The Electrophysics department was established in 1964, one of the first two departments founded under then the Institute of Electronics belonging to the newly established Engineering College. The department later became one of the founding cornerstones of the Applied Sciences College. In 1980, the department added the Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, which in 1988 was incorporated into the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In 1993 the faculties of the department participated and assisted in the founding of the Institute of Physics. Our department started to offer MS degree programs in 1988 and PhD programs in 1990. Currently, students are given the option of enrolling in either the Electrophysics group or Photonics and Nano-Sciences group.