Virtual Tours

Optical Sciences Tours

Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona is the world's premier optical institute, with outstanding faculty members, an international student body, a challenging curriculum, pioneering research programs, and close relationships with the optics industry. Please join us for an 11-minute introduction to our people and our programs. For the best viewing, we recommend a high-speed connection.

Optical Sciences academic programs are the best in the world and OSC educates more students in optics than any other institute in the United States. Join us for a brief overview to our incomparable academic programs. If you would like more information about academics at Optical Sciences, please contact Professor Carl Maes, Associate Dean for Academic Programs, by telephone at 520-626-8837 or by e-mail at carl.maes@optics.arizona.edu.

At Optical Sciences, education and research are inseparable. Optical Sciences is recognized internationally for its innovative and unusually comprehensive research programs that touch virtually every field of science and technology. Please join us for a brief tour of some of our exciting research areas. If you would like more information, please contact Professor James C. Wyant, Optical Sciences Dean, by telephone at 520-621-2448 or by e-mail at jcwyant@optics.arizona.edu.

As our academic and research programs have grown, so have our facilities. Our newest addition, completed in 2006, has received a number of awards, including the coveted American Institute of Architects' National Honor Award.

Your Optics Is... tour will introduce you to optics -- the science and technology of light. Optics Is ... was written by the late Dr. Jim Palmer, Research Professor of Optical Sciences.