Graduate Application Information

(see also FAQ for prospective graduate students)

DEADLINES for Fall Admissions:

• Application for admission with financial aid: February 1
• Application for admission without financial aid: July 19 (domestic applicants) or February 1 (international applicants)

How to apply:

Preferred format of electronic files is pdf. FILE NAMES SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR LAST (FAMILY) NAME.

1. Follow application procedure at the UK Graduate School. This application requires official Transcripts and official GRE results (and official TOEFL if required). NOTE: Both  DOMESTIC APPLICANTS AND INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS will have to pay the graduate school fee when they apply, otherwise their application will not be processed by the Graduate School.
2. Fill out the Department of Physics & Astronomy online application form. There is no fee associated with this form.
3. E-mail electronic copies (unofficial or  scanned copies are fine) of all your undergraduate and graduate transcripts, your GRE results (including subject if you have taken it) and TOEFL (if applicable) to gradapp@pa.uky.edu.  Or you may mail legible copies versions of the originals to the address below.
4. E-mail a personal statement of career aims, research interests, etc. to gradapp@pa.uky.edu in a standard format. Or you may mail a copy to the address below
5. Arrange for three recomendation letters to be sent to the address below. Click here for form. (Emailed letters are not acceptable at the present time.)

SEND ITEMS TO:

GRADUATE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
DEPT. OF PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
177 CHEMISTRY- PHYSICS BUILDING
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 40506-0055