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1 | Institution Name | Department Name | Institution Country | Institution State/Province | Program URL | Degrees Offered | Fields of Research Related to Solar Physics | Potential Faculty Advisors | General GRE Required? | Subject GRE Required? | Fall Application Deadline | URL to Admission Information | Funding Information | Contact Person | Contact Email | Additional Information | |||||||
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3 | Catholic University of America | Physics | United States | Maryland | https://physics.catholic.edu/academics/graduate | MS, PhD | Solar Physics, Space Plasma Physics, Heliophysics, Magnetospheric Physics, Space Weather | Vadim Uritsky, Robert Robinson | Yes | No | July 01 (foreign students); July 15 (domestic students) | http://physics.catholic.edu/admission/graduate | TA for 1-2 years, RA at NASA/Goddard | Vadim Uritsky | uritsky@cua.edu | PhD research in solar and space physics is conducted in close collaboration with the Heliophysics Division at NASA/Goddard, with a wide selection of available projects involving SDO, PSP, SolO, Punch, MMS, and many others missions. A fast-track MS in Applied Space Weather Research is also available. | |||||||
4 | George Mason University | Department of Physics and Astronomy | United States | Virginia | https://physics.gmu.edu | PhD | flares, CMEs, solar magnetism, corona, space weather, heliophysics, ICMEs, plasma, magnetic reconnection | Jie Zhang, Robert Weigel, Erdal Yigit | Yes | No | January 1 | https://science.gmu.edu/academics/departments-units/physics-and-astronomy-department/physics-phd | TA for two years guaranteed, RA, Fellowship possible | Jie Zhang | jzhang7@gmu.edu | ||||||||
6 | Georgia State University | Department of Physics & Astronomy | United States | Atlanta, GA | https://www.phy-astr.gsu.edu | PhD | Stellar convective zones, Helioseismology, Space weather, Astroinformatics, Magnetohydrodynamical simulations | Stuart Jefferies, Jane Pratt, Piet Martens | Yes | No | January 15 | https://graduate.gsu.edu/how-to-apply/apply/ | TA/ RA for 4-5 years from GSU. Students are encouraged to apply for NASA/NSF fellowships. | Petrus Martens | Martens@astro.gsu.edu | ||||||||
7 | Montana State University | Physics | United States | Montana | https://www.montana.edu/solarphysics/ | MS, PhD | Space Physics, Astrophysics | Charles Kanekelborg, Dana Longcope, Jiong Qiu | No | No | January 10 | http://www.montana.edu/gradschool/admissions/apply.html | TA and/or GRA | Dana Longcope | dana@solar.physics.montana.edu | ||||||||
8 | New Mexico State University | Department of Astronomy | United States | New Mexico | https://astro.nmsu.edu/ | PhD | Helioseismology, Space Weather, Solar coronal heating, Solar flares, Solar chromosphere, solar-stellar connections, Dunn Solar Telescope | Jason Jackiewicz, James McAteer, Juie Shetye | No | No | January 15 | https://astro.nmsu.edu/graduate/graduate_admissions.html | Student support is guaranteed | Jason Jackiewicz | jasonj@nmsu.edu | NMSU operates the Dunn Solar Telescope at the Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico. Graduate students at NMSU have very broad access to the telescope for their graduate research. | |||||||
9 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Department of Physics | United States | New Jersey | https://physics.njit.edu/academics/graduate | MS, PhD | Solar flares, Solar coronal mass ejections, Space weather, Solar atmosphere, Solar magnetic fields, Solar magnetic reconnection, Particle acceleration, Plasma astrophysics, Solar optical telescopes, Solar radio telescopes, Helioseismology | Wenda Cao, Bin Chen, Dale Gary, Alexander Kosovichev, Satoshi Inoue, Haimin Wang | No, but recommended | No | December 15 (late applications will be considered) | https://www.njit.edu/admissions/how-apply-graduate-admissions | Student support is guaranteed in the form of TA, RA, or Fellowship | Bin Chen | bin.chen@njit.edu | NJIT operates the Big Bear Solar Observatory and the Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array. More information about solar physics research can be found at http://centers.njit.edu/cstr/cstr-home/ | |||||||
