What do you call a person who studies and had majored in Physics?

Question

What do you call a person who had majored physics and has that for an occupation, if that's possible. You know, like how a person majored in science is a scientist or a person majored in astronomy is an astromer? What about physics? My friend and I are trying to decide a major and I thought about physics and thermodynamics and stuff like that...

Answer 1

You call that person a Physicist.

Answer 2

If they do it for a living, they are considered a physicist, whether they have a bachelors, masters, or PhD in the subject.  If they majored in it but don't do physics for a living, they are called a person with a degree in physics.

Physics is actually a very versatile major, which can be applied to engineering, astronomy, geology, biology, chemistry, and many other fields including forensics, law, medicine, you name it.  Or you could work in physics - nuclear physics (like power plants), particle physics (CERN and the LHC), theoretical physics (national labs like Oak Ridge), electronics, optics, condensed matter, solid state, materials science, it contains a lot of fields!  You'll need to study a lot of math along with the physics.

Answer 3

Physicist.

Answer 4

A person who studies and had majored in Physics is called a  Physicist.

"A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made (particle physics) to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole (cosmology).

Many positions, especially in research, require a doctoral degree. At the Master's level and higher, students tend to specialize in a particular field. Fields of specialization include experimental and theoretical astrophysics, atomic physics, molecular physics, biophysics, chemical physics, condensed matter physics, cosmology, geophysics, material science, nuclear physics, optics, particle physics, and plasma physics. Post-doctoral experience may be required for certain positions."