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PhD 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. Experimental senior thesis or internship completed by the student as an undergraduate and approved by the graduate advisor and the chair of the Graduate Studies Committee,

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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 application fees: $65 for U.S. graduate applicants and $90 for international graduate applicants. Each graduate program sets its own application deadline.

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

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