Work alongside award-winning faculty while earning an M.S. or Ph.D. in Physics, Applied Physics, or Astronomy.
Work alongside award-winning faculty while earning an M.S. or Ph.D. in Physics, Applied Physics, or Astronomy.
The Department of Physics offers undergraduate programs leading to both BS and BA degrees. The Bachelor of Arts program offers a specialization in physics to students desiring a general cultural education.
About 120 doctoral students in the UVa Physics graduate program perform research with 40 standing faculty and more than 20 postdoctoral fellows and research scientists, plus visiting scholars and full-time scientific support staff.
Our professors advise and collaborate with our graduate students, offering the personal attention necessary for students to reach their fullest potential. Physics graduate students have landed positions at highly-prestigious organizations.
We are a department where award-winning research and exceptional teaching combine to advance the frontiers of physics.
Explore space, time, matter and the many other intriguing elements of the physical world.
The Master of Science program in Applied Physics is an interdisciplinary program that offers students the opportunity to complete graduate studies in physics with a particular emphasis on applied research and technology development for the industry.
UC Merced is the 10th and newest campus of the University of California, located in the Central Valley. We are a young, energetic, diverse, and growing department of 20 faculty and around 60 PhD students, from all over the US and the world.