Radiophysics is a branch of physics that focuses on the experimental and theoretical study of some types of radiation and their interaction, propagation and emission with the medium. In other words radiophysics can be explained as study of radiation used in radiology, study of radio waves and study of other ranges of spectrum of electromagnetic radiation in some particular applications.

Some of the important applications of radiophysics are radiology, radioastronomy, radiolocation and radio communications. Some of the branches of radiophysics are statistical radiophysics, quantum radiophysics and classical radiophysics.

Government jobs in radiophysics:

Professionals with training/diploma or degree in radiation physics can work as Radiological Safety Officers in industrial and research institutions wherein ionizing radiations are used. Candidates must be highly skilled to handle jobs in this position. Professionals in this field can also find job placements in government organizations engaged improving the shelf life of perishable agricultural areas since these professionals possess the talent of doing the task of improving the shelf life of agricultural products during large scale packaging for expert. Professionals in radiophysics are in great demand in these types of organizations.

Educational qualification needed for finding jobs in radiophysics:

Candidates with the following educational qualifications can find job placements in the field of radiophysics:

• Masters of Science in Radiationphysics

• Master of Science in Medical Physics

• Diploma in Radiology physics

• Diploma in Medical Radiostope Techniques

• Diploma in Radiation Medicine

In India, many top universities and institutions offer courses in radiophysics

• Anna University

• BARC, Mumbai

• Calicut University

• Mangalore University

• Manipal University

• Osmania University

• Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences

• Bharathiar University

Job scope in radiophysics:

In the recent year, the demand for qualified radio physicists is increasing with the increasing radiotherapy centres. Radiological physics has applications in the fields of research, agriculture, industry, nuclear medicine, therapy and diagnostics and these fields are experiencing dearth of qualified radio physicists. Professionals with the ability to safely handling radiation instruments are demanded and since radiophysics subjects offer the students with the ability to handle radiation safely, these professionals can find job in a number of organizations. Since radio physics syllabus covers wide range of areas like radiation hazards evaluation & control, agriculture, industry research, application of radioisotopes in medicine, computational methods, statistics, and instrumentation, candidates with qualified degree in radiophysics can fine very good job prospects are a higher pay scale as well.