The Department of Physics established in 2001 at the Faculty of Education. But after the Faculty of Science was founded in 2002. The department of physics become one of the three departments formed the nucleus of the College of Science. The first batch of physics department was graduated in the academic year 2004-2005. The duration of study in the department is four calendar years (eight semesters), including the two-week spring break and two-month summer vacation. Along with the above, a research project is compulsory for one complete calendar year in the related subjects where the student is examined by the committees formed for this purpose.
The department grants the bachelor’s degree in physics to the student to qualify him to keep pace with the technical progress in the field of scientific research and help him to provide service to the public and private sectors.
The postgraduate studies (Master’s degree), which was established in the academic year (2015-2016). It consists of two stages: the first one is the preparatory year. Which is divided into two semesters in which the student takes some compulsory and other optional courses. The second one is the scientific research year and lasts for one calendar year for the master’s students and then the student will be examined by external and internal examiners and then by the scientific committee in the department to grant the master certificate. All programs in the department are given in the English language.
The academic staff consists of (15) holder of doctorate degree and (11) holder of master’s degree in different specialties distributed to the branches of physics, in addition to a number of administrative staff members. The studies in the department are based on an advanced curriculum of fundamentals principles of physics. The student exercises an applied aspect in the laboratories that accompany the theoretical curriculum in the classes, that is, to increase the awareness of physical phenomena, especially those are directly related to public life.
