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MA Physics at University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin, United States

Programme overview

The Department of Physics has active research groups in ten main areas of current physics research: atomic, molecular, and optical physics; classical physics; nuclear physics; statistical and thermal physics; fusion plasma physics and high energy density plasma physics; condensed matter physics; biophysics; nonlinear dynamics; gravitation and cosmology; and elementary particle physics. In most of these fields both experimental and theoretical work is in progress.

Faculty: College of Natural Sciences  |  Duration: 30 semester credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Austin, TX, United States

What you will study

The programme requires 30 semester credit hours. The Master of Arts is not a part of the qualifying process for the doctoral degree. First-year students plan the first semester registration with the graduate advisor in physics. Students are encouraged to investigate all research groups in the department before selecting a professor to supervise a thesis project. The degree plan is then designed by the student, the supervising professor, and the graduate advisor.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate admission (applies to the programme): It is assumed that the student has an undergraduate background that includes upper-division classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry terms are summer and fall; each graduate program sets its own application deadline.

Graduate application fees: $65 for U.S. graduate applicants and $90 for international graduate applicants; MBA (and dual programs with MBA) $200; MPA $125. Each graduate program sets its own application deadline. Fee waivers are available only to U.S. citizens/permanent residents applying for a first graduate degree (not MBA or MPA).

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/admissions/apply

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