Exploring nature from cosmic to quantum

With its world-renowned faculty and state-of-the-art facilities, the William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy combines the best aspects of a top research university with the more intimate learning environment typical of small liberal arts colleges.

  • Degrees Offered BA, BS, BA/MA, PhD
  • Major Physics
  • Minor Physics, Space Science and Engineering

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PhD Program

Graduate students have flexibility in choosing their course of research and designing their path through the program.

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Undergraduate

Whether your interest is in astronomy, condensed matter, particle physics, or plasma spectroscopy, you'll find state-of-the-art tools at your disposal.

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Award-winning Faculty

Students have the opportunity to work with experts in a wide range of fields, even as undergraduates.

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Gene Fu Receives Teaching Assistant Excellence in Teaching Award

Graduate student and teaching assistant Gene Fu is the recipient of Excellence in Teaching Award from Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education Erin Rowe. This prestigious award is given to those who have made significant contributions as educators and mentors at Hopkins.

Black Hole Research by Emanuele Berti, Mark Ho-Yeuk Cheung, and Sophia Yi Published by Physics Today

"How Black Hole Spectroscopy Can Put General Relativity to the Test," an article by Prof. Emanuele Berti and graduate students Mark Ho-Yeuk Cheung and Sophia Yi now appears in Physics Today. It reveals how next-generation gravitational-wave detectors should enable researchers to evaluate Einstein’s predictions about the nonlinear spacetime oscillations that spread from merging black holes.