10 | Rice University | Department of Physics and Astronomy | United States | Texas | https://physics.rice.edu/graduate-program/graduate-degree-program | MS, PhD | solar active regions, solar activity, solar atmosphere, solar flares, solar magnetic fields, solar radiation, solar wind | David Alexander, Stephen Bradshaw | Yes | No | December 15 (late applications may be considered until April 1) | https://physics.rice.edu/graduate-program/how-apply | Internal, NASA, NSF | Stephen Bradshaw | stephen.bradshaw@rice.edu | ||||||||
11 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | Space Science | United States | Alabama | https://www.uah.edu/science/departments/space-science | MS, PhD | Particle acceleration in solar flares, at reconnection sites, associated radio phenomena, flux rope structures at the Sun and space weather | Gang Li, Haihong Che, Qiang Hu, Gary Zank, Lingling Zhao, Nikolai Pogorelov | Recommended | No | Feburary 15, but rolling | https://www.uah.edu/science/departments/space-science/graduate-programs | TA/RA augmented with scholarship, TAs guaranteed a 2nd year RA funding, | Jakobus le Roux | jar0013@uah.edu | Strong ties and share floorspace with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Scientists | |||||||
12 | University of California, Berkeley | Physics Department | United States | California | https://physics.berkeley.edu | MS, PhD | Heliospheric plasma physics, space physics, low frequency radio astronomy, solar physics, instrumentation | Stuart Bale | No | No | Mid December - see website | https://physics.berkeley.edu/academics/graduate-degrees-admission | TA, RA, Fellowships | Stuart D. Bale | bale@berkeley.edu | Research is undertaken at the Space Sciences Laboratory. Students *may* apply to other academic departments (i.e. Astronomy or Earth and Planetary Sciences) | |||||||
13 | University of California, Los Angeles | Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (EPSS) | United States | California | https://epss.ucla.edu/graduate/ | MS, PhD | Solar Corona, Solar Wind, Heliosphere, Coronal Mass Ejections, Magnetic Reconnesction, MHD Waves and Instabilities | Marco Velli, Chris Russell, Vassilis Angelopoulos | No | No | January 1 | https://epss.ucla.edu/graduate/admissions/ | TA, RA, Fellowship and/or a mix usually over the 5-6 years for a PhS | Marco Velli | mvelli@ucla.edu | ||||||||
14 | University of Colorado, Boulder | Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences | United States | Colorado | https://www.colorado.edu/aps/ | PhD | Solar/stellar dynamics and dynamos, Solar/stellar winds, Coronal heating, Kinetic plasma physics, Plasma waves and turbulence, Solar/stellar flares, Spectropolarimetry and spectropolarimetric inversions, Solar/stellar irradiance variations, Helioseismology, Turbulence, Instrumentation for in situ measurement of electric and magnetic fields, Ground and space based observations, observations of photosphere, chromosphere, and corona with DKIST | Ben Brown, Steve Cranmer, Maria Kazachenko, Adam Kowalski, David Malaspina, Mark Rast, Kevin Reardon, Juri Toomre | Yes | No | December 1 | https://www.colorado.edu/graduateschool/admissions/apply | Hale Graduate Student Fellowship (3 year full support, 2 fellowships awarded each year), TA support through department, RA support by research advisor, expected full support in some form through completion | Mark Rast | mark.rast@colorado.edu | ||||||||
17 | University of Colorado, Boulder | Ann and H. J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences | United States | Colorado | https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/ | MS, PhD | Heliospheric Dust, Magnetospheric physics, Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere (ITM) physics, Space weather | Xinlin Li, Bob Marshall, Scott Palo, Delores Knipp, Zoltan Sternovsky, Jeff Thayer, Xinchao Chu | Yes (Exception for Spring 2021 and Fall 2021 due to COVID: not required) | No | December 1 | https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/prospective-students/graduates | TA, RA | Xinlin Li | Xinlin.Li@lasp.colorado.edu | This department and several others at the university have ties to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) and the National Solar Observatory -- both of which have robust research groups in heliophysics that take on graduate students and both of which are co-located on east campus adjacent to the new Aerospace department building | |||||||
18 | University of Delaware | Department of Physics and Astronomy | United States | Delaware | https://web.physics.udel.edu/ | MS, PhD | solar wind, Interplanetary turbulence, Solar corona | William H. Matthaeus, Michael A. Shay, Bennett A. Maruca | Yes | Yes | February | http://web.physics.udel.edu/graduate/apply | TA, RA, Fellowship, usually 6 years | Elizabeth Bornemann | elbornem@udel.edu | ||||||||
