The Department of Physics offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics, Space Physics and Interdisciplinary Studies. The department works closely with research members of the UAF Geophysical Institute.
UAF is Alaska’s designated research campus and America's Arctic University. With 9 faculty members, the Physics Department is large enough to have a vibrant undergraduate and graduate program while small enough to give close individual attention to our students.
UAF has a strong research emphasis on the Physics of the Earth and near-Earth space environments. Our faculty study Earth's and other planets' magnetosphere, plasma physics in general, space weather, and upper atmosphere physics. Most research happens at the world-renowned Geophysical Institute, where research topics range from the center of the Earth to the center of the Sun. Other topics include non-linear dynamics, ice physics, physics education, and condensed matter physics.
The Geophysical Institute operates its own rocket range and auroral observatory (Poker Flats Research Range) and the world's most powerful radar facility to study the ionosphere (HAARP). Both facilities are regularly used by our graduate students.
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