The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook offers a diverse program and consistently ranks amongst the best in the country. In the latest US News and World Report survey we are in the top 25 programs overall with our Nuclear Physics program among the top 4. The CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics is a leading center for high energy physics, string theory and statistical mechanics. An exciting new opportunity is the recently created Simons Center for Geometry and Physics with focus on the interface of physics and mathematics. It will be housed in a building that is presently under construction.

Stony Brook co-manages nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory which conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in climate and energy technologies. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities that include the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) and its successor now under construction, NSLS-II. Stony Brook is the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities with over 600 faculty, staff, and students involved in collaborative research.

Our PhD program is among the largest in the US. Including the opportunities offered by BNL, research possibilities can be found in virtually all areas of Physics and Astronomy. A large fraction of our alumni have faculty positions. Others hold leadership positions in industry and government.

In addition to the Ph.D. program we offer three Master Degrees: the Master of Science in Instrumentation (MSI) program, the Master of Arts (MA) degree in Physics, and the Master of Art degree in Teaching (MAT).

The MSI program has a long tradition of training professional physicists for careers in research at the frontiers of knowledge in universities, modern industries, government labs, hospitals, and other technologically oriented enterprises. The MSI program is coordinated with the needs of NSLS-II, and many of our graduates may find attractive job opportunities there.

The MA program gives students the opportunity to earn a degree in one year. Many students in this program move on to a PhD program at Stony Brook or elsewhere.

The MAT program prepares students for careers as high school physics teachers. This program is offered in collaboration with the School of Professional Development.

With about 180 graduate students our community is an exciting environment that is conducive to first class work. Our graduates are in leading postions at Universities and National Laboratories in the US and all over the world.

Apply for September, 2010 admission via this link: https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=sunysb-gs . We are not accepting paper applications. The deadline is February 1 in most cases. Please upload supporting documents (transcripts,etc.) electronically and have your school send two official copies of your transcript to Admissions, Dept. Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3800, USA. Additional information on applications can be found at this link.