The Martin A. Fisher School of Physics at Brandeis University has an international reputation for excellence in research and is one of the highest-ranked of its size in the country.  Graduate students in the department are engaged in a wide variety of research programs, ranging from biophysics to particle physics, from microfluidics to radio astronomy to string theory.  Two members of its faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and three are fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  The department was recently awarded a major grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.

Our low student to faculty ratio allows students to enjoy ample opportunity for personal interaction with instructors in the classroom and laboratory and with advisers to guide their research.  There are also many postdoctoral research associates collaborating with the faculty and graduate students, thus providing further occasions for connections between graduate students adn physicists active in research.  Brandeis has built into the graduate program maximum flexibility and opportunity to make a well-informed choice of research field.

The Boston area is one of the world's major centers of research in physics.  During the academic year, there are several colloquia and specialized seminars daily at area universities.