University of California, Irvine School of Physical Sciences
Encyclopedia
The School of Physical Sciences is an academic unit of the University of California, Irvine
(UCI) that conducts academic research and teaching in the field of physical sciences. The school enrolls 1,400 undergraduate and graduate students and is among one of the top schools in the nation in the amount of degrees it confers in the area of physical sciences.
In 1995 the school gained international prominence when Frank Sherwood Rowland
, a professor in chemistry and Frederick Reines
, a professor in physics won the Nobel Prize
in their respective fields. It was the first time two people won the prize in the same year in two different fields at the same public university.
, Master of Science
, and Doctor of Philosophy
degrees.
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
(UCI) that conducts academic research and teaching in the field of physical sciences. The school enrolls 1,400 undergraduate and graduate students and is among one of the top schools in the nation in the amount of degrees it confers in the area of physical sciences.
In 1995 the school gained international prominence when Frank Sherwood Rowland
Frank Sherwood Rowland
Frank Sherwood Rowland is an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research is in atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics....
, a professor in chemistry and Frederick Reines
Frederick Reines
Frederick Reines was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment, and may be the only scientist in history "so intimately associated with the discovery of an elementary particle and the...
, a professor in physics won the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in their respective fields. It was the first time two people won the prize in the same year in two different fields at the same public university.
Departments
- PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and AstronomyAstronomyAstronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth... - MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
- ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
- Earth System ScienceEarth system scienceEarth system science seeks to integrate various fields of academic study to understand the Earth as a system. It considers interaction between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere , biosphere, and heliosphere....
Degrees conferred
All four departments confer Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
, Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
, and Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
degrees.
Notable faculty
- Frank Sherwood RowlandFrank Sherwood RowlandFrank Sherwood Rowland is an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research is in atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics....
, chemistry - Gregory BenfordGregory BenfordGregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine...
, physics - Karl RubinKarl RubinKarl Rubin is an American mathematician at University of California, Irvine as Thorp Professor of Mathematics. His research interest is in elliptic curves. He was the first mathematician to show that some elliptic curves over the rationals have finite Tate-Shafarevich groups...
, mathematics
External links
- School of Physical Sciences official website