Lawrence University

Department of Physics

LINKS TO GRADUATE PROGRAMS

General Information

Comparison of graduate schools. Specifically, this site contains information comparing graduate schools with respect to degree requirements, faculty, funding, stipends, GRE scores, and more.

Climate for Women Physicists. This site records responses of 100 graduate schools to survey questions on the topic.

American Institute of Physics statistics on graduate schools

Fellowships

National Science Foundation Fellowships
National Physical Science Consortium (Minorities/Women)
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities
Graduate Record Examinations Home Page
National Physical Science Consortium Fellowships (1/06)
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowships (12/04)
Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Fellowships (1/06)
N ational Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (1/06)

Programs in Physics/Astronomy/Astrophysics

University of Kentucky
Vanderbilt University (12/04)
University of North Carolina: Physics and Astronomy (12/03)
University of Florida (1/06)
Tufts University (1/06)
University of California-Irvine: Physics and Astronomy (12/04)
Colorado State University: Physics and Applied Physics
Iowa State University-Ames: Physics and Astronomy
University of Iowa: Physics and Astronomy
Montana State University: Physics (1/06)
University of Notre Dame: Physics
University of New Mexico: Physics
William and Mary: Physics
Ohio State University-Columbus: Physics (12/04)
Case-Western Reserve University: Physics
Washington University-St. Louis: Physics
University of Houston: Physics
Princeton University: Plasma Physics
Brandeis University: Physics
Brown University: Physics
Carnegie Mellon University: Physics
Duke: University (1/06)
Georgia Institute of Technology: Physics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Physics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Astrophysics
University of Indiana - Bloomington: Physics
Michigan State University: Physics-Astronomy
Northwestern University: Physics and Astronomy
Oregon State University: Physics
Pennsylvania State University: Physics (1/04)
University of Minnesota - St. Paul: Physics (12/04)
Purdue University: Physics
Rutgers University: Physics/Astronomy (1/06)
SUNY-Stony Brook: Physics
Syracuse University: Physics
University of California-Davis: Physics
University of California-Los Angeles: Physics/Astronomy
University of California-Santa Barbara: Physics
University of Massachusetts-Amherst: Physics/Astronomy
University of Arizona: Physics
University of Maryland: Physics
University of Pennsylvania: Physics/Astronomy
University of Rochester: Physics/Astronomy
University of Texas at Austin: Physics
University of Washington: Physics
University of Virginia: Physics
Temple University: Physics
University of Oklahoma: Physics/Astronomy (12/03)
University of Tennessee: Space Institute (12/03)
University of Central Florida: Physics
Washington State University: Physics (12/04)
University of North Dakota: Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Astronomy/Astrophysics (12/03)
Lehigh University: Physics (1/06)
University of Connecticut: Physics
Dartmouth: Physics and Astronomy
Kent State University
Old Dominion University: Physics
University of Alabama-Huntsville: Physics
Johns Hopkins University: Physics and Astronomy (1/06)
Boston University: Astronomy
Boston University: Physics (12/04Boston)
Southern Methodist University-Dallas: Physics
New York University: Physics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Physics and Astronomy (12/03)
Tulane University (12/04)
New Mexico Tech (1/06)
University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee (12/03)
Colorado School of Mines (1/06)
Clark University (12/03)
Northeastern University (1/06)
Illinois Institute of Technology (12/03)
University of Toronto (12/03)
Creighton University (1/06)
University of Alaska -- Fairbanks (1/06)
Southern Illinois University

Programs in Computational Physics

University of Alaska -- Fairbanks (1/06)

Programs in Optics/Optical Science/Optical Engineering

University of Rochester: Institute of Optics
University of Dayton: Electro-Optics Program
University of Alabama-Huntsville: Optical Science and Engineering
University of Oregon: Optics
University of New Mexico: Optical Sciences and Engineering

Programs in Nuclear Physics/Nuclear Engineering

Michigan State University: Nuclear Physics/Nuclear Chemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology: Nuclear Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Engineering Physics, Engineering Mechanics, Nuclear Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Nuclear Engineering (1/06)

Programs in Health Physics/Medical Physics

Georgia Institute of Technology: Health Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Medical Physics

Try also the Mayo Clinic.

