Department of Physics, Himachal Pradesh University was established in the year 1969 as part of the Regional Centre of Punjab University, Chandigarh. Later with the establishment of Himachal Pradesh University in 1970, it came into existence as a full-fledged State University Department. Since then it is the only Post Graduate Department in the state of Himachal Pradesh offering courses leading to M.Sc. in Physics, M.Phil. in Physics and a research programme leading to Ph. D. in Physics.
