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The Department of Physics offers a broad range of research programs in both fundamental and applied physics. Because of our faculty’s numerous international collaborations, physics undergraduate and graduate students have opportunities to participate in internationally visible scientific programs.

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UH Physicists Secure $1.5 Million to Study Particles that Could Solve Mysteries of the Universe

Funding awarded by the Department of Energy Office of Science.
Students Peer into the Future of Technology at the Inaugural UH Quantum Computing Fall Fest

Collaboration with IBM positions UH as a leader in new computing field.
Inaugural Paul C. W. Chu and May P. Chern Endowed Lecture Given by Zhifeng Ren

Zhifeng Ren, professor of physics and director of UH’s Texas Center for Superconductivity, shares research on potentially world-changing materials and technologies.
Repeat! Physicists Ren and Chen on List of Researchers Named Most Cited in the World

Top tier scientists play vital role improving quality of life, boosting economic development.

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117Undergraduate Students
107Graduate Students
3Goldwater Scholars (’20–’21)