School of Physics

The School of Physics at the University of Sydney is the leading Physics department in the country, with outstanding staff and students undertaking world-leading teaching and research.

Our 100 staff and 150 postgraduate students conduct research across a vast range of interests from nanoparticles to clusters of galaxies and from theoretical modelling to laboratory experiments. With access to supercomputers, modern laboratory facilities and observatories, locally, nationally and internationally, the School of Physics is the premier environment for physics education and research.

Latest News & Events

• Fulbright scholarship awarded to PhD student David Waddingto

  

  PhD Student at the Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) David Waddington, has been named the prestigious 2013 ANSTO Fulbright Scholar.

• Optics innovation an industry success

  

  Innovations by University of Sydney researchers has been a financial and technology transfer success story creating a wave of sales for Finisar, the Australian company that has used the new technology.

• Professor Bryan Gaensler elected as a Fellow of the Australi

  

  Professor Bryan Gaensler, Director of CAASTRO - the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics, has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, announced on 27 March 2013.