[3] The teaching was held inside Kungshuset until the late 19th century, when the department moved to its own building which had instrumental halls, auditoriums, workshops and a library.

[4] The department moved again in 1950 to a large building complex named Fysicum due to increased space requirements, and it has been there since then.

[5][6] The department also hosts the Lund Nano Lab (LNL), part of NanoLund (formerly known as the Nanometer Structure Consortium), an interdisciplinary research environment for nanoscience and its applications in electronics, the life sciences etc.

[9] Three scientists from the departement have participated in the popular television program Fråga Lund: Nina Reistad, Bodil Jönsson[10] and Sten von Friesen.

Other members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from the departement are Bengt Edlén, Hermann Grimmeiss, Cecilia Jarlskog, Heiner Linke, Claes Fahlander, Lars Samuelson, Torsten Gustafson, Cecilia Jarlskog, Ingolf Lindau, Hans Ryde, Sune Svanberg, Claes-Göran Wahlström and Torsten Åkesson.