Graduate Program

The Department of Physics and Applied Physics offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy.

M.S. Program
Ph.D. Program
Financial Aid
Application Deadline
Contact Information

Advanced degree recipients currently hold positions in academia, government laboratories, major medical facilities, and industry. Recent graduates have been successful in gaining employment in areas dealing with properties of materials, fiber optics, electro-optics, computer modeling, data analysis software development, radiation safety and protection, and medical physics. Others have obtained postdoctoral appointments at major research universities such as Chicago, Kentucky, Rutgers, and California, Santa Barbara, as well as at national laboratories, such as Los Alamos.

M.S. in Physics

The M.S. degree may be taken in physics or radiological science and protection (health physics) or in the applied physics option in optical sciences. Course requirements for the M.S. program consist of a total of 30 credits, including work on a thesis or project. The M.S. may serve as a basis for further study toward a Ph.D. degree. Students are expected to complete the M.S. program in two years.

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Ph.D. in Physics

The Ph.D. program requires 60 credits, including thesis research. Candidates for the degree must pass a written and oral comprehensive examination and a doctoral research admission examination (taken after successfully completing two semesters of an advanced research project) and demonstrate a proficiency in computer programming. Areas of research include experimental and theoretical nuclear physics, experimental and theoretical solid-state physics and material science, optics,laser physics and far infrared spectroscopy, scattering theory, quantum optics, relativity, particle physics, atmospheric and environmental physics, energy applications, applied mechanics, and radiological sciences.

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Financial Aid

Financial aid is available in the form of teaching and research assistantships. Summer research stipends may also be available for qualified students. In addition, INPO and Department of Energy fellowships are available for students in radiological sciences.

Application Deadline

Applications must be submitted no later than April 1 preceding the fall term in which the applicant wishes to enroll. The general test of the GRE, the TOEFL for international students whose native language is not English, transcripts in duplicate, and three letters of reference are required.

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Contact Us

For more information about our graduate programs, please contact the graduate coordinator:

Dr. Kunnat J. Sebastian
Physics Graduate Coordinator
Department of Physics and Applied Physics
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts 01854

Tel: 978-934-3767

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