Our Graduate Program

• CURRENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
• Departmental Research and Facilities
• Special Section: Highlights of Our Research
• Research Faculty
• The University-Oak Ridge National Lab Connection
• How to Apply/General Admission Requirements
• FINANCIAL SUPPORT (Stelson Fellowship, Assistantships, etc.)
• The Master's Program (Program Description/Requirements)
• The Doctoral Program (Program Description/Requirements)
• 2007-2008 Graduate Handbook for Physics Students [.pdf file]
• Minor in Statistics Option
• UT Graduate Catalog 2007-2008
• Forms (Admission to Candidacy, etc.) for Graduate Students
• The University and Knoxville
• Physics Today Career Network Web Site
• Careers in Medical Physics (from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine)
• Current Oak Ridge National Laboratory Openings for Postdocs and Other Postgraduates



• Note: Students working under the previous requirements can find them outlined in the Fall 2001 Graduate Handbook (.pdf)

Geared Toward the Individual

Our research program, one of the strongest at the University, includes studies ranging from DNA structure to recreating the Big Bang to understanding the atomic arrangements of surfaces. Our campus is not limited to real estate in Knoxville, but also includes research facilities at nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a host of other research centers throughout the world (at Stanford, Brookhaven National Lab, CRYRING in Stockholm, and ISIS in England, just to name a few). Graduate students are important partners in University physics research, teaming up with a distinguished faculty that includes two University-ORNL Distinguished Scientists, the University's Lincoln Chair of Excellence, and eight University-ORNL Joint Faculty Professors.

Important Contacts:

Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Tennessee
401 Nielsen Physics Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-3342 (phone)
865-974-7843 (fax)
physics@utk.edu

University of Tennessee Graduate School

University of Tennessee Office of Graduate and International Admissions