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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