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    Physics, PhD

    Program Description

    Graduate students in Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences pursue a PhD in close collaboration with research faculty by leading investigations in a wide range of experimental and theoretical research areas, such as:
    -Astrophysics
    -Biophysics
    -Soft condensed matter
    -Hard condensed matter
    -Gravitational waves
    -High energy physics
    -Optics
    -Quantum information science
    -Solid-state physics

    State-of-the-art laboratories are found in Willamette Hall--home of the Physics Department. Physics graduate students routinely work at one of several research facilities:
    -LIGO Gravitational Wave Collector sites
    -CERN Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland
    -CAMCOR facilities, which house capital-intensive equipment for microanalysis, surface analysis, electron microscopy, semiconductor device fabrication as well as traditional chemical characterization

    Application at a Glance

    Detailed instructions are available on the program’s website. The following are required for your application:


    Program-Specific Application Requirements:
    Letters of Recommendation
    Identifying faculty and research areas of interest
    Statement of Purpose

    Optional:
    GRE (UO Institution Code: 4846)
    GRE Physics Subject Test

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    College of Arts and Sciences
    Campus: Eugene
    Fall 2025
    Priority Deadline -  January 15, 2025
    Final Deadline - January 31, 2025 

    Applications must be submitted and paid for by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on the specified deadline date to be considered eligible.

    This program may accept applications after the posted deadline on a space-available basis. Refer to the program’s website for more details.