应用物理学将物理学的基础研究与其在实际问题解决中的应用联系起来。应用物理学的研究导致电子和磁力用于照明和推进，催生了半导体产业，为我们提供了现代电子技术的便利，并在生物医学技术的发展中发挥了重要作用。尽管工程师已经完善了许多这些发明，但应用物理学家却对他们的发现负责。应用物理学学位为学生提供了在物理学原理上的广泛而严格的基础，从而使他们能够在高科技和生物技术行业的各种入门级职位中脱颖而出，同时强调物理在物理学中的应用。现实问题。
Physics is a study of matter and its interaction at the fundamental level. Physicists seek to measure, understand, model, and control the processes in the physical world around us. To this end, physicists use a variety of descriptive and quantitative techniques to represent their knowledge. Furthermore, this work is conducted in a community where collaboration, teaching, and communication of results are essential. Applied physics makes a connection between fundamental research in physics and its application to real-world problem-solving. Research in applied physics has led to the use of electricity and magnetism for lighting and propulsion, given birth to the semiconductor industry that has provided us with the conveniences of modern electronics, and played an important part in the development of biomedical technology. While engineers have perfected many of these inventions, applied physicists have been responsible for their discovery.