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Welcome to the Department of Physics
Welcome to the Department of Physics, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The members of the Physics Department are committed to provide state-of-art teaching to the students and service to the nation and mankind by creating new knowledge with research and development programs. Department of Physics, Jagannath University offers Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy degree. The department has 26 faculty members (Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and Lecturers), who are well known in their academic arena for their academic and research excellence. Most of the faculty members have achieved their higher degree from the reputed universities of home and abroad.
About three hundred twenty students are studying at the undergraduate level and about sixty in the graduate level. The students of the department learn not only fundamental subjects such as solid state physics, nuclear physics, classical mechanics, atomic and molecular physics, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, electromagnetism, relativity and so on, but also get systematic training on exercises and experiments.
The course curriculum of the department is designed to furnish the students with state-of-art knowledge on the subjects as well as enrich their analytical capabilities, planning, critical thinking and communication skills. The students who are engaged in the research get the opportunity to do their works in the frontline fields of solid state physics, nuclear physics, materials science, nano-materials, renewable energy, medical physics etc.
The department always takes step to maintain a congenial and highly collaborative environment for students and researchers to help them to reach their best potential. We are concerned to expand and update the curriculum at regular interval to include topics of current interest.
Thank you very much for your interest in the Department of Physics, Jagannath University.
About Department of Physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter in atomic level, its motion, and behavior through space and time. Physics is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, and its main goal is to understand how the universe is created and how it behaves.
Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines through its inclusion of astronomy. Over the past two millennia, physics, chemistry, biology, and certain branches of mathematics, were a part of natural philosophy, but during the scientific revolution in the 17th century these natural sciences emerged as unique research endeavors in their own right. Physics intersects with many interdisciplinary areas of research, such as biophysics, medical physics and quantum chemistry, nano-physics, reactor physics etc. The first half of this century saw a revolution in physics, in which "classical" physics, which reigned supreme at the turn of the century, was replaced in the domain of the very large by relativity and in that of the very small by quantum theory. Physics is not just a branch of technology but is one of the humanities, in the sense that its study is one road towards an understanding of our place in the Universe.
Department of Physics is one of the largest and rich departments of Jagannath University, Dhaka. It offers Bachelor of Science and Master of Science under the Fuculty of Science. The Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy have also been started. For the undergraduate level, the whole programme consists of 150 credits (Effective for 2023-23 and 2023-24 session).
Programs
The Bachelor of Science (B. S.) is four-year degree (8 semester). Every year there are 80 students are enrolled in the undergraduate program. Students are selected based on their previous academic results as well as their performance in admission test.
The course duration of the B.Sc. (Honours) programme is four years and is semester based. Each year consists of two semesters (1st and 2nd). For the 2018-2019 Session the whole programme consists of 138 credits among which 100 credits are allocated for theory courses, 29 credits for laboratory courses, and the rest 9 credits, for general viva.
Total marks obtained in each course will be converted into LG (Letter Grade) and GP (Grade Point) as follows:
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Numeral Grade |
Letter Grade |
Grade Point |
Interpretation |
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80% and above |
A+ |
(A plus) |
4.00 |
Outstanding |
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75% to less than 80% |
A |
(A regular) |
3.75 |
Excellent |
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70% to less than 75% |
A- |
(A minus) |
3.50 |
Very Good |
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65% to less than 70% |
B+ |
(B plus) |
3.25 |
Good |
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60% to less than 70% |
B |
(B regular) |
3.00 |
Satisfactory |
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55% to less than 60% |
B- |
(B minus) |
2.75 |
Bellow Satisfactory |
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50% to less than 55% |
C+ |
(C plus) |
2.50 |
Average |
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45% to less than 50% |
C |
(C regular) |
2.25 |
Pass |
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40% to less than 45% |
D |
2.00 |
Poor |
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Less than 40% |
F |
0.00 |
Fail |
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Promotion:
The promotion in the department is yearly based. Students must have to earn a minimum CGPA 2.00 to get promotion from 1st year to 2nd year, and 2.25 from 2nd year to 3rd year and 3rd year to 4th year. If any student fails to get the requisite CGPA for promotion, he/she may seek re-admission with the 1st semester of the same year with the subsequent available batch. If a student gets required GPA/CGPA for promotion in any odd semester but failed to get required CGPA in even semester, he/she may seek readmission with the even semester of the same year with the next available batch. A student has to complete the Bachelor programme within a maximum of six academic years of his/her admission session, therefore, shall not get chance for re-admission more than twice during the entire programme unless any other clause allowed for an extension of his/her registration.
