The physics department of UIUC is one of the largest in the United States. Professor john bardeen, two-time Nobel Prize winner, one of the inventors of Schottky transistor, and the proposer of low-temperature superconductivity theory, comes from the physics department of UIUC. UIUC Physics Department condensed matter physics 1, quantum physics No.7, nuclear physics No.8.
The minimum requirement of UIUC for ibt is 79, but the requirement for admission to full status is 102.
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The research fields of physics department include AMO, quantum physics, astrophysics and cosmology, biophysics, condensed matter physics, high energy physics, nuclear physics and so on. UIUC has one of the largest and most powerful condensed matter physics research groups in the United States. The condensed matter group intersects with other departments, especially the materials department, so there are many laboratories and offices. They have their own building, which is very large, plus some laboratories of MRL (materials research laboratory) and Beckman building (all of which are the sum of table 1, table 2 and table 3). They also cooperate with the departments of mechanics, chemistry and electronics. This is a bit like a hodgepodge. The research directions of condensed matter groups are also diverse, including nanotechnology, semiconductors, low-dimensional systems, superconductors, strongly correlated systems, electronic materials, MBE and so on. Among them, Professor leggett, the Nobel Prize winner in 2003, studied superconductors. In addition, the physics department of UIUC also has strong strength in the research of quantum information.
UIUC was friendly to Peking University a few years ago. This year may be affected by the financial crisis, and the number of offer issued has been greatly reduced. Several teachers from the Physics Department of Jiaotong University have also been visiting scholars in UIUC. Students interested in UIUC can consult Mr. Xia Minggang.
It is important to know the information when applying. I was going to apply for UIUC. At that time, PS was almost replaced by UIUC. But I got the news in advance that the physics department of UIUC may shrink this year, so I gave up the application. As it turns out, this news saved me a lot of money.
Top3 students in physics department of Jiaotong University still have a certain chance to get UIUC's offer, which is worth a try. A few years ago, UIUC sent an invitation to Wu Ying. This senior physics student may have heard of it more or less, that is, Jia Jiediao, who won the special prize of the Challenge Cup. His experience is legendary. I remember President Zheng once mentioned this elder at the opening ceremony and encouraged us with his legendary experience.