This path is for upper-year applicants: for those who are completing their first year at another university, or have completed or are close to completing a diploma program at a community college, and are interested in transferring to Queen’s University.

The Department of Physics at Queen’s is one of Canada’s leading teaching and research institutes in Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy. The faculty include high-profile, world-class physicists and astronomers such as Nobel Laureate Art McDonald. Queen’s is home to the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute with its world-leading research activities and suite of experiments located at SNOLAB.

The Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy offers a Specialization in Astrophysics. 

Specialization in Astrophysics: An intensive course of study with approximately two-thirds of the courses within the discipline.

Note: Students in this program are eligible for the Queen’s Undergraduate Internship Program (QUIP) which provides 2nd or 3rd year students with a 12-16 month work experience. The internship normally occurs following the student’s third year of study, after which the student completes the final year of the honours degree. The internships are paid, professionally supervised, career-related positions offering students the opportunity to learn about current advances, practices, and technologies in business and industry.