Editing Engineering physics (section)

== Terminology ==
In some countries, both what would be translated as "engineering physics" and what would be translated as "technical physics" are disciplines leading to academic degrees. In China, for example, with the former specializing in nuclear power research (i.e. [[nuclear engineering]]), and the latter closer to engineering physics.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cas.ac.cn/html/Dir/2001/10/07/0655.htm | title=2002 Applications for graduate study open in Shanghai Research Institute of Technical Physics (上海技术物理研究所2002年招生) | publisher=Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) | date=2001-10-07 | access-date=2008-09-16 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080607130833/http://www.cas.ac.cn/html/Dir/2001/10/07/0655.htm <!--Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-06-07}}</ref> 

In some universities and their institutions, an engineering physics (or applied physics) major is a discipline or specialization within the scope of engineering science, or [[applied science]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Engineering Physics {{!}} Physics Department |url=https://physics.stanford.edu/undergraduate/majors/engineering-physics |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=physics.stanford.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://www.eas.caltech.edu/ Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://engsci.utoronto.ca/explore_our_program/majors/engineering_physics.htm |title=Engineering Physics, Division of Engineering Science, University of Toronto |access-date=2011-05-16 |archive-date=2014-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426090131/http://engsci.utoronto.ca/explore_our_program/majors/engineering_physics.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.beam.vt.edu/about/esm.php Engineering Science and Mechanics program at Virginia Tech]</ref>

Several related names have existed since the inception of the interdisciplinary field. For example, some university courses are called or contain the phrase "physical technologies" or "physical engineering sciences" or "physical technics". In some cases, a program formerly called "physical engineering" has been renamed "applied physics" or has evolved into specialized fields such as "[[photonics]] engineering".