University of Washington Physics
The Physics Department is one of the largest science departments at the University of Washington. We have one of the largest undergraduate physics degree programs in the United States, with 435 majors. The department encourages the involvement of undergraduates in research; currently, more than 180 undergraduates participate in research within the department. We have over 150 graduate students with 34 coming this fall, studying advanced degrees and 15 to 20 Ph.D.'s being awarded each year. Together with 26 post-docs and research faculty, these students form the heart of our research program. The program is supported by about 19 million dollars in grants from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and other agencies. Our 49 tenure-line faculty lead the graduate and undergraduate research programs. Among them, we have 9 National Academy of the Sciences members, and our emeritus faculty now includes 2 Nobel Laureates and a Presidential Early Career Award recipient.
2024 Physics Career Panel
CUWIP Physics Slam 2023
CUWiP Physics Slam 2023
CUWIP Physics Slam 2019
Panel on getting involved in Undergraduate Research
Physics Major Orientation Podcast - Professor Marjorie Olmstead
Admitted Students Details podcast
Physics Admitted Students Overview Podcast
A new Measure: the Revolutionary Quantum Reform of the Metric System, William D. Phillips
Gravity: the biggest open question in fundamental physics
FASER: New Experiment Will Study Particles That Interact with Dark Matter
UW Physics Professor Gerald Seidler Receives Grant to Study Nuclear Waste
UW Physics NSF CAREER Awardees: Assistant Profs. Yankowitz and Nourmohammad
Physics Major Orientation, 2021
2021 UW Physics Department Virtual Graduation
First results from the Muon g-2 experiment strengthen evidence of new physics
Physics Career Panel
Graduate School: How to know if it's right for you and how to get there
A No Math Guide to Quantum Mechanics
Predicting the Limits of Atomic Nuclei
The Eot-Wash Group
The DAMIC Experiment
Axion Dark Matter Experiment
Classical and Quantum Nanosystems Lab
Scientists close in on 12 billion-year-old signal from the end of the universe's "dark age"
Yankowitz receives presitgious YIP award
KATRIN experiment cuts the mass estimate for the elusive neutrino in half
Research Groups | University of Washington Department of Physics
All together now: Experiments with Twisted 2D Materials Catch Electrons Behaving Collectively