范德比尔特大学物理与天文学系结合了文科学院的友好和支持氛围以及前沿研究的兴奋与挑战。本科课程包括有针对性的物理教育，以及来自人文和社会科学的大量技能。学士学位可为学生在私营部门的职业发展或继续从事物理，天文学，工程，法律，医学和许多其他领域的教育做好准备。本科生和研究生都积极参与部门研究计划，每年获得超过600万外部资金的支持。这些研究计划处于传统物理领域的前沿，并且是当代跨学科机构和中心的主要贡献者。
The Department of Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt University offers graduate students the opportunity to do original research working side-by-side with world-renowned faculty. We are large enough to include a wide range of research programs from astronomy and cosmology to biological and medical physics, condensed matter / materials, and particle, nuclear and relativistic heavy-ion physics all while remaining small enough to provide a friendly, welcoming environment. The department presently has 27 full-time faculty, approximately an equal number of postdoctoral research associates, and about 60 graduate students. We offer programs leading to PhD degrees in Physics or Astrophysics (with options for earning MA or MS degrees in route to the PhD or by completing a Master's thesis, respectively).