The Department of Physics established the master program in 1997 and the doctoral program in 2003. Currently, the department has roughly 400 students from undergraduate, master, and doctoral programs. The Department of Physics focuses on physics education, fundamental physics theories, applied technologies, cross-disciplinary integration and the capability of doing project research as well as fundamental knowledge for conducting experiments. With the support of the university and its faculty and staff, the department has excelled in teaching and research. It published over 200 SCI papers and received over 100 research grants in the past five years.