The umbc physics department has 25 faculty, roughly 60 graduate students, and 120 undergraduate majors Recent umbc physics graduates have received phd degrees at mit, harvard, princeton, stanford, the johns hopkins university and the universities of california at berkeley, illinois and michigan, among others. Our department’s research is centered in 4 main areas
Astrophysics, atmospheric physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum optics and quantum information. Physics building (built in 1999), which contains numerous research and teaching labs, offices, classrooms, a machine shop, and a physics library. Based on the recommendation of the preliminary ph.d
All students must be voted into ph.d Candidacy by the start of their 4th year in the program. A minimum of 30 credits is required for either option The department of physics offers graduate programs leading to the ms and phd degrees in physics
The department is located in the 78,000 sq
