Physicists at Carleton University are engaged in world class research in two distinct areas: Particle Physics and Medical Physics. Our Physics Department was recently ranked the top research performer in Canada by the Physics World publication in terms of the number citations per paper produced.

For more information on our Particle Physics research program and our CAMPEP accredited Medical Physics program, click on the links below.

• Particle Physics


• Medical Physics

An information session for senior undergraduate students was held November 11, 2011.  In case you missed that session, the presentations are posted below:

• General Information on MSc studies in Physics (updated 2012 Feb)


• Particle Physics


• Medical Physics

If you are considering Physics graduate studies in the area of either of our specializations, consider Carleton University!

Here are videos of some of the students in our graduate program describing their work: