Duke University, Department of Physics

Known for its award-winning faculty and ambitious research agenda, Duke University’s Department of Physics offers a nationally-recognized doctoral program as well as undergraduate degrees in physics and biophysics. Faculty-led labs and research groups work closely with a variety of scholars from across the university - due to Duke’s highly collaborative approach to research - as well as with academic institutions and major research facilities both in the U.S. and abroad.
The department is home to a cohort of distinguished faculty with expertise in the most exciting branches of physics, including cosmology, soft matter, quantum information, and nuclear and particle physics. And the department is growing, as it welcomes even more of the world's leading scholars in these fields through a series of ongoing, strategic hiring initiatives.
Duke Physics offers all students unique opportunities for networking and interdisciplinary research. Working side-by-side with the world's best scholars and researchers in an environment that offers the freedom and support necessary to do groundbreaking work, Duke is the ideal place for students to begin their careers as scientists.