About the Department

Year of establishment of the department: 1964

Ø Total faculty in the department: 5

Ø Total students who have passed competitive examinations including  UGC NET/GATE Examination in the past 5 years: 37

Ø Students who have gone for HIGHER STUDIES- Research in      the past 5 years (2012 – June 2017): 35

o  Foreign Universities: 05

o  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT): 08

o  Indian Institute of Science (IISc):02

o  Raman Research Institute (RRI):01

o  Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research    (IGCAR):03

o  Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc.): 03

o  Other Universities: 13

Expertise of the Faculty

 ·       Condensed Matter Physics

 ·       Density Functional Theory (DFT) Calculation

·       Constrained systems

·       Field Theory

·       Atomic Physic

·       Mathematical Physic

·       Nonlinear Dynamics

·       Statistical Physics

·       Nonlinear Optics

·    Crystal Growth and Thin Films

Objective

Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras. The department was established in 1964.  

• To provide an excellent theoretical background to the Postgraduate students in Physics.
• To provide high quality research work in different branches of Theoretical Physics.

Mission

• To involve in and make important contributions in frontier areas of Theoretical Physics.
• To provide leadership to Postgraduate Physics education in Tamil Nadu.

• Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos.
• History of Indian Mathematics and Astronomy.
• Atomic Structure.
• Quantum Groups,
• Field Theory and Constrained Systems.
• Theory of Nanomaterials, Morphological changes of Nanomaterials due to parameter changes.