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Physics at ANU represents the largest university based physics research activity in the country. This enormous endeavour, encompassing almost all areas of physics from quantum science to string theory, employs almost 200 academics and many more students and technical personal. The majority of our funding is derived from competitive grants, which is testimony to the quality and value of the contributions our scientists are making at an international level.
Departments
The Research School of Physics is divided into five research departments each focused around a theme.
Centres, networks & national facilities
Our School also hosts a number of research centres, networks and national facilities
- ANU Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics (CGA)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T)
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS)
- Australian Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN)
- Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF)
- National Laboratory for X-ray Micro Computed Tomography (CTLab)
- HIAF - Heavy-Ion Accelerators Facility
- Australian Facility for Advanced Ion Implantation Research (AFAIIR)
Explore physics
Read about our latest exciting research, proving Einstein right, saving lives through better medical imagery, testing satellites for spaceflight and much more.
You can also look around our 14UD nuclear physics accelerator facility. Which is one of the largest physics facilities in Australia.
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Updated: 8 February 2023/ Responsible Officer: Director, RSPhys/ Page Contact: Physics Webmaster