The semester-wise division of the courses (Effective for 2018-19 and 2019-20 Sessions)
1st Year 1st Semester
PHY 1101: Mechanics
PHY 1102: Mathematical Methods in Physics
PHY 1103: Calculus
PHY 1104: Physical Chemistry
PHY 1105: Physics Laboratory-I
PHY 1106: General Viva-I
1st Year 2nd Semester
PHY 1201: Properties of Matter
PHY 1202: Electricity and Magnetism
PHY 1203: Waves and Oscillations
PHY 1204: Co-ordinate Geometry and Linear Algebra
PHY 1205: Introduction to Statistics
PHY 1206: Physics Laboratory-II
PHY 1207: Chemistry Laboratory
PHY 1208: General Viva-II
2nd Year 1st Semester
PHY 2101: Optics
PHY 2102: Thermal Physics
PHY 2103: Introduction to Computer Language
PHY 2104: Ordinary Differential Calculus
PHY 2105: The History of Freedom Fight of Bangladesh
PHY 2106: Physics Laboratory-III
PHY 2106: General Viva-III
2 nd Year 2nd Semester
PHY 2201: Atomic and Molecular Physics
PHY 2202: Mathematical Methods in Physics -II
PHY 2203: Classical Electrodynamics -I
PHY 2204: Partial Differential Equations
PHY 2205: Introduction to Probability and Probability Distribution
PHY 2206: Physics Laboratory -IV
PHY 2207: General Viva -IV
3rd Year 1st Semester
PHY 3101: Quantum Mechanics
PHY 3102: Classical Mechanics
PHY 3103: Astrophysics
PHY 3104: Electronics-I
PHY 3105: Physics Laborarory-V
PHY 3106: General Viva-V
3rd Year 2nd Semester
PHY 3201: Nuclear Physics
PHY 3202: Solid State Physics-I
PHY 3203: Classical Electrodynamics-II
PHY 3204: Statistical Mechanics
PHY 3205: Physics Laboratory-VI
PHY 3206: General Viva-VI
4th Year 1st Semester
PHY 4101: Quantum Mechanics-II
PHY 4102: Biomedical Physics
PHY 4103: Materials Science
PHY 4104: Electronics-II
PHY 4105: Physics Laboratory-VII
PHY 1106: General Viva-VII
4th Year 2nd Semester
PHY 4201: Nuclear and Particle Physics
PHY 4202: Solid State Physics-II
PHY 4203: Computational Physics
PHY 4204: Reactor Physics
PHY 4205: Physics Laboratory-VIII
PHY 4206: General Viva-VIII
The undergraduate students, who successfully finished all courses with satisfactory results are elligible to get admitted in the Master of Science (M.Sc.) level. Currently, the duration of M.Sc. degree is one year. Usually, top 10 to 15 students who are interested to do reasearch work under the supervision of faculty members are treated as thesis group students.
There are total 36 credits in the M.Sc program among which the first semester carries 15 credits and the remaining 21 credits are allocated for the second semester.
Semester-I
PHY 5101: Advance Nucelar Physics-I: Nuclear Reaction Theory and Structure
PHY 5102: Advance Solid State Physics-I: Theory
PHY 5103: Materials Science
PHY 5104: Reactor Physics
PHY 5105: Particle Physics
PHY 5106: X-ray Crystallography
PHY 5107: Group Theory
PHY 5108: Polymer Physics
PHY 5109: Physics Laboratory-I
PHY5110: General Viva-I
Semester-II
PHY 5201: Advance Nuclear Physics-II: Nuclear Models
PHY 5202: Advance Solid State Physics-II: Experiment
PHY 5203: Medical Physics
PHY 5204: Superconductivity
PHY 5205: Nuclear Radiation and Health Physics
PHY 5206: Quantum Field Theory
PHY 5207: Photophysics and Fibre Optics
PHY 5208: Astrophysics
PHY 5209: Advance Renewable Energy
PHY 5210: Physics Laboratory -II
PHY 5211: Thesis
PHY 5212: General Viva-II
The M.Phil course consists of 14 credits of which theoretical courses cary 12 credits and the remaining 2 credits are allocated for viva voce. Each theoretical course is of 100 marks (4 credits) and the viva voce, of 50 marks. There will be two lecture-hours per week for each of the theoretical courses.
The M.Phil course consists of 14 credits of which theoretical courses cary 12 credits and the remaining 2 credits are allocated for viva voce. Each theoretical course is of 100 marks (4 credits) and the viva voce, of 50 marks. There will be two lecture-hours per week for each of the theoretical courses.
The course are as follows:
PHY 6001: Quantum Mechanics
PHY 6002: Numerical Methos and Compure Programming
PHY 6003: Nuclear Models and Reaction Theory
PHY 6004: Solid State physics
PHY 6005: Health Physics
PHY 6006: Medical Physics
PHY 6007: Physics of Nuclear Reactors
PHY 6008: Experimental Techniques in solid state Physics
PHY 6009: Crystallography and X-ray diffraction
PHY 6010: Materials Science and Nanophysics
PHY 6011: Renewable Energy Technology
PHY 6012: Viva-voce
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