Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Excellent lectures. You will get good grades if you attend class.Rate My Professors ↗
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Gary Shiu
What students say
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
The first few weeks felt like I wasn't learning much from lectures but he really knows what he's doing. By the end of QFT1 (and QFT2) I had completely mastered the material in a way that really helped with my research. Definitely recommend!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
An amazing course. Advanced quantum mechanics is a difficult subject, but Gary did a great job in breaking things down to an understandable level. You learned a lot of physics by following the lectures and doing the homework.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Gary is scary smart! I learned so much from him. This course is difficult but it is totally worth it. If you want to learn advanced physics at UW-Madison, he is definitely the guy.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
I enjoyed lectures with Gary. I thought lectures were well organized and that I was adequately prepared for the exams. I think that the course adapted really well to changing from multiple choice to free response on the exams. The discussion sheets did really well preparing us for the exams and the overall content on the exams was very fair.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
Gary has got to be the funniest professor I've had, always had some unexpected one liners. But aside from that he was a very good professor, I liked his slides and thought he complemented them very well with his words. One of the better professors I've had.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Gary Shiu
PHYSICS 990
Research
1–12 creditsPHYSICS 990 is a research course where students conduct supervised research projects with individual faculty members.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | PHYSICS 990 | Research |
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