School of Physics and Astronomy

History

The discipline of physics at Yunnan University originated from the Department of Mathematics and Physics of Donglu University in 1933. The Department of Physics of Yunnan University was founded in 1945.

The Department of Astronomy was launched in 2013, becoming the fifth astronomy department of Chinese higher education institutions.

The departments of physics and astronomy, together with the Physics Experiment Teaching Center, were incorporated into the School of Physics and Astronomy in 2015.

Goals 

The School aims to provide students with foundational knowledge, the ability to apply knowledge as practice, and pioneering and innovative attitudes, as well as develop its own unique characteristics. It will further focus on cultivating high-quality innovation personnel in physics and astronomy and improving their research ability as it becomes a research-oriented school.

Majors 

The school is a national training institution for science talents and has six undergraduate majors -- basic mathematical science, astronomy, physics, applied physics, electrical science & technology and opto-electronic information science & engineering.

It has three provincial-level key discipline programs in theoretical physics, particle physics & nuclear physics, and systems analysis & integration.

The college is also authorized to confer master and doctorate's degrees and in the primary discipline of physics and master's degrees in the primary discipline of electrical science & technology.

Faculty

The college has a total of 65 faculty members. Of the 61 having an advanced degree, there are 36 PhDs.

There are 22 teachers with senior professional titles and 20 with vice-senior professional titles. There are also 18 doctoral advisers and 30 plus graduate student advisers.

The college has a member of China's 1000-Talent Plan, a winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and

many talented people recognized as young academic pacesetters in higher institutions by Yunnan province or the Ministry of Education. A group of faculty members have won honorable titles or awards, such as National Outstanding Teacher, National Model Teacher and the Baosteel Excellent Teacher Award.

Research 

Teachers at the college have conducted and participated in 70 plus scientific research projects at provincial and ministerial levels and higher. These include projects funded by national foundations, projects or sub-projects of the national 973 Program, and over 30 key projects sponsored by the provincial natural science foundation.

The teachers have published more than 800 academic papers collected by SCI and EI. The college has won a second prize for its research achievements in natural science from the Ministry of Education, and six first prizes, two second prizes and four third prizes of the Yunnan Science and Technology Awards. It continues to conduct frontier scientific research in physics and astronomy.

Contact information 

E-mail:   phyast@ynu.edu.cn