19 | University of Hawaii | Institute for Astronomy | United States | Hawaii | https://gradprog.ifa.hawaii.edu/ | MS, PhD | Solar instrumentation, Data Analysis, Modeling, Solar Wind, Eclipse observations, plasma physics | Shadia Habbal, Jeff Kuhn, Haosheng Lin, Xudong Sun, Colby Haggerty | No | No | December 15 | https://gradprog.ifa.hawaii.edu/ | TA and RA are available. First year students are given priority for a TA. Support is guaranteed for the length of the PhD, usually 5 years. | Karen Meech | meech@hawaii.edu | ||||||||
21 | University of Minnesota | School of Physics and Astronomy | United States | Minnesota | https://spacephysics.umn.edu | PhD | High-energy solar astrophysics, X-ray solar astronomy, solar and stellar flares, coronal heating, instrumentation, | Lindsay Glesener, Cindy Cattell, John Wygant | No | No | Mid December | https://www.physics.umn.edu/grad/physics/ | Space physics students at UMN are typically funded by RAs and fellowships. | Lindsay Glesener | glesener@umn.edu | ||||||||
22 | University of New Hampshire | Physics and Astronomy | United States | New Hampshire | https://physics.unh.edu/content/graduate-program | MS, PhD | Solar wind - Solar radiation - Solar activity: solar storm: solar energetic particles - Solar activity: solar storm: solar coronal mass ejections - Solar electromagnetic emission: solar gamma-ray emission - Solar magnetic fields: solar magnetic reconnection - Solar particle emission: solar coronal mass ejection shocks | No | No | January 15 | http://www.gradschool.unh.edu/apply.php | Most students serve as TA for the first 2 semesters and the move on to RA. Support is guaranteed for first year, including summer. | Noé Lugaz | noe.lugaz@unh.edu | |||||||||
23 | West Virginia University | Department of Physics and Astronomy | United States | West Virginia | https://physics.wvu.edu/ | MS, PhD | Solar flares, solar magnetic reconnection, solar wind | Paul Cassak, Earl Scime, Katy Goodrich | No | No | January 15 | https://physics.wvu.edu/students/graduate-students/apply-now | TA, RA, fellowships are available to apply for | Paul Cassak | Paul.Cassak@mail.wvu.edu | ||||||||
24 | University of Michigan | Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering | United States | Michigan | https://clasp.engin.umich.edu/academics/graduate-studies/ | MS, PhD | Global modeling of the solar atmosphere, Space Weather, solar wind, coronal mass ejections, solar radiation, machine learning, solar corona, plasma physics, in-situ instrumentation, sun-earth connection | Tamas Gombosi, Enrico Landi, Ward Manchester, Gabor Toth, Susan Lepri | No | No | December 15 | https://clasp.engin.umich.edu/academics/graduate-studies/graduate-admissions/ | Student support is guaranteed, TA available | Enrico Landi | elandi@umich.edu | This department has strong ties with the Space Research Laboratory, and is home to the Space Weather Modeling Framework, connecting the Sun to planetary magnetospheres, ionospheres and upper atmospheres | |||||||
25 | Stanford University | Physics | United States | California | https://sun.stanford.edu | PhD | Helioseismology, Magnetic Field, Observations | P.H. Scherrer | No | No | December 14 | https://physics.stanford.edu/academics/prospective-students/graduate-admissions | TA, RA | P.H. Scherrer | phil@solar.stanford.edu | ||||||||
26 | National Solar Observatory | United States | Colorado | https://www.nso.edu | Imaging, spectroscopy, and polarimetry of the solar atmosphere (photosphere, chromosphere, and corona) | Kevin Reardon | kreardon@nso.edu | NSO offers funding for graduate students in the US to serve as DKIST ambassadors; NSO organizes schools to teach students and researchers techniques relevant to DKIST research; Graduate students are encouraged to participate in or lead proposals for DKIST observations | |||||||||||||||
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28 | Aberystwyth University | Department of Physics | Wales, UK | Ceredigion | https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/phys/research/solar/ | PhD | solar photosphere, solar atmosphere, solar wind | Huw Morgan | January for international applications | https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/postgrad/apply/ | International scholarships available | Huw Morgan | hmorgan@aber.ac.uk | Usual entry expects degree in Physics and Astronomy. May accept other if relevant to project. Please contact. | |||||||||
