11 Best Physics in Japan for 2024

The School of Life Science offers a variety of subjects in the fields of nutrition science for health enhancement and management, architecture for living environment, and biology for the regional environment. Students are supposed to learn about and understand the relationship between academic study and livelihood.

Electrons, when confined in a nanometer-sized space (1 nanometer = 10-9 m), remarkably begin to behave like waves. For example, an organic molecule can be considered as a quantum state in which electrons are confined in an nm space consisting of atoms connected together. Semiconductor nanoparticles show colors different from those of bulk solids due to this quantum size effect. The Quantum Materials Science Laboratory studies molecules, crystals, nanoparticles, and ultrathin films of both organic and inorganic materials, utilizes various optics-based experimental approaches to clarify material properties from the viewpoint of quantum physics, and aims to create new functional materials that will be used in optical information-communication or environment-conscious devices in the future.

The Department of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Sciences in the Faculty of Science aims to nurture the kind of individuals that the university seeks to nurture outlined in the school philosophy of Kyoto Sangyo University into people with the ability to understand and elucidate various physical phenomena, on a scale ranging from the atmosphere of the Earth to the universe as a whole, as well as the ability to apply and convey the specialized knowledge acquired.

Since the establishment of the Tokyo Butsurigaku Koshujo (Tokyo Academy of Physics), 135 years ago, the Department of Physics has constantly taken the lead in education and research at the Tokyo University of Science, the philosophy of which is the "advancement of science," while firmly maintaining meritocracy

What is matter? Why does matter display a wide range of properties and functions? How was the Universe created? The research groups in the Department of Physics tackle such fundamental questions in the natural sciences head-on.

Physics elucidates the basic laws of nature that govern the vast range from the microscopic world of atoms and electrons to the universe. In this course curriculum, you will learn physics in order from the basics. In addition to sophisticated lecture subjects, we will proceed with learning while checking the contents of the lectures in experimental subjects and practice subjects. The main subjects are mathematics, mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and the theory of relativity, which are necessary for physics. Based on these, we will understand the structure of elementary particles and the universe and the properties of matter.

This division aims to nurture the researchers who have advanced knowledge and research competency through the studies on the structure and dynamics of the Earth, planets, and universe in GRC and RCSCE. The division consists of four terrains of high-pressure mineralogy, the theory of Earth and planetary materials, galaxy evolution, and X-ray astrophysics.

This course is designed to cultivate resources corresponding to the space age in the fields of space environmental science, global environment measurement technology, satellite communication engineering, and information processing engineering. For these purposes, students study advanced technology for space and the earth's environment on the basis of knowledge about techniques of electronics and information engineering. We welcome the following students. 1.Students with a strong interest in space and the global environment, and who have basic knowledge of mathematics, physics and fundamental engineering skills. 2.Students with a strong spirit of challenge who will strive to solve even the most difficult problems by leveraging the knowledge and engineering skills they have acquired. 3.Students who have a highly inquisitive mind and a spirit of cooperation.

The physics department is a small department with sixteen faculty members and roughly two hundred students. The department is well known for its highly qualified education and research activities. There are eight independent research groups in the department. Each group, which is the core of our research, consists of a professor and an assistant professor as well as graduate and undergraduate students.

Based on the description of the kind of individuals that the university seeks to nurture provided in the “school philosophy” of Kyoto Sangyo University, the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science aims to cultivate high-level professionals with the fundamentals of physics, acquired through theory and experiment, as well as the ability to understand and elucidate physical phenomenon from the macroscopic scale to the microscopic scale, and the ability to respond flexibly to various real-world issues.

The Physics Course has a systematically composed curriculum that nurtures and reinforces the students' knowledge and understanding, starting from the basics and then advanced ones. Theories and experiments are closely associated with physics, therefore in addition to lectures, subjects involving seminars and experiments are carefully arranged in the curriculum. Also, in addition to practical learning with computers, logical thinking capabilities are nurtured so the students acquire basic skills in both hardware and software to become a scientist or an engineer. Fourth-year students are supervised their graduation researches by teachers in specialized fields. These students can experience the most up-to-date research through seminars and experiments carried out in the research laboratories and interact with teachers and graduate students. Possibly the fourth year would become the most fruitful in the students' university life.