Department of Physics and Astronomy

Presentation department

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Mission statement

Target Audience

• Future students
• Students

Structure

Please consult the K.U.Leuven organization chart for an overview of all members of the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Research

• Acoustics and Thermal Physics
• Astronomy
• Nuclear and Radiation Physics
• Semiconductor Physics
• Solid State Physics and Magnetism
• Theoretical Physics

Education

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Vacancies in our department

Academic position in Experimental Physics: Functional and Biophysical Properties of Soft Matter

Academic position (10%) in Physics of semiconductor and metallic nanostructured materials: Electronic, optical and magnetic properties

Vacant Phd Positions

 External Vacancies

Leuven Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center

The research groups in the field of solid state physics together with some researchgroups of the Science and Technology Group, form the Leuven Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center.

INPAC

The research groups in the field of solid state physics together with some of the research groups of the Departement of Chemistry form the 'Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry' (INPAC), one of the 'Centres of Excellence' at the KULeuven.