Welcome to the webpage for the Department of Physics at Maynooth University. We are a research active department with friendly staff in Ireland's university town Maynooth, and provide an informal and welcoming atmosphere to our students. We offer exciting undergraduate degrees in theoretical and experimental physics, astrophysics and theoretical physics and maths. We have a wide range of research interests from quantum information and communications to astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation.
Maynooth has a long tradition of excellence in Physics. It was one of the original topics offered to students from 1795 as natural philosophy. The inventor of the induction coil, Nicholas Callan, was Professor of Physics from 1826 to 1864. Callan's work has been recognised by the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. With a strong background in both research and teaching, the Department of Physics welcomes anyone and everyone with an interest in physics and mathematical modelling to drop in to discuss research as well as the many undergraduate and postgraduate opportunities that are available in the department.
Fáilte go dtí an leathanach gréasáin do Roinn na Fisice in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad. Tá fuíollach taighde ag dul ar aghaidh sa roinn ghníomhach seo a bhfuil foireann an-chairdiúil ag obair inti. Lonnaithe i mbaile ollscoile na hÉireann, Maigh Nuad, cuirimid atmaisféar neamhfhoirmeálta agus fáiltiúil ar fáil dár mic léinn. Bíonn céimeanna iontacha á dtairiscint againn san fhisic theoiriciúil agus thurgnamhach, sa réaltfhisic agus san fhisic theoiriciúil agus matamaitic. Tá réimse leathan de spéiseanna taighde againn ó fhaisnéis agus cumarsáid chandamach go dtí réaltfhisic agus ionstraimíocht réalteolaíoch.
Tá stair de shármhaitheas san Fhisic ag Má Nuad a théann i bhfad siar. Bhí sí ar fáil do mhic léinn mar ábhar sa bhliain 1795 fiú amháin mar fhealsúnacht nádúrtha. Bhí an fear a chruthaigh an corna ionduchtúcháin, Nicholas Callan, ina Ollamh le Fisic anseo ó 1826 go dtí 1864. Tá obair Callan tar éis bheith aitheanta ag Institiúid na Fisice agus ag Institiúid na hInnealtóireachta Leictrí agus Leictreonaí. Tá cúlra láidir ag Roinn na Fisice sa teagasc agus sa taighde agus cuireann sí fáilte roimh chách a bhfuil spéis acu sa fhisic agus sa samhlú matamaiticiúil le bualadh isteach chugainn chun taighde a phlé anuas ar na deiseanna fochéime agus iarchéime atá ar fáil sa roinn.
