With five different areas of study—astrophysics, biophysics, particle physics, condensed matter and physics education research—Drexel’s physics PhD program gives students the flexibility to pursue ...

Linda Nordling is a freelance journalist in Cape Town, South Africa. When Calvin Santiago Lee decided to look beyond his home in the United States for a PhD position, finances played a decisive part. ...

Comps III is also known as Admission to Candidacy and serves two purposes. First is to demonstrate your knowledge of the field and your work. Second is to ensure that you have a plan in place to ...

Ariella Atencio is one of only 62 PhD students across the nation selected for the prestigious Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. As a third-year ...

Most students who earn a PhD in physics build careers outside of research. Meet four physicists who went from particle physics research to teaching high school physics and math. As a kid growing up in ...