Overview

Department of Physics / Department of Physics is located in Middletown, CT, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Master of Arts (MA)	BA/

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	5

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Thesis Required
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General and GRE physics (highly recommended) Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Applying

0

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 31st	January 31st	Yes

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General and GRE physics (highly recommended)
Doctoral Degree Requirements	3 recommendations and a statement of purpose

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 80

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	April 15
Types of financial support available	Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships

Student Body

12

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	Not Reported
Black or African American	Not Reported
White or Caucasian	Not Reported
American Indian or Alaska Native	Not Reported
Asian	Not Reported
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	Not Reported
Two or more races	Not Reported
Unknown	100%

Gender

Male (50%)

Female (50%)

Faculty

10

Total faculty

Full-time - 10

Part-time - 0

Male (8)

Female (2)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Rydberg states in strong fields, molecular collisions, photo-ionization, laser-produced plasmas, quantum fluids, granular and turbulent fluid flows, lipid membranes and hydration dynamics, single-molecule biophysics, optoelectronics of renewable energy materials, nonlinear dynamics, quantum chaos, properties of nanostructures, soft condensed matter, wave transport in complex media
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address 265 Church Street
Exley Science Center
Middletown, CT  06459
United States

Contact Fred Ellis
Chair - Physics Department
Email: fellis@wesleyan.edu
Phone: 860-685-2046

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