About

An excerpt from the welcome note of our graduate dean captures the essence of our program at Wake Forest University:

"Our hallmark is world-class scholarship fueled by an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment. Whether it is a traditional liberal arts approach, or cutting edge training in biomedical innovation, our small size (~800 students in total) ensures that you will have individual attention, tailored advising and research opportunities well-matched to your interests.

As a student here, you won't just be a face in a crowd but part of a world-class team of researchers and educators working on important, world changing problems in their respective fields of knowledge. We're dedicated to preparing the next generation of independent, intellectual leaders in their fields - whether it's academics, industry or your own unique career path."

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Program Requirements

Bachelor's degree requirements:
A Bachelor's degree in Physics or a related field is required.
GRE Requirements: Required
Physics GRE Requirements: Recommended
TOEFL Requirements: Required

Description of your department culture

The Physics department is small enough so that everybody receives individual mentoring and the department is very collegial. There are 15 tenure-track or tenured faculty members, about 40 undergraduate students, about 40 graduate students, several post-docs, technicians, and staff members.

The Physics department is large enough to attract significant grant funding and provides state-of-the-art space and resources for cutting-edge research both experimentally and computationally.

Our department is focused on both computational and experimental biophysics and condensed mater physics, and theoretical and computational studies in astrophysics.