Welcome to the School of Physics
Physics lies at the heart of most science and technology. Even modern biology seeks to analyse many of the processes of life in terms of physical laws. The search for a fundamental understanding and the drive towards technological development in areas such as computer hardware continue to pose fresh challenges to physicists. They are tackled with a combination of experiment, theory and computation. Our undergraduate degree courses combine all three of these elements, and prepare the student for a wide range of careers.
ExploreLatest News
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Dr Hongzhou Zhang research project funded in the latest round of funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Dr Hongzhou Zhang research project Controllable Resistive Switching in Two-dimensional Molybdenum Disulphide via Site-specific Helium Ion Irradiation wins SFI funding...
08 Jun 2022
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The edge currents that don’t go with the flow – scientists make peculiar quantum discovery
Physicists from Trinity College Dublin and the Universidad Complutense of Madrid have made a peculiar discovery in which energy moves from a colder to a hotter region...
28 Mar 2022
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QUSYS Group win European Research Council Proof of Concept grant
QUSYS Group group led by Professor John Goold will test, develop, and find market opportunities for a new soil fertility monitoring and forecasting method based on the statistical physics of disordered systems...
08 Feb 2022
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Physical Sciences (TR063)
Physical Sciences (TR063) at Trinity is a four year undergraduate degree programme for students who like to solve problems. Whether it is studying galaxies, examining the potential of new lasers or investigating next generation nanomaterials, these Physics degrees will prepare you for a lifelong career of solving problems either in research, industry, business or education.
Find out more hereThe 70th Anniversary of Walton’s Nobel Prize
Seventy years ago on 10th December 1951, Trinity’s head of physics, E.T.S. Walton (1903-1995), received jointly with J.D. Cockcroft the Nobel Prize in Physics from the King of Sweden. On 14th April 1932 the two prize-winners, working in Ernest Rutherford’s Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, had split for the first time the atomic nucleus by artificial means. Walton was the first and for many years the only Irish recipient of a Nobel Prize in any of the sciences.
See more hereEvents
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Quantum Intelligence 2022
Sept 5-8, 2022 Birr, Ireland This workshop is dedicated to understanding how quantum physics influences an intelligent agent’s capacity to model and process physical information.
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STEM Camps
The Saturday club runs over three 9-week terms, starting mid-October and running through to the end of May. There are also STEM-themed 5-day camp experiences at Easter and summer, and remote, modular experiences exclusively for TY students.