The Department of Physics at Eskisehir Osmangazi University has 25 faculty members and 30 academic personnel engaged in research programs in:
Condensed Matter Physics
High-Energy and Plasma Physics
Atomic Physics
General Physics
Nuclear Physics
The purpose of the Physics Undergraduate Program is to provide students with a strong foundation in the deep knowledge, practices and applications of physics.
Carrier Opportunities
ESOGÜ Physics program is instituted to provide students with the basic concepts, skills, and techniques needed by the sector in modern industry and scientific research. The students will have the opportunity to find positions in different sectors by progressing analytical, mathematical and critical thinking skills as well as application skills with the program objectives. In addition to offering a wide range of elective and applied courses for students interested in various subfields, our program aims to train qualified physicists who are familiar with the sector through the “Workplace Training” courses for vocational training held in the last semester, who transform their knowledge into skills and practice by spending one semester full-time in businesses related to their field, and who are ready for the business world and its expectations upon their graduation.
Pshysicists work in a variety of fields including science, technology and education. Physicists usually deal with the theories and solutions in science, as to investigate and conclude them. Physicists also design scientific and medical equipments and high-tech materials that can be used for experiments. Physicists are driven by curiosity about the properties of the natural world and develop scientific theories and models to help understand/explain it. A physicist, primarily, performs studies to discover the characteristics of energy- matter interaction.
Physicists work in a wide variety of positions in science, technology and education. A physicist may conduct basic research at a university or national laboratory or may perform applied research in an industrial or commercial setting. Physicists working at universities spend their time and effort in teaching, researching, and writing scientific publications. Many physicists prefer to work on problems independently, while, others work in laboratories as part of teams in specific projects. As in many other scientific fields, a physicist's career includes being a member of a team doing hands-on work, developing new projects, and running existing projects.
Experimental physicists typically do experiments and work in a laboratory, attempt to test hypotheses and theories, discover new phenomena, or put new ideas into practice. Theoretical physicists use mathematics to interpret experimental data, formulate new theories, and generate new predictive hypotheses. Recently, a third branch of physics, computational physics, has emerged in which high-performance computers are used to perform calculations that cannot be done analytically or to design experiments that are difficult or impossible to be conducted in a laboratory.
In addition to research centers or laboratories in universities, physicists also work in private sector and hospitals. Health physicists study the effects of radiation on people, communities, and the environment. Health physicists also work in healthcare and use their knowledge of physics to develop new medical technologies and radiation-based treatments. Physicists manage the beneficial use of radiation while protecting humans from the potential hazards posed by radiation.
There are also physicists who work in teams with other scientists, engineers, and technicians to conduct basic research to increase scientific knowledge. A physicist may work in applied physics, focusing on areas such as fiber optics, health physics, or nuclear physics. A physicist can also use his/her knowledge to develop technology or solve problems in areas such as energy storage, electronics, communications, etc.
Physicists can find positions in a broad range of sectors, including aerospace, data analysis, communications systems, education, business, medicine and healthcare, military/defense technologies, research and development, quality control, metrology, forensics, environment and energy. Physicists can also work in interdisciplinary fields such as nanotechnology, biophysics, chemical physics, and geophysics.