Physics

Get the Edge with a Postgraduate Degree from NUI Galway Grainne McNamara - MSc Enterprise Systems Gordan Sands - MSc Medical Physics Biomedical Engineering at NUI Galway Mohammed Hasan – Occupational Health & Safety (MSc)

Course Overview

Physics is the fundamental science which seeks to understand the basic laws governing the structure of matter, the nature of energy and the physical forces that form our world. Its span of interest ranges from the nature of the short-range forces which operate inside the atomic nucleus to the origin and structure of the universe. The Physics unit has staff working in the five areas listed below;

• Applied Physics, the study of physics with particular emphasis on technological and practical applications 

• Astrophysics, the part of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including that of stars, black holes and galaxies 

• Biomedical Physics, the application of physics to the medical and biological sciences 

• Climate Physics, focussed on understanding the physics of climate change from a rigorous-science perspective, a study of the key processes driving climate change, enabling a response on a regional, national and international scale 
• Theoretical Physics, the application of mathematical tools and models to explain and predict physical phenomena 

Research Groups in Physics: 

• Polymer Sensors & Devices Research Group https://www.universityofgalway.ie/photonic-sensors/
• National Centre for Laser Applications (NCLA) https://www.ncla.ie/
• Tissue Optics and Microcirculation Imaging (TOMI) https://tomi.nuigalway.ie/
• Atmospheric & Environmental Physics Research Cluster—Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies (C-CAPS) https://www.macehead.org/
• Applied Optics Research Group https://optics.nuigalway.ie/
• Centre for Astronomy https://astro.universityofgalway.ie/
• Medical Physics Medical Physics - University of Galway

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