Welcome to the homepage of the Physics Department at The Catholic University of America.

The physics department is a medium-sized department with 30 regular, research, and adjunct faculty members and approximately 35 graduate students. Programs of study lead to M.S and Ph.D degrees in both pure and applied physics. The Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences (IACS) also operates through the CUA Physics Department.

Nobel Laureates R.A. Millikan and Niels Bohr at CUA	Lise Meitner	Clyde L. Cowan