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Recent News

  • The NSF IGERT 2012 Video & Poster Competition ends at noon, Friday, May 25th. Physics students Mike Giver and Nate Tompkins are presenting: Vote here.


  • The Physics Department's graduating seniors have announced their plans for the future.  Read more.


  • Physics graduate student Lishibanya Mohapatra has been named one of Brandeis' Outstanding Teaching Fellows, 2012.

Welcome to Physics


The Martin Fisher School of Physics enjoys an international reputation for excellence in research, and is one of the highest-ranked of its size in the country. Two members of its faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and three are fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The department offers rigorous training to aspiring physicists at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, with close personal attention to the individual needs of each student.