The Department of Physical Sciences at Bose Institute has been carrying out high quality research in advanced areas of Physics for more than a century. Drawing inspiration from the founder - Acharya J. C. Bose, the research activities in the department presently cover diverse areas in Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Environmental Sciences as well as areas at the interface of Biological and Chemical Sciences.

The research areas persued are Quantum Information, Statistical Physics, Biophysics, Complex Systems, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Cosmic Rays, Nuclear Astrophysics, High Energy Physics, String Theory and Environmental Sciences. We have active international collaborations with ALICE at LHC, CERN and the ISOLDE radioactive ion beam facility at CERN. We are the nodal centre in India to facilitate Indian activities at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) at GSI, Germany.