PhD in Physics
Graduate study is offered in the Department of Physics and Astronomy leading to the degrees of Master of Science in Physics and to the Doctor of Philosophy in Physics at Mississippi State University.
Duration
5 years
Starting Date
January, August
Tuition Fee
$ 26,580/year
Location
Starkville, United States
About the program
All PhD students are strongly encouraged to dual enroll in the MS program, and receive a non-thesis MS in Physics along the way. The Graduate Committee has at least four Physics graduate faculty with the major professor as chair. In addition, in the Physics PhD program, an external graduate faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences must be included, and for the Engineering PhD program a graduate faculty from the Bagley College of Engineering must be included.
Students of the Physics program at Mississippi State University are required to attempt all four written preliminary examinations within two and a half years after entering the program. If a student does not pass the four written preliminary examinations, she/he will be encouraged to complete the MS-Thesis-Option program. For this scenario, it would be advantageous to be dual-enrolled at the time of the failing of the exams. For Engineering PhD students, her/his Graduate Committee may require a written Engineering preliminary examination.
Research areas
- Computational physics
- Theoretical and experimental optics
- Diagnostics using the techniques of laser spectroscopy
- Experimental and theoretical nuclear structure physics
- Intermediate energy nuclear physics
- Experimental and applied electromagnetic scattering
- Astrophysics
- Astrochemistry
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