Situated in the northwest of Tsinghua
campus, which is surrounded by a few historical sites in northwest
Beijing, is the Science Building of the Physics Department.
Department of Physics, Tsinghua University
Together with the nearby Department of Chemistry, Department of Biology,
and Department of Math, the Department of Physics constitutes the
School of Science, Tsinghua University.
Among the Department's most significant resources is its highly respected
faculty, including 45 full professors and 32 associate professors.
Among them, 8 professors have been elected as the Members of Chinese
Academy of Science. Many faculty members have received various international
and national awards for their research achievements, such as the National
Award in Natural Sciences, China's Prestigious Chang-Jiang Scholar
Award, Chang-Jiang Chair Professorship, Outstanding Youth Scholar
Prize from Hong Kong Qiushi Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt research
fellow, etc. Five professors are the winners of National Science Fund
for Distinguished Young Scholars. Most noticeably, Nobel Laureate
C. N. Yang is a full professor of Tsinghua University as well as a
member of the Advisory Committee of this Department.
Authorized by the Ministry of Education in 1998, this Department
can confer doctoral degree in all sub-fields in physics, including
Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, High Energy
and Nuclear Physics, Optics, Theoretical Physics, Acoustics, and
Plasma Physics. In addition, it is also allowed for this Department
to confer the Ph. D degree in Astrophysics.
The guideline of the curriculum is to cultivate first-rate physical
specialists who have both plenty of fundamental theory and experiment
skills. It is emphasized that the students should be able to catch
up with the fast advancing modern physics and related technology,
and apply them in different fields. In addition, students who are
interested in fundamental physics are specially trained aiming for
promotion of corresponding fundamental subjects. About 228 graduate
students and 483 undergraduate students, including several National
and International Physics Olympiad winners, are currently enrolled
in this Department. Since 1984, 1466 students have been conferred
bachelor degree, 453 students have been conferred master degree, and
75 students have been conferred doctor degree. Our graduates at all
levels have distinguished themselves in academic, industrial, and
governmental careers.
The Department of Physics gets grants of values of more than tens
million Chinese Yuan each year form State and private foundations,
for instance the National Natural Science Foundation, National Key
Program of Basic Research Development, National High Technology Research
and Development Program, and so on. In recent years, more than 300
research papers are published each year in refereed international,
domestic journals and proceedings of international conferences.
There exist broad collaborations between this Department and its counterparts
abroad. Every year, a large number of faculty members visit foreign
Institutions and participate in international conferences; meanwhile
many outstanding scholars all over the world are invited to visit
this Department. |
