On the TV show "The Big Bang Theory," roommates Sheldon and Leonard serve as research physicists at which university?

Starting in 2007 until now, two key characters on the sitcom, "The Big Bang Theory" Dr. Leonard Leakey Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper (Jim Parsons) do not have careers as teachers in higher education. They work at Caltech University and have jobs as research physicists. Sheldon, is a theoretical physicist and Leonard, is a experimental physicist. It is not clear if Leonard tries to practically prove (or work out) some of Sheldon's theories dealing with physics.

In this series the guys do have to occasionally teach or give lectures, but mostly their job is to bring money (grants) to the school through prestige and accomplishments. They are required to do their research in a vacuum, working alone, although in reality they would have graduate assistants, who would be paid to work with them. These assistants would absorb knowledge and help to discover new theories. The graduate assistants are most likely the individuals that will teach most of the student classes, especially first and second year students.

When it was started and premiered on the CBS TV network, "The Big Bang Theory" was created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. The jobs that Leonard and Sheldon have had on the show have always been as physicists.