Programs in Applied Physics/Applied Mathematics/Applied Science

University of Arizona: Applied Mathematics
Rice University: Applied Physics
Columbia University : Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics
University of California-Davis: Applied Science
William and Mary: Applied Science
Yale University: Engineering and Applied Science
Northwestern University: Applied Mathematics
University of Virginia: Engineering Physics (12/03)

Programs in Public Policy/Business

Purdue University: Krannert School: Masters in Management
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology: Masters in Computational Finance
New York University: Courant Institute Masters in Mathematics in Finance
Columbia University: Master of Arts in Mathematics/Mathematics of Finance
University of Minnesota: Public Affairs and Regional Planning
University of Southern California: Professional Masters in Physics for Business Applications
University of Minnesota: Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Carnegie Mellon University: Engineering and Public Policy
Georgetown University: Physics and Business (1/06)
Bentley McCallum Braduate School of Business

Programs in Atmospheric Science/Oceanography

University of Maryland: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Climate Physics and Chemistry
University of Illinois: Atmospheric Sciences

Try also the University of Rhode Island, the University of Wisconsin, and Northwestern University.

Masters in Physics/Physics Teaching

University of Vermont
Duke University: Master of Arts in Teaching
Bard College: Master of Arts in Teaching (1/04)
Colgate University: Master of Arts in Teaching
University of Chicago: Masters in Physical Sciences

Programs in Other Related Areas

OGI School of Science and Engineering; Environmental and biomolecular Systems (1/04)
University of Alaska -- Fairbanks: Marine Biology, Oceanography (1/06)
Rice University: Biochemistry; Cell Biology (12/03)
University of Maryland: Chemical Physics
University of Nevada: Chemical Physics (1/06)
George Washington University: Joint Institute for Advancement of Flight Sciences
New York University: Masters of Science in Scientific Computing; Courant Institute
University of Minnesota-Duluth: Physical Limnology
University of Charleston: Masters in Environmental Studies
University of Minnesota Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Oklahoma: History of Science (12/03)
University of Minnesota: History of Science and Technology (12/04)

University of Oklahoma
Master of Science in Engineering Physics
E-mail: bondy@mail.nhn.ou.edu

Programs in Materials Science/Engineering

University of Florida: Materials Science and Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Materials Science
University of Illinois: Materials Science and Engineering
University of Minnesota: Materials Science Programs
University of Vermont: Materials Science
University of California-Irvine: Chemical and Materials Physics
California Institute of Technology: Materials Science (12/03)

Programs in Biophysics/Biomedical Areas

University of California -- San Francisco (1/06)
SUNY Albany: Environmental Health and Toxicology (12/03) (12/03)
SUNY Albany: Department of Biomedical Sciences (1/06)
Washington University, St. Louis: Biology and Biomedical Sciences (12/03) (12/03)
California Institute of Technology: Computation and Neural Systems (12/03)
University of Virginia: Biophysics
Vanderbilt University: Molecular Biophysics
Washington University: Biophysics et al.
University of Connecticut: Biomedical Science
University of Florida: Biomedical Engineering
Florida State University: Molecular Biophysics
University of Michigan: Biophysics
University of Michigan: Molecular Biophysics
Johns Hopkins: Molecular and Computational Biophysics (1/06)
Rice University: Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Rice University: Houston Area Molecular Biophysics Program
University of Alabama-Birmingham: Cellular and Molecular Biology (12/03)
University of Rochester: Biophysics; Structural Biology (12/03)
University of Rochester: Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biochemistry
University of Rochester: Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology (12/03)
University of Pennsylvania: Biomedical Graduate Studies
SUNY-Stony Brook: Biophysics
University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston: Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics
University of Virginia Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs (1/04)

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Graduate Programs in Biomedical Sciences
E-mail: bridgette.harrison@uc.edu

Three-Two Engineering

Columbia University
Washington University

Other Opportunities

Peace Corps
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Writing about Science (12/03)