Why Get your Master's in Quantum Science and Technology at Columbia?
Columbia Engineering provides a rigorous Ivy League education in an atmosphere charged with innovation in the heart of a dynamic global city.
As a student here, you’ll benefit from:
- Incredible Research Environment:
Join a rich community of exploration and innovation across schools and departments, including the Columbia Quantum Initiative, the School of Engineering, and the Center for Computational Quantum Physics, with scores of researchers working on areas ranging from quantum computing to photonics to quantum materials.
- Strategic Partnerships
Benefit from Colombia's position within a network of universities, research organizations, and industry partners through the Columbia Quantum Initiative to access extended opportunities for research, internships, and job connections.
- Multi-Disciplinary Expertise:
Learn from active scholars and researchers within several departments of the School of Engineering and the Department of Physics, gaining insights and perspectives from diverse fields for a broad career preparation.
- Flexible Curriculum:
Choose to focus your training in areas that match your career objectives, including quantum computing, photonics, and nanoscale technology, with a selection of electives within Engineering and Physics tracks.
Why Get your Master's in Medical Physics at Columbia Engineering?
At Columbia, experience a rigorous education combining the best of theoretical and clinical training within a world-leading research university in a unique urban setting.
As a student here, you’ll benefit from:
- Accredited Program
Take the first step on the path to certification by the American Board of Radiology, a key qualification for career advancement. Our CAMPEP-accredited program gives you the coursework and experience you need to move forward.
- Theoretical and Clinical Expertise
Benefit from the strengths of a large research university. You’ll learn fundamental physics from faculty in the School of Engineering while acquiring the skills and knowledge of clinical practice from experienced professionals at the Columbia Medical Center.
- Career-Focused Specializations
Through strategic selection of your two semester-long practicums and elective coursework, you can specialize in one of the four main areas of medical physics, strengthening your preparation for the job market.
- Flexible Program Options
In addition to a traditional full-time program, you can earn your MS in medical physics as a working professional through our part-time program. We schedule most classes in the late afternoon or evening to provide maximum flexibility.
Why Get Your Master's in Materials Science & Engineering at Columbia?
At Columbia, experience a rigorous Ivy League education within a world-leading research university in a unique urban setting.
As a student here, you’ll benefit from:
- New York City
It’s not just an amazing place to live, teeming with the cultural resources of a global capital. More importantly, it’s a place to discover opportunities, as a hub for both major corporations and innovative startups.
- Unique Multi-Disciplinary Department
By its very nature, materials science draws on knowledge from multiple fields. Columbia Engineering’s program is housed in a department that also includes applied physics, applied mathematics, and medical physics, giving you broad exposure to several domains and experience with collaborative, multi-disciplinary problem-solving.
- World-Class Faculty
Train alongside award-winning researchers and scholars. Faculty lead pioneering research in areas like nanoscale structures to empower advances in energy efficiency, thin films for high-speed data connectivity, and unlocking the properties of materials using X-ray diffraction.
- Top Research Facilities
Gain access to the most advanced equipment and labs to build research experience that will set you apart. In addition to the department’s dedicated teaching laboratory and clean room facilities, the department is also part of the Columbia Nano Initiative, which includes the Center for Precision-Assembled Quantum Materials and the Center for Programmable Quantum Materials.
Why Get your Master's in Applied Physics at Columbia?
Columbia gives you a rigorous Ivy League education in the heart of a vibrant global city for an experience unlike any place else.
As a student here, you’ll find:
- Expansive Opportunities for Research:
Join faculty in advanced research projects at the forefront of applied physics. Departmental strengths include the areas of plasma physics and fusion energy, optical and laser physics, and solid-state physics. Faculty also contribute to 8 cross-disciplinary research groups.
- Unique Multi-Disciplinary Department
Unlike most programs in applied physics, Columbia’s program is housed with applied mathematics, materials science and engineering, and medical physics within a unified department, giving you broad exposure to several domains and experience with collaborative, multi-disciplinary problem-solving.
- World-Class Faculty
Train alongside award-winning researchers and scholars. Faculty of the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics have won three Sloans, four Guggenheims, two Packards, one Nobel Prize in physics, one Gordon Bell Prize in scientific computing, and two Buckley Prizes in condensed matter physics.
- Top Research Facilities
The Plasma Physics Lab is one of the leading university labs for the study of plasma physics in the world, comprising Columbia’s High-Beta Tokamak and 3 other experimental facilities. Departmental resources also include advanced equipment for laser physics and optics in association with the Nano Initiative. Extensive computing clusters and desktops provide power for advanced modeling and data processing.
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Marc W. Spiegelman
Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics; Chair, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
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I. Cevdet Noyan
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering
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William Bailey
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
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Drew Youngren
Lecturer in the Discipline of Applied Mathematics
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Gerald A. Navratil
Thomas Alva Edison Professor of Applied Physics