29 | Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) | Astronomy and Astrophysics | India | Maharashtra | http://www.iucaa.in | PhD | Solar MHD, Magnetic Coupling and dynamics of the solar atmosphere, Sun-climate relations and instrumentation | Durgesh Tripathi, Nishant Singh | Fellowship for five years | Durgesh Tripathi | durgesh@iucaa.in | National Level Entrance Test and Interviews | |||||||||||
30 | KU Leuven | Mathematics | Belgium | Vlaanderen | https://onderwijsaanbod.kuleuven.be/opleidingen/e/CQ_50655680.htm#activetab=diploma_omschrijving | MS, PhD | Solar corona, solar activity, solar wind, reconnection, particle-in-cell, numerical methods, MHD waves, space weather, CME propagation | Van Doorsselaere, Poedts, Keppens, Lapenta | No | No | January 3 | https://onderwijsaanbod.kuleuven.be/opleidingen/e/CQ_50655680.htm#activetab=diploma_omschrijving | master 2 years: fellowship; PhD 4 years: RA, fellowship | Tom Van Doorsselaere | tom.vandoorsselaere@kuleuven.be | ||||||||
31 | Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research | International Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science, University of Göttingen | Germany | Germany | https://www.mps.mpg.de/solar-system-school | PhD | Helioseismology; Solar interior; Solar activity; Solar atmosphere; Solar magnetic fields | Sami Solanki, Laurent Gizon | Yes | Yes | November 1 | https://www.mps.mpg.de/phd/application | Fully funded through doctoral support contract for three years | Sonja Schuh | info@solar-system-school.de | ||||||||
32 | Nagoya University, Institute for Space–Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) | Graduate School of Science Division of Particle and Astrophysical Science (Heliospheric and Geospace Physics) | Japan | Nagoya | http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/students.html | MS, PhD | active sun, solar cycle, solar wind, space weather, plasma astrophysics | Kanya Kusano, Munetoshi Tokumaru, KD Leka, Satoshi Masuda, Kazumasa Iwai, Shinsuke Imada | No | see URL to Admission Information | https://internationaladmissions-nagoya-u.jp/t-cens_nagoya_master/new_user.php | RA in PhD course | Kanya Kusano | kusano@nagoya-u.jp | http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/index.html | ||||||||
33 | The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) | Department of Space and Astronautical Science, School of Physical Sciences | Japan | Kanagawa | http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/sokendai/e/ | PhD | Investigation of non-thermal/high-temperature plasmas created in solar flares by use of X-ray data from space observatories. Development of high-precision Wolter mirrors and photon-counting detectors for future X-ray telescopes. Keywords: Solar flares, Solar x-ray emission, Solar magnetic reconnection, Solar energetic particles, X-ray telescopes, X-ray detectors | Taro Sakao; Keiichi Matsuzaki; Noriyuki Narukage (Dept. of Astronomical Science) | No | Yes. Physics for Special Admissions for Applicants Residing Abroad (Privately Financed International Students); No GRE required for General Admission. See https://www.soken.ac.jp/en/admission/general_admission/ for details. | General Admission: July (TBD; not yet announced) for 2020 Fall enrollment. Special Admission: October (TBD; not yet announced) for 2021 Fall enrollment [note application for 2020 Fall enrollment is already closed]. | https://www.soken.ac.jp/en/admission/ | RA and Special Scholarship available. See http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/sokendai/e/admissions/support.html for details. | Taro Sakao | sakao@solar.isas.jaxa.jp | ||||||||
34 | University College London | Mullard Space Science Laboratory | United Kingdom | Surrey | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/study/phd-opportunities | MS, PhD | Active solar corona (1988), Solar abundances (1474), Solar active region filaments (1977), Solar active region magnetic fields (1975), Solar active regions (1974), Solar activity (1475), Solar corona (1483), Solar coronal mass ejections (310), Solar coronal radio emission (1993), Solar coronal seismology (1994), Solar coronal waves (1995), Solar energetic particles (1491), Solar filament eruptions (1981), Solar filaments (1495), Solar flares (1496), Solar magnetic flux emergence (2000), Solar prominences (1519), Solar radio emission (1522), Solar radio flares (1342), Solar white-light flares (1983) | Sarah Matthews, Lucie Green, David Long, Hamish Reid | No | No | Typically the end of January with a start date of start of October | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/study/phd-opportunities | Self-funded, UCL Graduate Research Scholarships (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships/graduate-research-scholarships), | David Long | david.long@ucl.ac.uk | ||||||||
