The Department was established in the year 1925 with the commencement of the science groups in the Intermediate course. The Department was started under the leadership of Prof D Gopalan, student of Sir C V Raman, and through these years the Department of Physics has earned the reputation as a premier Institution. Affiliation for B Sc Physics was granted in 1945. The affiliation for M Sc Physics with specialization in Electronics was granted in the year 1961. M Sc Physics (Non-conventional Energy) was introduced in the year 1998. The Department started M Phil course in Physics in the year 2012. The department is a DST-FIST sponsored department since 2005. B Voc in Renewable Energy Management was started in the year 2016. Currently the department offers 48 seats for BSc and 35 seats for MSc.
| * Establishment of Dept. of Physics Research Centre: 1985 (MG University Order No. Ac. AII (1) 504/85 | |
| Dated 20.12.1985) | |
| * PhDs: 22+ | |
| * Publication: 250+ | |
| * We encourage students from other colleges to do their MSc/MPhil projects | |
| under the guidance of our teachers. | |
| * Collaborative research with International Laboratories is done by some of our faculty members. | |
| * There are 6 active research lab in various disciplines of Physics. |
| Prof. D Gopalan |
| Prof. S L Thomas (1942-1982) |
| Prof. N Sivasankara Nair (1952-1987) |
| Prof. George Abraham (1950-1984) |
| Prof. J Gopalakrishna Rao (1953-1984) |
| Prof. K K John (1966-1994) |
| Fr. Dr. Joseph M T Maroor (1985-1991) |
| Prof. A G George (1961-1993) |
| Prof. T S Antony (1957-1998) |
| Prof. V J Geevarghese (1958-1991) |
| Prof. A M Thomas (1965-1998) |
| Prof. P C Jacob (1966-1996) |
| Prof. M J James (1966-1999) |
| Fr. P J Gregory Paruvapparampil (1969-1992) |
| Prof. George Sebastian (1967-1998) |
| Prof. P V Aprame (1968-2000) |
| Prof. K V Thomas (1970-2000) |
| Prof. O S Sebastian (1967-2001) |
| Prof. Baby Joseph (1977-2009) |
| Dr. George C Chennattucherry (1978-2011) |
| Prof. C A Xavier (1978-2011) |
| Prof. Johnny Joseph (1979-2011) |
| Prof. V Prabha (1980-2013) |
| Dr. George Varghese (1980-2008) |
| Dr. K C George (1981-2014) |
| Dr. Jose Mathew (1981-2014) |
| Dr. P J Kurien (1982-2015) |
| Dr. B Ambady (1988-1996) |
| Dr. Saban K V (1988-2014) |
| Dr. K E Abraham (1993-2019) |
| 2020-21 | |
| 2019-20 | |
| 2018-19 | 4 (MRF, Wipro, Infosys) |
| 2017-18 | 10 (Infosys, Wipro, TCS, SPi Global) |
| 2019-20 | Dhiya Varghese (MSc 2017-19) | JEST 2020, GATE 2020 |
| Preethu P Satheesh (MSc 2017-19) | GATE 2020 | |
| Abin Philip (MSc 2017-19) | GATE 2020 | |
| Annet Anna Thomas (MSc 2017-19) | GATE 2020 | |
| 2018-19 | Geethu Joseph (MSc 2017-18) | JEST 2019, GATE 2019 |
| Rincy James (MSc 2017-18) | NET 2018, JEST 2019, GATE 2019 | |
| Seth Mathew V (BSc 2016-19) | JEST2019 | |
| Indhu Teresa Joechen (MSc 2017-18) | NET 2018 | |
| Chinnu V Devan (MSc 2013-15) | JRF2018, JEST2018, GATE2018 | |
| Preethu P Satheesh (MSc 2017-19) | GATE2018 | |
| 2017-18 | Ms. Navya Sara Kurian MSc. (E) | JEST 2018 |
| Ms. Rincy James MSc. (E) | GATE 2018 | |
| Ms. Anjali Chacko MSc. (E) | GATE 2018 | |
| Mr. Vijoy K V MSc. (E) G | ATE 2018 | |
| Ms. Neenu Tomy MSc.(NRE) | GATE 2018 | |
| Mr. Akhil Thomas Paniker MSc. (E) | CSIR-NET 2017 | |
| Ms. EMY MONS MSc. (E) | CSIR-NET 2018, GATE 2018 | |
| Martin Mathew MSc. (E) | CSIR-NET 2018 |
| Facility | |
| General Physics Research lab | |
| Plasma Research lab | |
| SMART Materials lab | |
| Advanced Research in Materials Science (ARMS) lab | |
| Photo electronic Materials lab | |
| Space Physics Lab |