Science - Physics

Chairperson Professor: Ghassan Younes

Professors: Prof. Mahmoud El Korek

Associate Professors: Dr. Salem Marhaba

Assistant Professors: Dr. Khouloud Habanjar, Dr. Wassila El Kanawati

Part-Time:

Professor: Prof. Omar El Samad

Associate Professors: Dr. Hanna El Balaa

Assistant Professors: Dr. Ali Kaafarani, Dr. Zouheir Bitar, Dr. Zainab EL Khansa

The Physics Department strives to maintain an active research program emphasizing experimental and theoretical studies. The graduate degree programs aim to prepare students for careers in research and teaching at the university level or for research-related jobs in industrial or governmental organizations.

• Demonstrate professional awareness of the complexity and limitations of knowledge, methods, data, and interpretations.
• Apply knowledge of physics and a physicist's quantitative and critical skills to find, identify, assess, investigate, interpret, and solve complex, open-ended problems of a physical science nature.
• Formulate testable scientific hypotheses, indicating the awareness of the current problems and situated within the body of knowledge of a field of physics or applied physics.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing to both a technical and non-technical audience.
• Develop and undertake a research implementation plan using the appropriate Literature and possibly laboratory and/or computational techniques.

To obtain a Ph.D. Degree in Physics: The student should successfully complete 40 credit hours, including 18 credit hours of coursework with a CGPA of no less than 3.0, and successfully defend the dissertation (22 credit hours) in no less than three years. Students must pass a comprehensive exam after passing at least 15 credit hours of courses before registration for their dissertation.

• Research positions at universities and research councils.
• Postdoctoral positions to pursue his research during his MSc/PhD journey.
• Position progress in his actual workplace.
• Acquire an assistant professor position at the university.

* Ph.D. students can register in at most two courses from the Master's program.

Experimental Facilities: The program utilizes a number of well-equipped laboratories for practical work and research. The Laboratories serving the program are:

1. General Physics Lab
2. Advanced Physics Lab
3. Classical Mechanics Laboratory
4. Specialized Materials Science Laboratories
5. Advanced Nanomaterials Preparation Laboratory
6. Computational Molecular Physics

Elective courses (EC): 

Mandatory Course (MC):