Fast Facts
Department:
- Faculty in the department: 35 (the combined total of full-time, part-time, and other faculty at all ranks is 40)
- Undergraduate physics majors: 86
- Graduate students in the program: 78
- Graduate student admission: 18 students were accepted
out of 120 applicants in Fall 2009 - Research grants: $7.3 million per year
- Department location: Sharp Lab
- Department chair: George C. Hadjipanayis
- Bartol Research Institute director: Stuart Pittel
University:
- Setting: Main campus is in Newark ("New Ark"), which offers the charm of a small college town, with easy access to major metropolitan areas (distances to Sharp Lab: New York City 133 miles; Washington DC 96 miles; Philadelphia 44 miles; Baltimore 58 miles).
- Total faculty: 1,150
- Total students: 15,318
- Total graduate students: 3,465
- President: Patrick T. Harker
- University officer for graduate studies: Debra Hess Norris
- Control: Both private and public