As the most fundamental of all the sciences, physics will lead you to a deeply fulfilling and rewarding undergraduate experience. Not only will a physics major provide you with the skills to excel in a professional career, but you can also apply your studies to a surprising variety of occupations. Physics majors from our department have seen rewarding careers in science, medicine, law, engineering, computer science, and business, among other professions. Washington University's strong biophysics and neurophysics programs can play an important role in premedical studies, and the opportunities for double majors ensure that students can integrate other subjects into your course of study. Graduates of our department have been accepted into graduate school at every top university in the country, including our own. The Department of Physics at Washington University is strongly committed to fundamental research and excellence in teaching. We are a medium-sized department with nationally and internationally renowned research groups in the fields of astroparticle physics, condensed matter physics and materials, biophysics and medical physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. Physics majors may concentrate in the subfield of biophysics with a separate track that can be added to the Physics major.