The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, applied physics:

Applied physics – physics intended for a particular technological or practical use.^[1] It is usually considered as a bridge or a connection between "pure" physics and engineering.^[2]

Applied Physics – is the proper name of a journal founded and edited by Helmut K.V. Lotsch in 1972 and published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York from 1973 on^[3]

Topics in Applied Physics – is the proper name of a series of quasi-monographs founded by Helmut K.V. Lotsch and published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York^[4]

Applied physics can be described as all of the following:

• Branch of science
  • Branch of physics
  • Branch of applied science
• Branch of engineering

Fields and areas of research include:

• International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
• Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
• National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
• Institute of Mathematical Science and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
• School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University
• Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China
• Institute of Applied Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• School of Pure and Applied Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
• Department of Applied Physics, University of Karachi
• Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Northern Arizona University

• Nikola Tesla
• Michael Faraday

• Engineering physics/Engineering science
• Outline of applied science
• Outline of engineering
• Outline of physics