Overview

Department of Physics / Department of Physics is located in Bloomington, IN, in a small setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)	Physics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Physics
Master of Science (MS)	Medical physics
Master of Science (MS)	Physics

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	16
Doctoral Degrees	16

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test, GRE Subject Test (physics) Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Required for some Qualifying exam
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test, GRE Subject Test (physics) Comp Exam Required Thesis Required Qualifying exam

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

110

Applied

67

Accepted

24

Enrolled

Applying

55

Application Fee - Domestic

65

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 15th	December 1st	No
Spring deadline	October 1st	September 1st	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test, GRE Subject Test (physics)
Master's Degree Requirements	Minimum GPA of 3.0
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test, GRE Subject Test (physics)
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Minimum GPA of 3.0

Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees

$253,220

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	April 15
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits

Student Body

97

Total Graduate Students

36%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	7.22%
Black or African American	2.06%
White or Caucasian	52%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	1.03%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	1.03%
Unknown	0%

Gender

Male (86%)

Female (13%)

Faculty

46

Total faculty

Full-time - 35

Part-time - 11

Male (41)

Female (5)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

Accelerator physics, astrophysics and cosmology, biophysics (biocomplexity, neural networks, visual systems, chemical signaling), condensed matter physics (neutron scattering, complex fluids, quantum computing), particle physics (collider physics, hybrid mesons, lattice gauge, symmetries, collider phenomenology), neutrino physics, nuclear physics (proton and neutron physics, neutrinos, symmetries, nuclear astrophysics, hadron structure)

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

4,278,000

Location & Contact

Address Swain Hall West 117, 727 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN  47405
United States

Contact Prof. David Baxter
Department Chair
Email: iubphys@indiana.edu
Phone: 812-855-8337
Fax: 812-855-5533

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