Columbia University Department of Physics

Where do the next equations in the universe’s textbook come from?
At Columbia University Department of Physics, the search begins in classrooms and labs that sit above Morningside Heights sidewalks. The department’s home—Pupin Hall, 538 West 120th Street 704 MC 5255, New York, NY 10027—anchors the block between Broadway and Amsterdam, a brick-and-limestone frame for pushing physics past the last comma.

Undergrads here run algorithms for quantum simulators; grad students map dark matter’s fingerprints; postdocs chase gravitational waves across petabytes of data. Courses span classical mechanics to string cosmology, and seminars spill into evening hours when visiting scholars trade nighttime coffee for equations at the blackboard. Research groups publish in the same journals that reshaped the field decades ago, keeping the corridor between 120th and 122nd alive with discovery.

Questions about courses or collaborations should call 212-854-3366. A quick map here keeps the trip up the hill from the subway straightforward.