Best Accredited Universities for Doctoral Phd program in Astronomy

Princeton University hosts one of the top graduate programs in astronomy and astrophysics in the world. The most recent Assessment of Doctoral Programs by the National Academy of Sciences ranked Princeton as #1 overall, #1 in Research Activity, and #1 in Student Support and Outcomes. Students have a great deal of freedom to pursue research projects using theoretical, computational, and observational approaches. Students work directly with the faculty from the moment they arrive in our lively and congenial Department.

The Department of Astronomy offers a rich and varied program of theoretical, observational, and experimental graduate work leading to the PhD in astronomy. Research is carried out at the Harvard College Observatory, which shares buildings and general facilities with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Advising Guidelines for the Yale Astronomy Graduate Program. The Astronomy also offers joint programs and opportunities with other departments at Yale and with the Universidad de Chile. The average time for a Yale Astronomy student to finish a PhD is under six years, roughly a year lower than the national average. We attribute this to the close attention given to students, early research experience, and the excellent resources that Yale Astronomy has to offer.

Research in astronomy and astrophysics is conducted in both the Department of Astronomy and the Department of Physics. Students in the Astronomy Department routinely work with faculty member from both departments that share the historic Pupin Laboratories building.

The PhD in Astrophysics is a year-round, full-time doctoral program on the academic quarter system, which encourages students to explore a range of courses, engage with more faculty, and challenge themselves in a fast-paced and academically rigorous environment.

The University of Pennsylvania Department of Physics and Astronomy is a world-leading institution that generally is regarded as among the very best places for graduate students to obtain a PhD. Graduate students at Penn combine a short term of coursework with independent, original research that forms the basis of their dissertation and typically their first publications.

The education and training of graduate students toward the doctoral degree is a major emphasis of the Astronomy Department. An advanced degree in astrophysics at Caltech is contingent upon an extensive research achievement. Students in the program are expected to join a research program, and carry out independent research leading to publications in peer-reviewed journals, as well as a thesis. They must complete a minimum of 9 terms of formal oral research presentations.

Graduate programs in physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University are among the top programs in the field. Students engage in original research starting in their first semester and have flexibility in choosing their course of research and designing their path through the program. A wide range of research projects—both theoretical and experimental—are available in astrophysics, condensed matter physics, particle physics, and plasma spectroscopy.

The Northwestern Astronomy PhD is designed to provide students with a broad training in astronomy while enabling them to get started quickly with their graduate research. The Astronomy PhD is a flexible program that allows students to complement their astronomy training with a selection of physics courses or courses from other quantitative disciplines such as applied mathematics, statistics, computer science or engineering relevant to their research.

Research Associate, Center for Astronomy Space Sciences (CSIRO, Sydney, Australia). Topics in Theoretical Astrophysics: Precession of Warped Disks, Oscillations of Presupernova Stars, and Thermal Evolution and Nucleosynthesis of Young Neutron Stars. Research Scientist, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT. Of Physics Astronomy at College of Charleston.