Florida State University is a public university located in Tallahassee, the Capital of the State of Florida. The Physics Department's   Research Program covers a wide range of topics, including experimental and theoretical condensed matter physics, Material Science, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Experimental and Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Hadronic Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics, High Energy Physics (Particle Physics), with experiments DØ at Fermilab  and CMS at CERN in Geneva, where the properties of fundamental particles and the symmetries of our universe are studied using large particle accelerators.

The Department of Physics further has research programs for Atomic Physics, Biophysics, and has spawned the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory with which it maintains multiple connections and intense collaboration.

The Members of the Department offer a wide range of undergraduate   and graduate courses.