The School of Pure and Applied Physics was established along with the establishment of Mahatma Gandhi University. School has developed into one of the premier research and postgraduate centres of Kerala. The major areas of research in the School are Materials Science, Spectroscopy, Theoretical Physics, Nanomaterials and Ceramics, Biomaterials, Crystallography, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Plasma Physics, Solar Physics and Crystalline materials.