The Department of Physics was established in the campus of the University of Mysore. The beginning as a small department offering only an M.Sc. course in one special subject, Spectroscopy, today it has grown into one of the largest departments on the campus offering both Master's and Doctoral programs covering one or more aspects of Physics. The Department of Physics was established in the campus of the University of Mysore. The Department has been identified as a Department ofAdvanced Studies by the Government of Karnataka.The performance of the Department under the DST funded FIST program has been rated Good.