Largest Physics department in the state,
ranked in the top 5 in the Southeast and the top third nationally.
3rd-ranked in the nation for best scientific
and engineering schools.
Twelve faculty in the Academy of Outstanding
Teachers, nine have received research or teaching awards
Eleven faculty are Fellows of the American
Physical Society, one is President of the American Association
of Physicists in Medicine, another is President of the Optical
Society of America.
At 28%, we have the highest percentage of
female graduate students of any school in the Southeast.