Physics - PHD - Astrophysics Emphasis

The Physics graduate program at UCSB is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 physics programs in the US. Faculty members in the department are engaged in research in particle physics/gravity, astrophysics, condensed matter physics, atomic, molecular, and optical physics, and the physics of soft and living matters. Interdisciplinary research with faculty in engineering and the biological sciences is a hallmark of UCSB's campus culture. Graduate students in the department work toward their Ph.D. degree by pursuing cutting-edge research under the supervision of one or more faculty members.

• Government

• Research

• Academia

• High Tech companies, eg, Google, Apple

• Universities, eg, University of Chicago, Caltech

• National Laboratories, eg, Fermilab, JPL

• While our Department is relatively small, it's now ranked among the top 10 graduate programs in the nation

• Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Mathematics

• Chemistry

• Materials

• Mechanical Engineering

• Technology

• Data science

• Space

• Healthcare

• Engineering

• Energy

https://www.physics.ucsb.edu/education/graduate (a new one will be lauched in Summer 2023)