As an engineering physics major, you’ll dive into research alongside professors who work at the frontier of translating emerging science into novel technologies. With a curriculum designed specifically to launch your research career and a tight-knit community of scholars, you’ll find a supportive environment to pursue a flexible math and physics-centered curriculum and publish an undergraduate thesis. The engineering physics major is ideal for students who are already thinking about graduate school and want the flexibility to design their undergraduate experience to support that goal—but it also prepares students to join high-tech startup companies developing new technologies.<br><br>Students choose from three flexible focus areas: nanoengineering, plasma science and engineering, and scientific computing, that include graduate-level courses and laboratory experiences. Students in nanoengineering take courses in physics, material science, engineering mechanics, and electrical engineering to learn how to design, build and use innovative devices and structures at the nanoscale. Plasma science and engineering students join one of the largest university plasma and fusion communities in the world, with collaborations between physics, electrical engineering, and nuclear engineering, and world-leading facilities.