Department of Physics
August 31, 2016 -- MSU News Service
Montana State Universitys research enterprise had one of its strongest years in nearly every measure from expenditures, to new grants and dollars awarded, to a remarkable collection of publications, outreach and awards.
July 18, 2016 -- MSU News Service
MSU was selected recently as one of nine official host universities for the 2017 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics.
June 27, 2016 -- MSU News Service
The recent detection of gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes signals a new era in gravitational wave astrophysics that will probe the Universe in never before known ways, writes a Montana State University physicist.
Welcome to the Department of Physics website! Our department is committed to education and research in physics, the study of the fundamental universal laws that govern the behavior of matter and energy, and the exploration of the consequences and applications of those laws.
Our department is widely known for its excellent teaching and student mentoring. Our department plays an important role in the university’s Core Curriculum. We have strong academic programs with several options for undergraduate physics majors, leading to the B.S. degree, as well as graduate curricula leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
Our research groups span a variety of fields within physics. Our principal concentrations are in Astrophysics, Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology, Condensed Matter Physics, Lasers and Optics, Physics Education, Solar Physics, and the Space Science and Engineering Lab.
NASA’s Montana Space Grant Consortium, hosted by the Physics Department, provides college students unique hands-on workforce development opportunities as well as faculty research and education grants
Student involvement is central to all of our education, research, and outreach activities in Physics at MSU.
The accomplishments of our teaching, research, and outreach programs are a tribute to the extraordinary efforts of the faculty, research staff, graduate and undergraduate students, backed up by an outstanding and highly motivated support staff.
We offer an invigorating intellectual environment in a geographic area of unsurpassed physical beauty. Consider joining us for a visit, for a summer, a degree program, or a career!"