Department of Physics and Astronomy (Graduate)

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Website URL:

http://www.physics.purdue.edu/academic-programs/graduate/index.html

Department/School Head:

John P. Finley

Admission Requirements:

Master’s Degree Program Basic Requirements

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
  3.0 or equivalent required
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
  Required – no minimum score has been set
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Subject Test:
  Physics-required-no minimum score set

International Applicant Requirements:

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
  3.0 or equivalent required
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
  Required – no minimum score set
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Subject Test:
  Physics-required-no minimum score set
• TOEFL for Non-Native English Speakers:
  Minimum Paper-Based Test (PBT) Score Required: 550
  Minimum Internet-Based Test (IBT) Overall Score Required: 77
  With the following minimum section requirements:
  Reading: 19
  Listening: 14
  Speaking: 18
  Writing: 18
• IELTS (Academic Module):
  An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 6.5 or higher will be accepted
• Pearson Test of English (PTE) (Academic Module):
  An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 58 or higher will be accepted
• TWE for Non-Native English Speakers:
  Not required, but recommended

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

• M.S.
• Ph.D.

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

• Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• Applied Physics
• Astrophysics
• Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
• Biological Physics
• Condensed Matter Physics
• High Energy Nuclear Physics
• High Energy Particle Physics
• Physics Education
• Planetary Physics and Geophysics

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

Virgil E. Barnes II
Lynn Bryan
Marc Caffee
Erica Carlson
Thomas E. Clark
Wei Cui
Stephen M. Durbin
Daniel S. Elliott
John P. Finley
Ephraim Fischbach
Chris Greene
Laszlo J. Gutay
Andrew S. Hirsch
Sergei Khlebnikov
Yeong E. Kim
David S. Koltick
Martin Kruczenski
Matthew L. Lister
Sherwin T. Love
Maxim Lyutikov
Michael J. Manfra
Jay Melosh
David H. Miller
Thomas J. Moffett
Paul F. Muzikar
Hisao Nakanishi
Norbert Neumeister
David D. Nolte
Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte
Anant K. Ramdas
N. Sanjay Rebello
Ronald G. Reifenberger
Ken Ritchie
Francis Robicheaux
Leonid Rokhinson
Brijesh K. Srivastava
Fuqiang Wang

Associate Professor

Yong P. Chen
Gabor Csathy
Mark P. Haugan
Jiangping Hu
Matthew Jones
Brigit Kaufmann
Yuli Lyanda-Geller
Maxim Lyutikov
Oana Malis
Denes Molnar
John Peterson
Yulia Pushkar
Jorge H. Rodriguez
Sergei Savikhin
Wei Xie
Chen Yang

Assistant Professor

Rudro R. Biswas
Dimitrios Giannios
Chen-Lung Hung
Srividya Iyer-Biswas
Andreas Jung
Rafael Lang
Kyoung-Soo Lee
Tongcang Li
Nathaniel A. Lifton
Andrew Mugler

Programs

• Physics, PHD

• Physics, MS

Courses

• ASTR 56000 - Stellar Evolution
• ASTR 56100 - Galaxies And Large Scale Structure
• ASTR 56200 - Introduction To High Energy Astrophysics
• ASTR 56300 - Astroparticle Physics
• ASTR 56700 - Observational Techniques In Astronomy

• PHYS 51000 - Physical Mechanics
• PHYS 51500 - Thermal And Statistical Physics
• PHYS 52100 - Survey Of Classical Physics
• PHYS 52200 - Coherent Optics And Quantum Electronics
• PHYS 52600 - Physics Of Quantum Computing And Quantum Information
• PHYS 53000 - Electricity And Magnetism
• PHYS 53600 - Electronic Techniques For Research
• PHYS 54500 - Solid-State Physics
• PHYS 55000 - Introduction To Quantum Mechanics
• PHYS 55600 - Introductory Nuclear Physics
• PHYS 56000 - Stellar Evolution
• PHYS 56100 - Galaxies And Large Scale Structure
• PHYS 56200 - Introduction To High Energy Astrophysics
• PHYS 56300 - Astroparticle Physics
• PHYS 56400 - Introduction To Elements Particle Physics
• PHYS 56500 - Introduction To Elementary Particle Physics II
• PHYS 56600 - Introduction To Quantum Chromodynamics
• PHYS 56700 - Observational Techniques In Astronomy
• PHYS 57000 - Selected Topics In Physics
• PHYS 57500 - Relativity Theory
• PHYS 58000 - Computational Physics
• PHYS 59000 - Reading And Research
• PHYS 59300 - Independent Research
• PHYS 59500 - Instructional Design In Physical Science
• PHYS 60000 - Methods Of Theoretical Physics I
• PHYS 60100 - Methods Of Theoretical Physics II
• PHYS 60200 - Methods Of Theoretical Physics IIIA
• PHYS 60300 - Methods Of Theoretical Physics IIIB
• PHYS 60500 - Pedagogical Methods For Physics Graduate Students
• PHYS 61000 - Advanced Theoretical Mechanics
• PHYS 61700 - Statistical Mechanics
• PHYS 61800 - Advanced Statistical Mechanics
• PHYS 63000 - Advanced Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism
• PHYS 63100 - Advanced Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism
• PHYS 64500 - Electron Theory Of Solids I
• PHYS 64600 - Electron Theory Of Solids II
• PHYS 65800 - Theoretical Techniques Of Elementary Particle Physics I
• PHYS 65900 - Theoretical Techniques Of Elementary Particle Physics II
• PHYS 66000 - Quantum Mechanics I
• PHYS 66100 - Quantum Mechanics II
• PHYS 66200 - Quantum Field Theory I
• PHYS 66300 - Quantum Field Theory II
• PHYS 66400 - Quantum Theory Of Many-Body Systems
• PHYS 67000 - Selected Topics In Physics
• PHYS 67200 - Advanced Physics Laboratory
• PHYS 67500 - General Relativity
• PHYS 69600 - Introduction To Physics Research
• PHYS 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• PHYS 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

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