Main function of the faculty is to produce the academic and practical personnel who have mastered the laws and principles of physics through hands-on experiments and acquired profound knowledge of modern physics.
The Faculty of Science which was created at the founding of
The faculty is made up of 4 departments (Acoustics, Geophysics, Astronomy, General Physics), 4 institutes(Condensed Matter Physics, Optoelectronics, Theoretical Physics, Applied Physics) and one laboratory(Physics Education)
The courses offered by the faculty are optoelectronics, condensed matter physics, applied physics, space observation instruments and modern physics.
The subjects taught in the faculty are General Physics, Mathematical Physics, Atomic Physics, Statistical Physics, Solid State Physics, Materials Physics, Quantum Theory on Multi-particle world, Laser Physics, Acoustics, Astronomy, Magnetic Substance Physics, Crystal Physics, Physical Optics, Quantum Theory of Field, Theory on Elementary Particles, Digital Signal Processing and Super High Pressure Physics.
The faculty is staffed by 130 professionals including an academician, 3 candidate academicians, lecturers and researchers including 40 Ph. D. holders. Over 40 of them are professors or associate professors.
Student enrollment of the faculty is over 1000.
Introduction to Curriculum For Foreign Students
Regular course (4 years) and continuous course (6 years) are underway in the Faculty of Physics at the moment.
Students are supposed to get a bachelor’s degree in Physics after they have finished the former, while those in the latter get a Master’s degree.
The regular course aims at providing strong foundations and improving practical abilities while getting ready for higher education.
It has compulsory and elective subjects.
1. Compulsory subjects consist of social science subjects, general basic subjects and basic major subjects.
General basic subjects include Mathematical Analysis, Algebra & Geometry, Linear Algebra, Probability and other mathematical subjects and English, which were selected, as the basis of general physics and theoretical physics, to improve logical thinking ability for further education and to read foreign references and communicate fluently.
Basic major subjects, on the other hand, consist of subjects that lay foundation for physics major students and their teaching durations have also been set according to the specific situation of the country and other world’s top-ranking universities.
114 credits should be obtained from compulsory subjects all together.
2. Elective subjects consist of general basic subjects and major subjects. The former, as the basis of the major subject to be selected, aims at providing necessary foundations for research work and training all-round talents.
General elective subjects are made of Mathematics and other Natural Science subjects (2~3 credits), Applied Programming subjects (6 credits), Physical Education subjects (2 credits), Literature and Art subjects (2 credits), which means that 12~13 credits should be obtained altogether.
Major elective subjects consist of those that are basic to major section and other sub-sections.
13 credits should be obtained in major elective subjects, whereas 4 in general major elective subjects.
The regular course does not have a separate duration for graduation thesis but sums up all the practice contents in the major selected to make it a graduation thesis of regular course.
The purpose of the postgraduate course, as a continuous course, is to train research-oriented talents by acquiring high-level major knowledge, conducting research and writing a dissertation.
Every subject in the course is elective, without any compulsory subjects.
40 credits should be obtained in this course; 30 in the 10th term and the other 10 to the end of the course.
In the postgraduate course the major fundamental subjects chosen in the regular course will be continued for 4 weeks to get 5 credits; curriculum of these subjects is divided into two parts, 36 lectures given and 90 hours of self-study.
Mathematics and other natural science subjects will be given for 3 weeks, each week with 40 hours, to get 5 credits through 36 hours of lecture and 84 hours of self-study.
25 credits must be obtained in major subjects for 15 weeks in all; each subject needs 126 hours in 3 weeks to get 5 credits.
Research work is carried out for 62 weeks, during which a master’s thesis is written.
