Overview

A graduate Physics education should stimulate intellectual excitement and instill the knowledge, skills, confidence, independence, and versatility needed for a successful career in either the sciences or other quantitative or technical fields.

Essential to this goal is a talented, enthusiastic, and imaginative faculty committed to the professional development of graduate students. We have such a faculty here at Pennsylvania State University.

Objectives

Graduates shall demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding in physics core knowledge (statistical mechanics, theoretical mechanics, classical electrodynamics, and quantum physics) and experimental, observational, and theoretical methodologies, that underpin the practice of modern physics.
Graduates shall have a specialty area within the broad domain of physics, within which they shall demonstrate (i) advanced knowledge and understanding of the primary literature, (ii) the ability to analyze and judge new contributions to the primary literature, (iii) the ability to pose complex research problem(s) and identify the knowledge and methodologies required to address them, and (iv) the ability to apply that knowledge and those methodologies to create new knowledge and/or develop new experimental techniques that advance (or show the potential to advance) knowledge and understanding within the specialty area.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Field Theory
Interface of General Relativity and Quantum Physics
Particle Astrophysics
Modern Atomic Physics
Laser Physics and Quantum Optics
Network Science and Its Applications

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

14 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

University Park, United States

Disciplines

Physics View 190 other PhDs in Physics in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

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Required

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Other requirements

General requirements

Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores are not required for admission. Submission is welcome if available.
A bachelor's degree in physics or an allied field is required for admission to the Ph.D. program. Students with a 2.50 or higher junior/senior grade-point average (on a 4.00 scale) in physics and mathematics will be considered.
Exceptions to the minimum 2.50 GPA may be made for students with special backgrounds, abilities, and interests. Exceptions may also be made for applicants for doctoral programs who have completed master's degrees at other institutions.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

28392 USD / full

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Out-of-State

28392 USD / full

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Domestic

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In-State

16128 USD / full

≈ 16128 USD / full

Living costs

University Park

United States

1000 - 1500 USD / month

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