Admission Requirements

Applications for admission to the Physics, Astrophysics, or Engineering Physics programs require:

• Official transcripts from all institutions of higher education ever attended;

• Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores for both the general and the Physics subject exam;

• An official TOEFL score above 600 (old system), or 230 (new system), for students whose native language is not English.

Additional forms to be completed and returned to the Department are:

• A Department of Physics and Astronomy application form;

• Three letters of recommendation;

• A Graduate College application form.

All these forms are also available on the web at http://www.nhn.ou.edu/grad/.

Generally the Graduate College requires an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (on a 4-point scale) for the last 60 hours of course work, although exceptions are sometimes made at the request of the Department.

To receive application forms, please inquire by:

Letter:

Admissions Committee - Graduate Secretary
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019-0225

Phone:

(800) 522-0772, extension 3961 (toll-free)

FAX:

(405) 325-7557

e-mail:

grad@mail.nhn.ou.edu

Web site:

http://www.nhn.ou.edu