Bachelor Programme (4 Years)
Compulsory Subjects (114 Credits)
Social Subjects
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Korean History | 7 | 3,4 | 4 | 1 | |
Logic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Socialist Constitution and Legal Regulations | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
Juche Philosophy | 5 | 5,6 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 16 |
General Basic Subjects
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
English | 18 | 1~7 | 4 | 1 | |
Mathematical Analysis | 11 | 1~3 | 4 | 1 | |
Algebra and Geometry | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Linear Algebra | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Probabilities | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 35 |
Basic Major Subjects
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
General Physics | 17 | 1~3 | 6 | 1 | |
Modern Physics | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
Classical Mechanics | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
Electrodynamics | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
Quantum Mechanics | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
Statistical Physics | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
Mathematical Methods in Physics | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
Solid State Physics | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
General Physics Experiments | 7 | 1~3 | 4 | 2 | |
Modern Physics Experiments | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |
Physical Electronics | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
Fundamentals of Information Techniques | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 63 |
Elective Subjects (29 Credits)
Mathematics and Natural Science Subjects (General Basic Elective)
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Complex Functions | 2 | 6 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Differential Equations | 2 | 6 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Group Theory | 2 | 6 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Lie Algebra | 2 | 6 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Chemistry | 3 | 6 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Biology | 3 | 6 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Experimental Design | 2 | 6 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Integral Equations and Variation Method | 2 | 6 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Total | 2~3 |
Applied Programming Subjects (General Basic Elective)
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Modern Web Language | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Fundamentals of Information Processing using Matlab | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Scientific Document Preparation in LaTeX | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
Introduction to Application of Computer Networks | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
Introduction to Linux Operating System | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
Mathematica and Scientific Calculation | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
Total | 6 |
Physical Education Subjects (General Basic Elective)
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swimming | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | Pass/Fail | |
Volleyball | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | Pass/Fail | |
Basketball | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | Pass/Fail | |
Table-tennis | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | Pass/Fail | |
Tennis | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | Pass/Fail | |
Handball | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | Pass/Fail | |
Badminton | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | Pass/Fail | |
Total | 2 |
Literature and Art Subjects (General Basic Elective)
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Popular Dance | 1 | 1 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Vocal Music | 1 | 3 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Instrumental Music | 1 | 3 | 2 | Pass/Fail | |
Total | 2 |
Major Section Elective Subjects
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fundamentals of Theoretical Physics | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Practices in Theoretical Physics | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Introduction to Optics | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Design of Optical Experiments and Instruments | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Experiments in Solid State Physics and Materials Design | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Calculational Physics | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Experiments and Practices in Calculational Physics | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Thermal Physics | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Experiments and Practices in Thermal Physics | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Solar Energy Physics | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Experiments and Practices in Solar Energy Physics | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Solid State Electronics | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Experiments and Practices in Physical Electronics | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Medical Physics | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Experiments and Practices in Medical Physics | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Astronomy | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Experiments and Practices in Astrophysics | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Seismology | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Experiments and Practices in Geophysics | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Acoustics | 10 | 5~8 | 2 | 1 | |
Experiments and Practices in Acoustics | 3 | 5~8 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 13 |
General Major Elective Subjects
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Optical System Design using ZeMax | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Lighttool and Calculation of Ligh Intensity | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Ansys and Laser Treatment Simulations | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
3D Laser Printing Techniques | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Computer Measurement Control System | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Holography | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Introduction to Photometry | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Computer-aided Spectrometry | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Quantum Communication | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Master Equation Method | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Quantum Algorithms | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Optomaterials Design | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Interferometry | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Fabrication Techniques for Resinoid Bond Diamond Grinding Wheel | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Fabrication Techniques for Metallic Bond Diamond Grinding Wheel | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Diamond Synthesizing Techniques | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Fabrication Techniques for Ferroelectric PZTs | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Fabrication Techniques for Ferrite Materials | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Fabrication Techniques for Rare Earths Magnets | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Fabrication Techniques for Rigid Nano Composite Covering Materials | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Simulations for Material Properties | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Nanomaterial Fabrications using High Energy Ball Mill | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Viscosity Measurement for Viscous Liquid | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Fabrication Techniques for Polymer Nano Fiber Materials | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Material Simulations with Molecular Dynamics | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Supersonic Wave Generator | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Electroacoustic Instruments | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Labview for Acoustic Signal Processing | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
ANSYS and MATLAB for Acoustics | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Acoustic Instruments Design using Solid | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Acoustic Simulation Software Odeon | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Digital Processing of Seismographic Signals | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Application of Magnetotelluric Method | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Principles and Applications of Sensor Techniques | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Application of GIS | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Measurement Techniques for Biopotential | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Signal Processing for Biomedical Engineering | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Electronic Circuit Simulation | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Electrophysiology | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Thermal Pump | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Thermal Engine | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Vacuum Techniques | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Heat Exchanger | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Solar Radiation Energy | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Design methods for Solar Thermal System | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Solar Cell Measurement | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Solar Cell Materials | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Radiowave Measurement | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Lie Algebra | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
