiment and theory), quantum field theory, cosmology, gravity, nonlinear optics, quantum optics, laser physics, nanoscience, and electronics science. In particular the areas of research include critical phenomena, liquid crystals, thin films, ion beam physics, semiconductors, nanostructured materials, quantum dots, cold atoms, quantum field theory, heavy flavor phenomenology, gravitational waves, neutrino physics, experimental high energy physics, quantum computing, high Tc superconductivity, shape formation in metals and ceramics, magnetism, modern quantum optics, femtosecond laser experiments, ferroelectrics and microwave devices, experiments and computational studies on soft and active matter, biological matter and Photonic Crystals.

Our faculty members are involved in cutting-edge research across multiple disciplines, including:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Optics & Photonics
  • Pulsed Laser Energetics
  • Quantum Technology
  • High Energy Physics
  • Astrophysics & Cosmology

Research at CASEST. Click here for more information.

Research at CEOAS. Click here for more information.

Research at DIA-CoE/ACRHEM. Click here for more information.

The school is quite forthcoming in organizing national and international scientific meetings, conferences and symposia to benefit the research community both within and outside the school. The school regularly offers outreach activities including refresher courses and courses to train teachers and in teaching methodologies. The school invites and is visited by eminent researchers including Nobel laureates and other distinguished scholars both for research interactions and pedagogy.

Past members and alumni of the school have been Vice Chancellor of Universities, Director of National Laboratories as well as holding many prestigious academic positions both in India and abroad.