Why Physics? 
Undergrad Paul Brulliard participates in a campaign to measure radiation damage to a new type of gamma radiation detector at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland
We hear from our alumni that their physics education has helped them in their careers by giving them experience with large, complex, technical problems.
Some of the jobs held by our B.S. and B.A. majors include the following:
- Teaching Physics at high school level
- Working at Lincoln Labs in Boston to help study wind shear to make airplanes safer
- Working at COLOR in Portsmouth to design lasers for the big screens in sports stadiums
- Working at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland to help analyze the data from the Hubble Space Telescope
- Working as a rocket scientist at a UNH lab.
Employment after graduation is always a concern for students and their parents. The following links are to the national physics professional associations. These associations provide information on physics careers.
- American Physical Society
- American Institute of Physics
- American Association of Physics Teachers
- Physics Today Magazine
Many students choose physics as a major because "it is cool!" Here are some cool physics websites: