Welcome to the Physics Department.

Welcome to the Physics Department.

Welcome to the Physics Department.

Welcome to the Physics Department.

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Stanford Physics is a teaching and research department. Our course offerings range from Freshman seminars to advanced graduate classes. We enjoy close connections to Applied Physics and departments at SLAC.

Upcoming Events & Seminars

April
29
Date
Tuesday, April 29, 2025. 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201
April
30
Date
Wednesday, April 30, 2025. 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: Varian Building, room 355
May
13
Date
Tuesday, May 13, 2025. 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201

News Spotlight

  • Faculty

Quantum gravity is one of the biggest unresolved and challenging problems in physics, as it seeks to reconcile quantum mechanics, which governs the microscopic world, and general relativity, which describes the macroscopic world of gravity and space-time.

Efforts to understand...

Visitors will be able to safely view the sun thanks to solar telescopes that use specialized filters that expose dynamic features like sunspots and solar...

  • Announcements

The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology will host an afternoon of live demonstrations, hands-on activities, and short talks that bring science to life.

The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) invites community members of all ages...

Jeongwan Haah, Si Ying Lee, and Lauren Tompkins | LiPo Ching; Harrison Truong; Andrew Brodhead

  • Announcements
  • Awards
  • Faculty
  • In the News

This year’s “Oscars of Science” honorees included early-career Stanford researchers in physics and mathematics, as well as scientists involved in a massive project to understand the fundamental structure of the universe.

When the red carpet was rolled out for the...

Our Research

Undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are mentored in astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, atomic and laser physics, and condensed matter physics. Check out our research areas below.

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