School of Physics UCC

Next Mondays Physics Seminar, 4pm, Monday 30th 🤩

Exploring the sky with the Digital Telescope 🪐💫🌟🌗

Next Mondays Seminar will be given by Prof Santiago Grigera ✨

Monday 16th, 4pm in G6 Kane, UCC ⏰

Title: Topological transitions in a frustrated magnet ✨

More details here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/physics/news/seminars/seminars20252026/

👏 Top 10 Finish for UCC Physics Students at PLANCKS

A team of UCC physics students achieved an impressive Top 10 finish at the PLANCKS theoretical physics competition, competing against teams from universities across the UK and Ireland.

A fantastic achievement showcasing teamwork and problem-solving at the highest level! 🔬

🔗 Read more:

Physics Students Achieve Top-10 Finish at PLANCKS Competition | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

🔬 UCC physicists recently took part in the IOP Ireland Spring Conference 2026, joining researchers from across the country to share research and connect with the wider physics community.

Great to see the School of Physics represented at this important annual event! 👏

🔗 Read more:

UCC Physicists Participate in IOP Ireland Spring Conference 2026 | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

🚀 UCC Physics Graduate Featured by the European Space Agency

We are delighted to see one of our recent School of Physics graduates recognised on the European Space Agency website! 🌍✨

School of Physics Graduate Featured on European Space Agency Website | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

Next Mondays Seminar 🤩

Physics Seminar, Today!

✨✨School of Physics UCC Weekly Seminar ✨✨

More informtaion here: www.ucc.ie/en/physics/news/seminars/

Head of Physics at UCC, to give next Mondays (16th of February) public Cork Astronomy Club lecture.

🌠 🗾💫🪐🌏🌖☄️✨

Next Monday sees our Club's monthly free public lecture, where you will be welcome, UCC’s Prof Paul Callanan will discuss the current state and future promise of the imaginatively named Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones, a mountain at an altitude of 3,046 metres in the central part of Chile’s Atacama Desert. It is in the process of being built by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

What an inspiring day at the Tyndall Lecture for Schools at UCC Physics! Huge thanks to Dr Felix Flicker for bringing physics to life and showing students the crystal-clear wonders of quantum science 💎🔬✨

Institute of Physics College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) UCC