Brief about the Physics Department

The Physics Department was established in the year 1969 as one of six departments of Faculty of Science under the supervision of Cairo University. In 1973, Mansoura University was founded and the department started to develop to keep pace with all development in physics education.

The Department of Physics offers programs of study leading to the Master of Science (MSC) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees. The department is strongly committed to graduate education and supports it by maintaining a strong and diverse research programs.

A basic goal of the program of graduate education is to prepare students for careers in research and related fields. It is intended that graduates will have the education and training necessary to enable them to make fundamental contributions to knowledge in physics or their chosen field. Further, it is anticipated that they will be peers with the next generation of technology leaders in industry and academia.

The department has about 90 faculty members performing theoretical and experimental research in both fundamental areas such as Particle Physics, Plasma Physics and Nuclear Physics, and in Applied Areas such as Optics, Solar Energy, Biophysics, Radiation Heat Transfer, Metal physics, Glass and Polymeric materials. Moreover, some members working in a very advanced research topics like Fractals and Critical Phenomena and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems.

Although there is no a well know ranking scheme for the Physics Departments in our country, one can easily and safely recognize the physics department in Mansoura University among the top four physics departments in Egypt. What can support this concluding remark is the number of award obtained by the staff members since it is founded in 1969 as well as the annual publications of the Department members.

Besides the yearly appointment for the best students to be the future members of the department after getting their Ph D’s, the department offers research and teaching assistantships. Our graduates always find a position somewhere in the academic institutes and Industry that reflects the good repetition the department has.

The department offers four undergraduate programs as:

1. Sc. Degree in physics as physics major,
2. Sc. Degree in Biophysics as Biophysics major,
3. Sc. Degree in physics and Chemistry as double major

The department also offers four Master programs as:

1. MSc Degree in Theoretical Physics
2. MSc Degree in Experimental program
3. MSc Degree in Biophysics,
4. MSc Degree in Medical Physics

In each program, thesis programs are offered leading to the master's degree. The student must complete the specific course requirements. Most of the candidates are required to teach elementary laboratories while they are working for their degree.

Also, the physics department offers Two Doctoral (PhD) programs as:

1. PhD Degree in Theoretical Physics
2. PhD Degree in Experimental program
3. PhD Degree in Biophysics,
4. PhD Degree in Medical Physics

Finally, the physics department offers a Postgraduate Diploma programs as:

Diploma in Radiation Physics

  The Department of Geology, since its beginning in 1969, directed a large part of the research activity to the Nile Delta region, due to the university’s location in the middle of this prolific expanse. This coincided with the discovery of gas- and oilfields in the Abu Madi, Abu Qir and other commercial leases.

  The studies conducted by the department on the delta region varied to cover most geological fields, whether in the fields of applied geophysics, sedimentary properties of the subsurface sequence and its hydrocarbon potentials, biostratigraphy subdivision, or in the field of hydrology, archeology and black sand deposits, with monitoring and observation of areas of erosion, sedimentation and subsidence on the coastal belt of the delta, as well as studying the reasons for the increased rates of environmental pollution effects. Because of the belief of the faculty members of the department in the importance of the Nile Delta region, the department held the National Conference on the Delta’s Natural Resources and Environment and Development Problems since November 1995, in which 12 papers were presented, including three papers on natural gas in the Nile Delta. In March 1999, the university held the first international conference of ancient and modern deltas, organized by the Department of Geology in the Faculties of Sciences in Mansoura and Damietta, and supported by most of the petroleum companies operating in Egypt.

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  To complement this activity, five workshops were held in the department:

1. The first of them was in May 2002 that tackled with seismic activity in Egypt and North Africa and a comprehensive study to reduce risks, attended by a vast number of Arab and foreign scientists.

1. The second workshop was in 2003 on the applications of geographic information systems, and sponsored by the ESRI Institute (United States) and its agent in Egypt Quality Standards.

2. The third was in April 2004, when the first workshop on oil and gas systems was held in the Nile Delta, in which a group of companies working in the field of oil and natural gas exploration and exploration in the delta region and the adjacent offshore marine area participated in it. Representatives of BP, Rashid Petroleum, SHELL, Geisum and the German Integrated Exploration System Company have been attended.

3. The fourth was in April 2006, where the Department of Geology organized the second workshop on “Subsurface Geology of the Nile Delta: Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems” in cooperation with some petroleum companies working in the field of oil and natural gas exploration and exploration in the delta region and the adjacent marine area, including Rashid Petroleum Company, BG, BP, Schlumberger and Roxar.
4. The fifth was in April 2008, where the Department of Geology organized the third workshop on: “Subsurface Geology of the Nile Delta: Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems”.

  The Quaternary, the most popular symposium, has been held at the Faculty of Science since 1982. It is a symposium specialized in "The Study of the Geology of the Quaternary and Development in Egypt", where the Delta region has the biggest share in discussions. The number of these meetings reached 19 in cooperation with the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. The last of which was in April 2011, thanks to our late Prof. Zaki Zaghloul, founder of the department. We ask God to bless him with his vast mercy as a reward for what he has given us and generations of geologists of knowledge and giving without waiting for a reward. We ask Allah to reward him on behalf of us and his students and this symposium the best reward.