Welcome to the Department of Physics website

The Department of Physics at the NMMU provides comprehensive programmmes in physics at undergraduate and BSc Honours level, as well as post-graduate research opportunities at Masters and Doctoral level.

Undergraduate students

If you are interested in undergraduate studies (BSc Physics), please contact the Head of Department, Prof JAA Engelbrecht.

Opportunities for Post-graduate students

• Optical Fibre Research
  Contact: Prof Andrew Leitch
• Electron Microscopy
  Contact: Prof Jan Neethling
• Photovoltaics and Energy Research
  Contact: Prof Ernest van Dyk
• Semiconductor Materials and Nanostructures
  Contact: Prof JR Botha (Holder of a DST Chair in Nanophotonics from January 2008)

Contact Information
Prof Japie Engelbrecht
	Position: Professor and Head of Department Phone: +27 41 504 2186 Fax: +27 41 504 2573 E-mail: japie.engelbrecht Location: Summerstrand Campus (South)