Astrophysics, PhD

Arizona State University - Kaplan International

The Doctor of Philosophy program in astrophysics develops creative scholarship in students and prepares them for professional careers in astrophysics, astronomy or related fields. Students in this program take graduate-level courses in stars and interstellar media, galaxies and cosmology obtain quantitative skills through analysis and modeling may have observing opportunities through regional and international telescope observatories and conduct independent, fundamental astrophysical research. Graduate students work closely with a research advisor on a wide variety of topics, including theoretical physics, cosmology, galaxy dynamics, stellar evolution, exoplanets, and the development and building of instrumentation. Graduate students in astrophysics become leaders in observational and theoretical research. They participate in NASA- and National Science Foundation-funded space missions and study topics such as how stars are born and die, how galaxies interact and evolve, and how the universe changed as it developed from its earliest beginnings. The program's world-class faculty have research expertise across the full breadth of astrophysics, including the solar system, stars and galaxies from the Milky Way to the most distant galaxies in the universe. Current ASU research applies both computational and observational approaches to the exploration of a variety of topics, such as fundamental cosmology and whether there is life on exoplanets.

Arizona State University, Main campus