The Department of Physics

About Us

Our Department

The department of Physics was established in 1963 with a core of 6 academic staff, specializing in X-ray crystallography. The department has grown over the years to include several diverse areas of research and teaching, with particular focus on Material Science, Medical Physics and Bioengineering, Environmental Physics and Electronics. Our undergraduate population has grown in the past few years and we now have approximately 60 students reading degrees with majors in Physics and one or more minors in our specialized areas. The graduate population numbers around 15 students. The department continues to have thriving collaborations with several foreign institutions in many different countries.

Our Aims and Objectives

• To provide the necessary transition of students from school to university education in physics, taking into consideration recent changes to the CAPE Physics syllabus.
• To provide a physics education of the highest quality (teaching, laboratory, exercises, tutorials and other exercises) inspite of the difficulties of the local environment.
• Via excellent teaching, to enhance the repuation of the department thereby attracting students of the highest quality to the department.
• To enable the department to exploit fully new technologies in teaching and learning.
• To develop among our students the culture of independent teaching and learning.
• To enable research in the department to impact on teaching.
• To ensure that our graduates are "current", flexible and well poised to meet the challenges of the regional and global marketplace.

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