DOON UNIVERSITY DEHRADUN

SSR PART-II
DOON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN
1. Name of the Department:
Department of Physics, School of Physical Sciences.
(Note: As per the DPR of the university the School has four Departments under its purview:
Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, Department of Mathematics and
Department of Computer Science.
2. Year of establishment:
August 2015
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university?
Yes, Department of Physics is a part of School of Physical Sciences, Doon
University
(Note: However, as per the mandate of the University, all the Departments and schools ought
to foster interdisciplinary learning and research. Therefore, although the Department of
Physics is operationally governed as a part of School of Physical Sciences, in the academic
front, it supports and takes support from other Departments and Schools such as School of
Environment and Natural Resource Management, School of Languages and School of
Communication.)
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated
Masters; Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.)
The Department of Physics is running two courses at present. These courses
are as follows:
a) MSc Physics- Five Years Integrated (Intake Capacity-50): Eligibility for
Admission –through University Entrance Examination after a 10+2 Degree
from any recognized Board.
b) MSc Physics (with specialization in Optoelectronics)- Two Years
(Intake Capacity-25): Eligibility for Admission –through University
Entrance Examination after a Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized
University
The Department is also going to start PhD programme from the next semester.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and Departments involved`
At the current stage, no academic discipline can remain truly isolated from
other disciplines. All the programmes being run by the Department of Physics
are no exception. Five year integrated M.Sc. programme is being run with the
involvement of other disciplines. According to the UGC’s Choice Based
Credit System (CBCS), students are supposed to opt various Generic Courses
offered by other Departments such as Department of Chemistry and
Mathematics and Computer Science etc. Compulsory Ability Enhancement
Courses are offered by School of Environment and Natural Resources as well
as School of Languages.
Department of Mathematics and Department of Computers: Physics
curriculum contains a significant coverage of quantitative techniques that
require skills in mathematics, and computation. Therefore, it becomes
necessary for the Department to rely of experts with these background both
from other schools of the University as well as from outside the university.
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