St.Joseph's College (Autonomous))

PHYSICS

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Profile of the Department

Department of Physics, St. Joseph's College (autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, started in the year 1881.

The Department has a huge list of illustrious alumni that includes the former president His Excellency Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam and G.N. Ramachandran.

Growth and development:

BA Physics Course was started in 1881.
BSc (Hons) Physics Course was started in 1906 at SJC, the only College to offer it outside Madras City for nearly 40 years.
A new nomenclature was offered to the hitherto BA Physics as BSc Physics Course in 1930 and an additional section was added in 1963.
MSc Physics Course was started in 1961.
BSc Physics Course was started in Shift-II in 1982.
Recognition was offered by the University of Madras for research work leading to PhD Degree in 1971.
MPhil Degree course was introduced in 1977.
Another M.Sc Physics section in shift II was introduced in 2004.
A new B.Sc Physics section in shift II has been introduced in 2018.
DST - FIST sponsored department in 2018.
DBT - STAR status in 2018

Department gave birth to:

BSc Computer Science in 1983
Master of Computer Applications in 1984
MSc Electronics and PG Diploma programmes PGDCSA and PGDMCH in 1996

Infrastructure:

The PG & Research Physics Department housed in an exclusive heritage building DIGBY hall.

The department has Nine Class Rooms, Four of them equipped with ICT facilities and an Air conditioner Smart Class Room.

The uniqueness of the department is its Laboratories, For First UG and Allied courses are given with a separate laboratory equipped with practical setup for fundamental Physics, Second and Third UG programme are given with another laboratory equipped with UG level experimental setups. Every UG student is trained with workshop skill with a workshop in the department. This is one of the unique features of the department right from its birth.

A well equipped PG laboratory for General and Electronic equipments is the pride of the Physics department.

The Photo studio of the department gives hand on skill and experience in Photography in UG and PG level produced many professional photographers in this region.

Department housing Six Research laboratories with specialization in the fields of Thin Film, Crystal Growth, Material Science, Ultrasonic, Nano Material and Luminescence.

Department has in house library having around 500 books for the faculties and students for immediate reference.