The Department of Physics offers minor, major and honours undergraduate degrees in physics, a minor in biophysics, as well as four related honours programs in physics-electrical engineering, physics-mathematics,  and options in biophysics and photonics. Undergraduate students have the opportunity to gain professional experience through our successful COOP programs, where our rate of placement of our students into appropriate work terms is 100%.

At the graduate level, both master's and doctoral programs provide the opportunity to pursue a career in research and development, either in academia or industry. The department boasts state-of-the-art facilities and world leading professors in photonics, biophysics, and materials science.