哈佛大学的物理学研究生教育为学生提供了令人兴奋的机会，这些机会涵盖了各个学科和部门。在物理系，有才华和勤奋的研究生在一流的设施中与著名的教职员工和优秀的博士后研究员一起工作。该系的实验和理论研究的主要领域包括原子和分子物理学，量子光学，凝聚态物理学，计算物理学，固体和流体物理学，生物物理学，天体物理学，统计力学，数学物理学，高能粒子物理学，量子场论，弦论和相对论。该系致力于营造一个友好，包容的环境，并吸引最广泛的人才，目前该系拥有50多名教职员工（包括Emeriti），100多名博士后研究员和200多名研
Graduate education in physics at Harvard offers students exciting opportunities extending over a diverse range of subjects and departments. In the Department of Physics, talented and hardworking graduate students work in state-of-the-art facilities with renowned faculty and accomplished postdoctoral fellows. The department's primary areas of experimental and theoretical research include atomic and molecular physics, quantum optics, condensed-matter physics, computational physics, the physics of solids and fluids, biophysics, astrophysics, statistical mechanics, mathematical physics, high-energy particle physics, quantum field theory, string theory, and relativity. The department is committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive environment and attracting the widest possible range of talents, and currently has more than 50 faculty members (including emeriti), over 100 postdoctoral fellows, and over 200 graduate students. The on-campus buildings of the Department of Physics include Jefferson Laboratory and Lyman Laboratory. Jefferson Laboratory is the oldest physics laboratory in the country and today includes a wing designed and renovated specifically to facilitate study and collaboration among the department's graduate students.