Prospects

Physics is attractive to many highly intellectually capable students, because

• Physical theories represent pinnacles of human achievement.
• It’s intellectually stimulating.
• It has a reputation for being a subject that smart people do.

Physicists find employment in an astounding variety of settings after earning their degrees–including government funded labs, in medical physics facilities, high tech industries, geophysicist/field seismologist, higher education lecturer, metallurgist, radiation protection practitioner, research scientist (physical sciences), seismic interpreter, secondary school teacher and nuclear engineer.