University of California, Irvine School of Physical Sciences

The School of Physical Sciences is an academic unit of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) that conducts academic research and teaching in the field of physical sciences. The school enrolls 1,400 undergraduate and graduate students and is among one of the top schools in the nation in the amount of degrees it confers in the area of physical sciences.[1] In 1995 the school gained international prominence when Frank Sherwood Rowland, a professor in chemistry and Frederick Reines, a professor in physics won the Nobel Prize in their respective fields. It was the first time two people won the prize in the same year in two different fields at the same public university. [1]

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Departments

Degrees conferred

All four departments confer Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.

Notable faculty

References

  1. ^ a b "Today at UCI". UC Irvine. http://today.uci.edu/facts/physci.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-22. 

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