Master of Physics

What is matter? Why does matter display a wide range of properties and functions? How was the Universe created? The research groups in the Department of Physics tackle such fundamental questions in the natural sciences head-on.

Subjects of research cover a wide array of items ranging from matter existing in the natural world and artificial matter, to elementary particles, to the Galaxy, and to black holes. The staff consists of specialists from the Department of Physical Science in the Graduate School of Science and specialists from the Department of Quantum Matter in the Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter. These staff members not only push forward experimental and theoretical research based on a range of techniques but also provide education in these fields.

Based on its founding principle “a single unified university, free and pursuing peace” and its five guiding principles, Hiroshima University fulfills its roles as a national university.

• The Pursuit of Peace To develop intellectual attitudes that always seek peaceful solutions to the problems affecting society and the world at large.

• The Creation of New Forms of Knowledge To evolve new systems of study which surpass existing frontiers of knowledge and encourage intellectual innovation.

• The Nurturing of Well-Rounded Human Beings To train graduates with well-developed and multifaceted personalities by means of an education that has breadth as well as depth.

• Collaboration with the Local, Regional, and International Community To create a university with a strong international awareness that can efficiently disseminate knowledge on a worldwide scale, in collaboration with local and regional communities.

• Continuous Self-Development To maintain a constant readiness to re-examine established ways of acting, and a constant openness to improvement and innovation.