Graduate School Application Details
- All applicants will be considered for Graduate Teaching
Assistantships (GTA). GTA positions cover full tuition, basic health
care coverage and pay a ten month stipend. Teaching duties of GTAs may
include supervision of undergraduate physics laboratories and/or
grading up to a total of about 20 hours per week.
- A complete application must include the following:
- Application form
- Two letters of recommendation
- Official copy of undergraduate and any graduate
transcripts
- Official GRE (general section) scores. There is no
specific minimum score required for entry, but your score may be used
to determine whether you are offered a place. The Physics GRE is not
required, but a good score will likely improve your chance of receiving
an offer.
- International students must also provide:
- Official ToEFL scores (for applicants for whom english
is a second language). Required scores are either 213 (computer based
test), 80 (internet based test) or 550 (paper based test).
- Financial declaration statement.
- If you wish to be considered for the Dillon Fellowship, which
includes the benefits of a GTA position with a larger monthly stipend, but
without the teaching responsibilities of the GTA, you must submit additional materials as described.
- Specific details of the application requirements may be
found at the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies on-line
application site . Applications are accepted either on-line
(preferred)
or by completion of a hard-copy application form. Note that there is a
non- refundable application fee whichever method you choose.
- On-line application:
Full instructions are found at the School of Interdisciplinary and
Graduate Studies on-line
application
site . The application fee may be paid with VISA or Mastercard.
Application forms and directions
are available at the
on-line
application site . If you decide to follow
this route you should send the complete application directly to the
address below (not the Graduate School).
Graduate Program Director
Department of Physics
102 Natural Sciences Building
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Application fee check should be made payable to "University of
Louisville".
- There are no specific deadlines for applications. Initial
offers for Fall entry are made in early March. Therefore, in order to
ensure consideration for Fall entry your complete application should be
received no later than February 15. Applications received after this date will be
considered for any remaining places. Spring entry positions are rare;
to be considered for such a position we should have your application on
file before mid October.
