The applied physics department was established at the academic year 2005/2006. The department offers the knowledge and concepts that the student needs to play his role in society in the fields of teaching, engineering and industry. The department hubs many practical laboratories including mechanics, electricity and magnetism, waves and vibration, optics, electronics, intermediate practical physics, atomic and nuclear physics, solid state physics, and computer applications in physics. The department includes sixteen college members in various experimental and theoretical physics fields.