Double the options
Double your qualifications and your career potential with a Griffith double degree, such as the Bachelor of Information Technology/Bachelor of Science.
Hands-on experience
Laboratory work will be a substantial part of your studies, giving you the opportunity to develop the hands-on skills you'll need when you enter the workforce.
Up-to-the-minute facilities
Science at Griffith encompasses six major buildings at the Gold Coast, Logan and Nathan campuses, giving students access to some of the nation's most technologically advanced facilities such as:
- The Laser Atomic Physics Laboratory with one of the most sophisticated laser laboratories in the country)
- The Australian Attosecond Science Facility (where experiments are conducted on timescales equivalent to the time it takes and electron to orbit an atom)
- Ion traps for quantum computation
- Quantum optical information laboratory
- Atom traps to investigate ultracold collisions
- The Griffith University Scanned Probe Facility, where research is being conducted using atomic force and scanning tunnelling microscopes
- Queensland microtechnology facility
- The Solid State Physics Laboratory
Inspiring teachers
Our physics teaching staff members are actively involved in research and industry, ensuring they stay at the forefront of knowledge.
World-leading research institutes
A leader in science research throughout Australia and the world, we are helping to direct the course of scientific discovery. Physics staff carry out internationally leading research in two centres:
- Centre for Quantum Dynamics
- Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre
The Centre for Quantum Dynamics leads the way in quantum physics. Researchers have discovered a technique using individual photons that for the first time measures lengths as accurately as the laws of physics allow. Physicists at the Centre have also helped Australia emerge as a serious player in the global race to develop an ion trap quantum computer, the ‘holy grail’ of quantum physics. They have produced what is believed to be basic building blocks of ion trap quantum computer hardware.
The Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre has major basic and applied research programs on hydrogen fuel storage and carbon dioxide sequestration technologies, and on theory of condensed matter and nanoscience. Recent international research “firsts” include the discovery of novel forces between nanostructures including graphene and carbon nanotubes.
Links with industry
Our Industry Affiliates Program is a Work Integrated Learning program that has been designed to integrate students into the workplace through the completion of an industry based project. It is designed to benefit both the student as well as the industry partner, and provides students with valuable real world experience. Final year students undertaking the Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Photonics and Nanoscience may be able to select the Industry Affiliates Program as an elective.