The history of our department dates back to the 1980s. The origins of the Faculty of Physics lie in the then-functioning Physics Laboratory, which was later transformed in the mid-1990s into the Department of Physics, and in 1998 became part of the Faculty of Mathematics, Technology, and Natural Sciences.
Over the following years, the Department of Physics developed both scientifically and educationally, evolving into a unit with increasing autonomy. On October 1, 2007, by decision of His Magnificence, the Rector of Kazimierz Wielki University, the Institute of Physics was established. Having obtained the right to award academic degrees in the physical sciences, the Institute was transformed into the Faculty of Physics on October 1, 2022.
The Faculty currently comprises:
- Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics,
- Department of Chemical Physics of Functional Materials,
- Department of Optoelectronic Materials,
- Department of Teaching.
Our research results are being published in leading international physics journals such as Carbon, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Journal of Chemical Physics, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, and Applied Surface Science.
The Faculty of Physics offers degree courses in the following fields: physical basics of radiotherapy and imaging diagnostics, and physics.
The physical basics of radiotherapy and imaging diagnostics course is unique in Poland and was created specifically for the Oncology Center. It is a dual course offered by Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz in collaboration with Prof. Franciszek Łukaszczyk Oncology Center in Bydgoszcz. Unlike medical physics courses offered at various universities, this course is distinguished by a strong emphasis on practical, rather than purely theoretical, courses and is a target course.
The physics degree course offers two attractive modules: the first focuses on renewable energy technologies, and the second covers the physical foundations of forensics.
