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Welcome to the CSU Physics Department

The CSU Physics Department provides high-quality, affordable, and flexible education. Alumni of the department are highly successful in obtaining employment at leading institutions (e.g. NASA, Intel, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, UH, GE, Philips, CERN, National Renewable Energy Lab) and prestigious graduate programs (e.g. John Hopkins U., Carnegie Mellon U., CWRU, Caltech). Please check Physics alumni career highlights at: https://artsandsciences.csuohio.edu/physics/alumni

The department provides extensive opportunities for student engagement. These include faculty-coordinated research, involvement in teaching activities, and a nationally recognized Society of Physics Students (SPS) Chapter. The latter provides leadership, participation in student life, networking, and service opportunities for interested students.

Department Highlights:

  • Degree offerings: MinorBachelor of Arts (BA)Bachelor of Science (BS and BS Honors); Master of Science (MS).
  • The number of BS/BA degrees awarded is 2nd largest among the public universities in Northeastern Ohio (AIP Statistics - 3-year average 2022/2023/2024).
  • The number of MS degrees awarded is tied for 3rd largest among all universities in Ohio (AIP Statistics 2024).
  • Host of a National Science Foundation-sponsored site for Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) since 2017.
  • More than $4.5M in external funding for research projects that involve undergraduate students through grants from NSF, DOE, NIH, Research Corporation in the last fifteen years.
  • An award-winning chapter of Society of Physics Students (SPS): 11 Marsh White Awards from the American Institute of Physics for science outreach; distinguished as Outstanding  SPS Chapter (top 1-3%) for more than 12 years.
  • In the last decade, 3 University Valedictorians; 4 College Valedictorians (3 COSHP & 1 Engineering); 1 YWCA Dr. Jennie S. Hwang Award (a first for a CSU student); and 1 Distinguished Alumni Award were Physics majors.

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Physics News

2025 ΣΠΣ Induction ceremony at CSU

 On April 25, 2025, our chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) held a Sigma PI Sigma (ΣΠΣ) induction ceremony in the gorgeous Mather Mansion on CSU campus. The ...

Congratulations to all physics Spring 2025 graduates!

  The class also includes two students that finished the 4+1 MS/BS Physics program and left CSU for good: Sophia Greene (left) and Sebastian Squires (below). Sophia is ...

Congratulations to all physics Spring 2025 graduates!

 The graduating class of 2025 included two students who finished our BS Physics program: Grace Miller (left) and Jacob Forester (below right). Grace who graduated with two H...

CSU Physics was well represented at the APS Global Summit (2025)

 The tradition of reunion of the CSU Physics students, faculty, and alumni at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meetings continued in Anaheim, CA in March of 2025, d...

CSU’s SPS Chapter prepares for the 2025 Sigma Pi Sigma Congress

This year the Sigma Pi Sigma (SPS); Physics Honors Society together with the Society of Physics Students (SPS) will host 2025 Physics and Astronomy Congress in downtown Denver Co...

Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Department of Physics
2121 Euclid Avenue, PHY
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214

Campus Location
Science Building (SI)
2399 Euclid Avenue, Rm. 112

Contact Us
Phone: 216.687.2425
Fax: 216.523.7268
physics.dept@csuohio.edu