35 | University of Central Lancashire | School of Physical Sciences and Computing | United Kingdom | Lancashire | https://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/phd-studentships-and-postgraduate-study/ | MS, PhD | solar atmosphere, solar activity, solar particle emission, space weather, solar magnetic fields, solar flares | Silvia Dalla, Robert Walsh, Daniel Brown | No | No | Mid February | https://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/phd-studentships-and-postgraduate-study/ | 3.5 year studentships available | Silvia Dalla | sdalla@uclan.ac.uk | ||||||||
36 | University of Glasgow | School of Physics & Astronomy | United Kingdom | Scotland | https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/astrophysics/ | MS, PhD | Solar chromosphere, corona, flares, prominences, particle acceleration, high-energy emission (x-ray, gamma, radio), solar wind, solar radiation (optical, UV, EUV) | Nicolas Labrosse, Eduard Kontar, Lyndsay Fletcher, Iain Hannah, Alec MacKinnon | No | January 31 | https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/astrophysics/ | A very small number of competitive scholarships are available each year for international students. UK/EU students with a UK domicile are also eligible for (competitive) research council support for 3.5 years | Nicolas Labrosse | Nicolas.Labrosse@glasgow.ac.uk | Undergraduate degree equivalent to a (very good/excellent) UK Batchelor's Degree in Physics, Astronomy, or a closely related subject. | ||||||||
37 | University of Newcastle | School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences | Australia | New South Wales | https://www.newcastle.edu.au/study/postgraduate | PhD | Solar Physics, Solar corona, coronal heating, coronal loops, magnetic fields, magnetic reconnection, magnetohydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamical simulations, slow solar wind, Helioseismology, Solar activity, Solar active region magnetic fields, Solar active region velocity fields, Solar active regions, Sunspots, Asteroseismology, Stellar rotation | David Pontin, Hannah Schunker | Yes | July 5 | https://www.newcastle.edu.au/study/postgraduate/apply | Direct enquiries welcome | Hannah Schunker | hannah.schunker@newcastle.edu.au | |||||||||
38 | University of Oslo | Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics | Norway | Oslo | https://www.mn.uio.no/astro/english/studies/ | MS, PhD | Solar Corona, Solar Chromosphere, Solar Photosphere, Solar Granulation, Radiative Transfer, Hydrodynamical Simulations | Mats Carlsson, Viggo Hansteen, Boris Gudiksen, Tiago Pereira, Luc Rouppe van der Voort, Sven Wedemeyer | No | No | No deadline for PhD programme, but in practice depends on timing of fellowships (usually March or April). For MS, deadline for programmes starting in August is March 1st (for EU/EEA citizens) or December 1st of the preceeding year (non-EU/EEA citizens). | https://www.mn.uio.no/english/research/phd/application/index.html | No tuition fees for MS or PhD programmes. No scholarships available for MS programmes. PhD fellowships are routinely available but depend on funding and are usually awared for 4 years with 25% of teaching duties. | Tiago Pereira | tiago.pereira@astro.uio.no | ||||||||
39 | University of St Andrews | School of Mathematics and Statistics | United Kingdom | Scotland | http://www-solar.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/phd_positions.html | MS, PhD | Solar and magnetospheric plasma theory (Solar magnetic fields, solar activity, solar flares, solar tamosphere, solar enegertic particles, space weather) | Andy Wright, Clare Parnell, Duncan Macky, Ineke De Moortel, Thomas Neukirch, Vasilis Archontis | No | No | No firm deadline. Application before May 1st recommended | https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/maths/prospective/pg/phdprogrammes/ | UK STFC stipend(s) (3.5 years; subject to eligibility criteria) | Alan Hood | ahw@st-andrews.ac.uk | ||||||||
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