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Programs in Physics

UMass Lowell's Department of Physics has both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Follow the links for more information about these programs and to see the course listings. See where a degree in Physics can take you.
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Physics Major

The B.S. in Physics has three options:

  • General Option
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics Option
  • Radiological Health Physics Option
UMass Lowell students use equipment in a physics classroom

Engineering Physics Major

The B.S. in Engineering Physics has two options:

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering Option
  • Mechanical Engineering Option
Two UMass Lowell physics students look at equipment in a classroom.

Graduate Programs

UMass Lowell offers M.S. and Ph.D. programs specializing in physics and applied physics, both experimental and theoretical.

Meet Our Faculty and Students

  • Robert Giles
    Robert Giles
    Physics

    Bob Giles' Submillimeter Wave Technology Laboratory brings in $5 million per year and his biomedical imaging research will help cancer patients, but its his work in Haiti that is close to his heart.

  • Nazeli Acosta
    Nazeli Acosta
    Physics

    Nazeli Acosta won a State Department Scholarship to study rural health care in the Dominican Republic.

  • Supriya Chakrabarti
    Supriya Chakrabarti
    Physics

    If there’s a planet around a nearby star, physics Prof. Supriya Chakrabarti wants to take a picture of it.

  • Francesca Kamwa
    Francesca Kamwa
    Radiological Health Physics

    Francesca Kamwa ’21 nearly dropped out when her father died. Thanks to support from UML faculty, she’s now applying to medical schools.