Ph.D Physics Program

The Department of Physics is one of the most vibrant centers of learning in the IIT Hyderabad campus. The theme of the department is to broaden the boundaries of research across its undergraduate, post-graduate and research programmes and become an outstanding center for Physics in the country. The technological and scientific aptitude that is nourished through contemporary learning methodologies, enable the students to bring significant contribution to industries, research and academia. The PhD program offers several exciting frontier research areas spreading across theory, experiments and applications. Details of the application procedure for our PhD program can be found in the PhD Brochure linked below on this page.

Research Areas

At present the department has 33 faculty members in the areas of High Energy Physics (Theory & Experiment), Astronomy & Astrophysics, Cosmology, Quantum Condensed Matter Physics & Statistical Physics (Theory & Computational), Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, MEMS & Micro/Nano Systems, Optics, Spectroscopy, Quantum & Laser-Plasma Physics and Quantum Information & Technologies. Further details can be found in the PhD Brochure.

Research Facilities / Labs

Advanced Detector Materials Design and Simulations, Energy Conversion Devices Lab, Intense Laser-Matter Interaction Lab, MEMS & Micro/Nano Systems Laboratory, Nanomagnetism and Microscopy, Advanced Functional Materials laboratory, Advanced Dark Sky Observatory, Experimental High Energy Physics Laboratory apart from the B. Tech. and M.Sc boasting of state-of-the-art teaching experimental demonstrations.