Step 1:

Review materials needed for application.

:: Personal Information
:: Degree Program
:: Current Address
:: Permanent Address
:: Residency
:: Test Scores
:: Academic History
:: Statement of Purpose
:: Supporting Data
:: Honors
:: Correspondence
:: Financial Support
:: Survey
:: Waiver

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Step 2:

Complete Online Application:

Electronic Application

    Application Fee   
        Domestic Applicants (U.S. Citizens and Permanent U.S. Residents): $60
        For details regarding application fee waivers, please visit the Office of Graduate Studies website:

http://www.rgs.uci.edu/grad/prospective/fee_waivers.htm

International Applicants: $80 (foreign applicants are NOT eligible for graduate application fee waivers - no exceptions).

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Step 3:

Submit all supporting application materials.

All supporting application materials for the Physics and Physics/ChaMP programs should be sent to:

University of California, Irvine
Graduate Admissions Committee
Department of Physics and Astronomy
4129 Frederick Reines Hall
Irvine, CA  92697-4575

Materials for All Applicants:

Official transcripts  - TWO COPIES - from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended (Foreign students' transcripts must be in their home language, as well as translated into English).

Official General GRE scores - taken within five years of date of entry

Official Physics Subject GRE score - taken within five years of date of entry

Three letters of recommendation -  For more information regarding letter submission, please visit:

http://www.rgs.uci.edu/grad/prospective/letter_of_rec.htm

TOEFL score (Taken within two years of date of entry) The TOEFL is required for anyone whose primary language is not English, unless you have received a Master’s degree in the US. For additional information about the TOEFL requirement, please visit: http://www.rgs.uci.edu/grad/prospective/toefl.htm

Additional Materials for International Applicants Only:

TSE score (Foreign students only - highly recommended, but not required for admission)


Student & Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) program

Qualifying international 1st year Ph.D. students will receive a "SEVIS Stipend" in the amount of $100. To qualify, students must have paid the SEVIS* fee, and must be enrolled at UCI for Fall quarter of their entering year - the SEVIS stipend only applies to international students.  For more information, visit:

http://www.ice.gov/sevis/

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Step 4:

Review and verify that the application is complete.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy will send applicants email verification once application materials have been received.

View online to see decision status of your application

Priority Deadline is January 15.

Please contact physgrad@uci.edu for any questions regarding the application process.