Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University

The Department of Physics at Osaka University offers a world-class education to its undergraduate and graduate students. We have 51 faculty members who teach over 1000 undergraduate students per year in the School of Science and the other schools of the University. Our award-winning faculty members perform cutting edge research and also serve the community. As one of the leading universities in the nation our mission is to serve the people of Japan and the world through education, excellence in research, and outreach.

The Department of Physics was established in 1931 when Osaka University was founded. The tradition of originality in research was established by the first president of the university, H. Nagaoka, a prominent physicist. Our former faculty include H. Yagi, who invented the Yagi antenna, and S. Kikuchi, who constructed the first cyclotron in Japan. H. Yukawa created the meson theory for nuclear forces while at Osaka University, work for which he became the first Japanese Nobel laureate. At Osaka University, T. Nagamiya and J. Kanamori established the theory of magnetism, and R. Utiyama developed gauge theory.

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