Introduction

The University of Connecticut formally inaugurated its graduate program in 1949, and the first Ph.D. in Physics was awarded in 1954. Graduate education and research in physics developed rapidly after that date. At the 2001 Commencement, the University of Connecticut awarded 7 Ph.D. and 6 M.S. degrees in Physics. Graduates who have earned their advanced degrees in physics at the University of Connecticut now hold positions on university and college faculties or work as researchers or administrators in industry or in government laboratories. Some have organized and direct companies that offer technical services or that manufacture products they developed.

The Physics Department occupies a five-story 81,000 square foot building placed in the Edward V. Gant Science Complex, which also contains the Institute of Materials Science, as well as the Mathematical Science Building housing the Departments of Mathematics and the University Computer Center. Some of the research facilities in the Institute of Materials Science are devoted to investigations in physics, and are under the direction of members of the physics faculty. In 1995, the legislature of the State of Connecticut enacted and the Governor signed UCONN 2000, an act that provides $1 billion -- the proceeds of a special bond issue to be raised between 1995 and 2005 -- for developing and refurbishing the University's physical plant and facilities. UCONN 2000 funds are now supporting extensive renovations and new construction projects, many of which -- a new Chemistry Building, for example -- have been completed. UCONN 2000 funds have also been used to provide for a very significant expansion of the Physics Department's laboratory and office space and to complete the Gant Science Complex quadrangle with a building to house research facilities in Physics and Biology which is currently under construction.

This brochure is intended to offer prospective applicants for admission information about the Physics Department, to help them decide whether graduate study here is appropriate for their career objectives. Further information may be requested by writing to

Attn: Nicole Hryvniak
Department of Physics
2152 Hillside Road, Unit 3046
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-3046

or by calling

(860) 486-0449.

E-mail inquiries can be addressed to Nicole Hryvniak at

gradphysics@uconn.edu

Telefax requests and inquiries may be sent to

(860) 486-3346.

Additional information about academic and research programs and about faculty personnel is available by World Wide Web via the Physics Department Home Page

http://www.phys.uconn.edu

The Graduate Catalog may be obtained from the Graduate Admissions Office (see next section for the address).