Physics Graduate Education
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Requirements
Admission RequirementsRequirements
- 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- 3 letters of recommendation
- GRE Test Scores
Bachelor’s Degree
- civil engineering
- environmental engineering
- closely related engineering field
Application Deadline
Thesis
Non-Thesis
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Additional Opportunities
Distinguished Faculty
Faculty & StaffChristopher Shearer
Mengistu Geza Nisrani
Expand Your Horizons
Career ServicesPossible Industries
- Construction
- Renewable Energy
- Transportation
Career Outcomes
- Civil Engineer
- Environmental Engineer
- Urban Planner
Average Starting Salary
- $55k - $78k per year
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Ph.D. and Masters Programs
Bolstered by its proximity to the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), the nation's leading site for underground nuclear and particle physics, the Ph.D. program at South Dakota Mines provides unique opportunities for research into the underlying principles of the natural world. Our internationally recognized faculty lead students in searches for the dark matter of the universe, studies of the nature of the neutrino and the origin of the chemical elements, as well as research into condensed matter, e.g. phase transitions in ferroelectric and magnetic materials or quantum materials. For more on the departmental research click here.
The mission of the physics Ph.D. program is to provide students with quality graduate instruction and research experiences that will prepare them for various career options in academia, industry, and at national labs. First-year students may be teaching assistants or research assistants; teaching load is light in order to allow an early start in research. Important milestones in the course of our program are the qualifying exam, typically taken after completing the required coursework, and the comprehensive exam, in which students defend their dissertation research scope and plan.
Detailed policies and requirements of the physics graduate program are described in
the Physics Graduate Program Handbook.
Check out Planned Graduate Physics Course Offerings for semester-by-semester graduate course
schedule between 2021 Fall and 2025 Spring.
Physics PhD Program
You can find a link to the Physics PhD program overview, including application requirements, here.
Physics Masters Program
Our graduate program may accept a limited number of MS (Master of Science) applications. You can find a link to the Physics MS program overview here.
Graduate-Program Coordinator
For more information please contact Xinhua Bai at Xinhua.Bai@sdsmt.edu, or 605-858-8806 (mobile).