Department Profile

The Department of Physics consists of a highly active education and research team, that together with other departments at UL, offer degrees in Applied Physics, Physical Science Education, and most recently Energy. The department has a significant research profile and its faculty include internationally recognised researchers. Over the last decade, it has attracted several millions of euro in research funding, and it has state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. In terms of research areas, the main strength of the department is in the physics of condensed matter and its applications, with special emphasis on nanoscience, and energy.

BSc and MSc in Applied Physics The department offers the BSc and MSc programmes in Applied Physics which have a particular emphasis on nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanomaterials. Science and engineering, require applied physicists capable of understanding and manipulating matter on the nanometre even atomic scale to advance a broad range of applications from communications to medicine. We provide in Applied Physics a core experimental physics training, but we also emphasise practical applications and innovation, and have an orientation towards modern industrial practice in the high-technology sector. A key factor in Applied Physics is the flexibility and freedom it allows its graduates in choosing a career.

BSc In Energy The Department of Physics is also pleased to announce the new BSc in Energy which will provide students with the scientific and technical expertise to help address the greatest challenges of the 21st century: energy sustainability, energy control and climate change. The aim of the new BSc in Energy is to meet current and anticipated demand for graduates in energy science by providing an interdisciplinary training for careers in energy provision, energy control, energy research, building services, energy planning, energy consultancy, energy assessment, and energy and carbon trading services.