The Department of Physics at Queen's University is one of Canada's leading teaching and research institutes in Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy. Our faculty include high-profile, world-class physicists who work on cutting edge areas of theoretical, computational, applied and experimental physics. Our students have the opportunity to engage in international collaboration as well as inter-disciplinary research with other departments at Queen's, and work in state-of-the-art laboratories.
Dr. McDonald receives the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics
Recent News
Nov 29, 2021
Paper published in Nature Electronics
Queen's professors Shastri and Tait show one of the first demonstration of optical computing in a real-world application
Nov 23, 2021
Ashley Micuda receives prize at the Candian Undergraduate Physics Conference
Ashley Micuda receives the best presentation prize at this year's Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference in the category of "Complex Systems".
Sep 09, 2021
Professor Park Featured in Engineering and Applied Science Article
In the article, Prof. Park describes her journey to becoming a particle astrophysicist and her work using the latest...
Employment Opportunities
Nov 03, 2021
Term Adjunct Teaching Positions Available
Seeking applicants for Term Adjunct positions
Oct 22, 2021
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics or Theoretical Quantum Optics
Seeking applications for a Tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor