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Graduate Program

Graduate Program

2027 Application Announcement

Submission of the General GRE and Physics GRE scores are Optional for PhD applications received by the December 15, 2026. For more information on applying to our program, please check out the Apply page. 

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Research

Join your Professors in their Research

Our PhD program helps students acquire a general foundational knowledge of physics, and learn to communicate and educate others on that knowledge. Our students are involved in a wide range of research, expanding the world’s understanding of the laws of physics.

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Resources for Prospectives

Information about applying to Yale Physics, FAQs, and prospective student webinar recordings

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Yale Physics offers its Ph.D program through Yale University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

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