Important Dates
Applications for the Ph.D. Program Open October 1, 2025
Applications for the Master's Program Open October 20, 2025
Applications for the Accelerated Master's Program Open October 20, 2025
Application FAQs
Yes. Please submit (online!) all other materials by the deadline date and indicate when you took the exam(s) and expect to get the results. If necessary, we can hold your application until the scores arrive.
Yes. Copies of these scores are fine for initial review. If you are accepted into our program, we will require official (original) TOEFL scores.
Contacts
Erich Varnes
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Physics
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 626-0217
Email: varnes@arizona.edu
Clare DeBuhr
Graduate Coordinator
Department of Physics
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 621-2290
Email: debuhrc@arizona.edu
Graduate Student Representatives
Department of Physics
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Email: phys-admission-grads@arizona.edu
Financial Aid
Graduate Teaching Assistantships are provided to all incoming students and in special cases Research Assistantships may be arranged with individual faculty members. These assistantships provide tuition, health insurance and a stipend.