?bachelor's degree highlights:

• Undergraduate research. We won?t make you wait until grad school to get in the lab, like most schools. Start as early as your freshman year to work with faculty on leading-edge research. Publish in journals, present at conferences and learn the skills you need to solve technical problems on your own.

• Passionate, expert faculty. Our department is small enough that faculty gets to know students by name. Five faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society, a rare, international honor for members. Five of them are endowed professors. Others have been named outstanding lecturers and researchers by UT.

• Study abroad.?UT has an international exchange program with Salford University in the United Kingdom. Our students spend a semester or a year in England, and Salford students bring a fresh perspective to our campus.

Career opportunities:

UT students don?t just learn physics. They gain skills in critical thinking, problem solving, modeling, design and development ? all important for keeping up with changing technology.

Many of our students pursue graduate degrees. Others find work in a wide array of careers, many of which don?t have ?physics? in the job title. Physics graduates tend to advance quickly and find rewarding careers because of their strong backgrounds in fundamental science.