About

The Physics Department has twelve faculty members whose areas of research include computational nuclear/ nuclear astrophysics, computational polymer physics, condensed matter and low temperature physics, medical physics and optics.

The Physics Department takes pride in its well-knit learning and research environment which provides a range of opportunities to students to engage in physics and inter-disciplinary research. We have a favorable student-to-faculty ratio (~ 10 to 1 in graduate courses).  Financial support is available for most of our Master's students as Teaching or Research Assistants. Areas of research include medical and biophysics, optical and condensed matter physics, nuclear theory, and relativistic astrophysics.   MS students successfully place in industry, national labs, Ph.D. and residency programs.

We offer the following degrees:

Master of Science, Physics (thesis)

Master of Arts, Physics (non-thesis; graduation by exam)

Master of Science, Medical Physics, accredited by Commission on Accreditation on Medical Physics (CAMPEP)

Joint Ph.D. in Computational Science through the Computational Science Research Center

Program Requirements

1.
Submission of official transcripts and test scores to
Graduate Admissions
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-8225
(for details, see https://admissions.sdsu.edu/graduate/steps-apply)

2.
Submission to the Physics department required materials via Interfolio
(see https://grad.sdsu.edu/prospective_students/program_applications)
GRE Requirements: Required
Physics GRE Requirements: Not Required
TOEFL Requirements: Required

Description of your department culture

The SDSU Physics Department takes pride in its close-knit learning and research environment which provides a range of opportunities to students to engage in physics and inter-disciplinary research. Our basic philosophy is to ensure that our students will be well prepared to practice physics upon graduation from San Diego State University. The department is determined to advance student opportunities by providing rich learning experiences necessary for successful physics careers inside and outside of academia. Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and postdoctoral trainees work on projects that include medical and biophysics, optical and condensed matter physics, nuclear theory, and relativistic astrophysics. We also strive to introduce new courses/experiences for our students that reflect recent advances in Physics. For example, we are offering a course in the emerging field of Quantum Computing and we will soon have a state-of-art dilution refrigerator that will allow research extending to ultra-low temperatures opening up exciting possibilities to investigate quantum-coherent devices.