Overview

Physics is the most fundamental of the sciences and is an important part of a liberal-arts education providing background, whatever your major, in physical principles, the observation of natural processes and the logic and nature of science.

In Clark's physics department, our world-renowned faculty work with undergraduate and graduate students to explore the diverse applications of physics to help us understand our physical world.

Clark's physics department is large enough to offer a Ph.D. program, but small and flexible enough to let you pursue your interests—and to gain hands-on experience in one of our faculty's internationally- known research groups.

Today, physics graduates continue the department's long and illustrious history—which features such internationally acclaimed physicists as Robert Hutchings Goddard, the father of rocket science and Nobel Prize winner Albert Michelson—going on to distinguished careers in physics, computer science, medicine and health, education, environmental science and software development. Read more about the department's history.