General Theory of Relativity | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
CCD Astronomy | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Measurement Techniques for Satellite Orbit | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Computer-aided Measurement Techniques | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
MEMS Techniques | 2 | 6~8 | 3 | 2 | |
Total | 4 |
Master Programme (2 Years)
100% Elective Subjects (30 Credits)
Basic Major Elective Subjects
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quantum Field Theory | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Introduction to Optics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Calculational Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Thermal Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Medical Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Solid State Electronics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Astronomy | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Seismology | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Acoustics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 5 |
Major Section Elective Subjects
Name of Subjects | Credits | Semesters | Sessions per Week | Exam Type | Misc. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Theory of Quantum Liquids | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Standard Model | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Path Integral Methods in Statistics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Green Function Methods | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Theory of Phonons | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Microtheory of Superconductors | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Quantum Electrodynamics of Media | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Nonstandard Model | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Superstring Theory | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Introduction to Lie Group and Lie Algebra | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Spectroscopy | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Design Methods of Optical Instruments | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Fibre Optics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Physical Optics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Infrared Measurement Techniques | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Information Optics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Applied Optics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Fundamentals of Nonlinear Optics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Quantum Information Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Nano-optics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Physics of Femtoseconds | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Gas Laser | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Quantum Optics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Advanced Applied Thermodynamics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Calculational Hydromechanics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Calculational Electrothermal Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Artificial Environtology | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Micromagnetics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Application of Computers in Magnetism Research | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Physics of Magnetic Materials | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Superhigh Pressure Techniques | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Superhigh Pressure Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Superhard Materials | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Theory of Solids | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Nano-diamonds | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Hard Coating Techniques | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Ferromagnetic Resonance | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Crystal Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Thin Film Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Magnetooptics materials and devices | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Ferrites and Their Application | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Physical Properties of Composite Materials | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Dynamics of Sintering | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Physics of Ferroelectric Materials | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Crystal Growth | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Nanomaterials and Mechanical Alloying | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Rare Earths Permanent Magnets | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Nanomaterials Design | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Transport Theory of Nanostructure | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Carbon Nanomaterials | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Electrostatic Spinning and Nanofibre | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Nanomaterials and Nanotechniques | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Superconducting Materials | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Superconductor Electronics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Superconductor Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
High-temperature Supercondictivity | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Solar Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Radioastronomy | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Solar System Structure | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Gravitational Field Theory | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Kinematics of Artificial Satellites | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Cosmology | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Applied Geophysics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Digital Measurement Techniques for Earthquakes | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Underground Visualization Techniques | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Inverse Problems in Geophysics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Seismic Waves in Viscoelastic Media | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Vulcano Seismology | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Aseismic Engineering | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Ultrasonics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Underwater Acoustics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Nonlinear Acoustics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Acoustics of Solids | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Acoustic Signal Processing | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Noise Cybernetics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Psychoacoustics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Acoustics for Urban Environment | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Acoustics of Porous Media | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Medical Measurement Instruments | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Bioelectromagnetics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Calculational Biophysics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Physics of Polymers | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Ansys and Technical Calculations | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Applications of Computer Networks | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Developing Information System | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Monte-Carlo Methods in Physics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Power Generation using Solar Energy | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
High-temperature Techniques for Solar Energy | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Solar Radiation Spectrum | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Thermodynamics for Solar Cells | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Hardware Descriptor Language | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
ARM Processors | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Semiconductor Optoelectronics | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Sensor Fusion Techniques | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
MEMS Design | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 25 |