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Graduate Programs

The University of Maine is unique in having degree programs in Engineering Physics, besides our outstanding B.A., B.S. and Graduate degrees in Physics.

Your involvement with UMaine’s Department of Physics and Astronomy will greatly impact your life. Graduates from our programs have a high probability of success with the following advantages:

  • Good record of post-graduate placement
  • Wide-ranging research areas
  • Research Centers in – LASST and IMB
  • Medium-sized program with small class size
  • Programs may be started in both the fall and spring semesters
  • Calendar year Teaching Assistantships pay $18,500 and include tuition waiver and subsidized health insurance
  • Research Assistantships and fellowships available
  • IGERT Fellowships in Functional Genomics and Sensor Science, Engineering and Informatics
  • Tuition waivers

We have 14 faculty members who are active in teaching and research–with over 50 combined research fields. Multidisciplinary research projects are facilitated with the Departments of Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Biochemistry, and Geological Sciences.

Students can choose their research topics from a wide range of theoretical or experimental areas, including, but not limited to the following:

For more information, contact:

James McClymer, Graduate Coordinator
Rm. 213, Bennett Hall
(207)581-1034

We also have an interdisciplinary program for science and mathematics teachers. For more information about the MST Program (Master of Science in Teaching), contact:

Susan McKay, Director of the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (the RISE Center)
Rm. 104, Bennett Hall
(207)581-1019