Queen's 2015 Nobel Prize in PhysicsCareers are found in a myriad industries and fields, particularly in the high tech industries, consulting and start-up companies. About half of the graduates go on to pursue M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees in Physics or Engineering at top-ranked institutions in North America and abroad.
Here is a list of some of the companies and graduate schools that have hired or admitted our graduates in the past 10 years:
Industries
- Astra Advanced Ceramics
- AECL
- Aeroacoustics Engineering Ltd.
- Almax Industries
- Amerada Hess Ltd.
- Angus Environmental Ltd.
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Atmospheric Environmental Services
- Avery Dennison
- B-Con Engineering
- Bain and Company
- BC tel
- Bell Canada
- Bell Northern Research
- Booz, Allen and Hamilton
- Boston Consulting Group
- Brock Telecom
- Bruce Power
- CAE Electronics
- Cambrian Systems
- Canadair
- Canadian Hunter Exploration
- Canadian Microelectronic
- Candesco Corporation
- Casero
- Corp
- Celestica
- Chipworks
- Combustion Engineering
- Common Data Access Ltd.
- Coopers and Lybrand
- Decision Science Applications
- Defence Research Board
- Department of National Defense
- Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
- Energy Profiles Ltd.
- Engineering Seismology Group
- Esso Resources
- Fluke Electronics
- Focal Technologies
- Ford Motor Company
- Gennum
- GE Canada
- GEAC Computers
- GM of Canada
- GRB Engineering
- Hatch Associates
- IBM
- ICI Tracerco
- IMAX Corp
- Imperial Oil
- Institute of Ocean Sciences
- INTEL Corp
- Intelcan Technosystems
- Intelliware Development
- Joint European Taurus
- Lawrence Livermore Labs
- Lockhead Martin
- London Cancer Clinic
- Lumonics
- MacDonald Detwiller
- McQuest Marine
- MEVEX Corp
- Microsoft
- Milltronics
- Mitel
- Motorola
- Muse Research
- Newbridge Networks
- Noranda
- Norpak Corp
- Northern Telecom
- Northland Power
- Nova Corp
- Novatel Communications
- NRC
- National Energy Board
- Ontario Hydro
- Ontario Power Generation
- Ortech International
- Pacific Institute for Advanced
- Study
- Paramax Engineering
- Paterson Grant and Watson
- Pratt and Whitney Canada
- Proctor and Gamble
- Quanturn Innovations
- Raytheon Canada
- RCA Electro-Optics
- Revolve Technologies
- Schlumberger International
- SEL Canada
- Shell Canada Research
- SNC Lavalin Nuclear
- SPAR Aerospace
- Sparton of Canada Ltd.
- Thermazone Engineering
- Trans Canada Pipelines
- VICO Indonesia
- WESCO Distribution Canada
- Wood Gundy
Graduate Schools
- Brown University
- California Institute of Technology: Applied Physics
- Carleton: Aerospace
- Carnegie Mellon
- Cornell: Electrical Engineering
- Dalhousie University
- Harvard: Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Imperial College (London): Mechanical Engineering
- Laval University: Laser Optics
- London School of Economics
- Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT): Aerospace, Elect. Eng., Physics
- McGill: Economics, Comp. Sci., Physics, Medical Physics
- McMaster: Nuclear Energy, Engineering Science, Medical School
- Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) Aerospace
- Pennsylvania State
- Princeton University
- Queen's: Physics, Mech. Eng., Comp. Sci., MBA
- Royal Military College: Nuclear Engineering
- Simon Fraser University
- Stanford: Electrical Engineering, Physics
- UC San Diego
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia (UBC): Physics
- University of Calgary: Mechanical Engineering
- University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
- University of Cambridge
- University of London
- University of Miami
- University of New South Wales (Australia): Physics Education
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Oxford
- University of Paris
- University of Regina
- University of Toronto: Physics, Aerospace, Biophysics, Elect. Eng., Mech Eng.
- University of Waterloo: Physics
- University of Western Ontario (UWO): Medical School, Economics
- Wayne State University: Medical Physics Wisconsin-Madison
- Yale University
- York University: Business