The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook offers a diverse program, covering nearly all areas of our field, 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, and our Nuclear Physics program was the 4th best in the nation. Our theoretical physics program at the Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, iniated by C.N. Yang, is a leading center for high energy physics, string theory and statistical mechanics. An exiting new opportunity for sudents is the recently created Simons Center for Geometry and Physics with focus on modern developments in string theory. It will be housed in a new building that 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) a nd 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.

In addition to the Ph.D. program we offer a Master of Science in Instrumentation (MSI) program. This 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.

With about about 180 graduate students and 35 Ph.D.'s each year 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 January 15. Please upload supporting documents (transcripts,etc.) electronicaly and have your school send two official copies of your transcript to Admissions, Dept. Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, NY 11794-3800, USA. Additional information on applications can be found at this link.