Graduate Application and Evaluation Process

The Physics Admissions Committee will review the applicant's documents on a preliminary basis to assess the chances of acceptance prior to submitting an official application and paying the application fee. Based on this preliminary review, the Physics Department will inform the applicant whether or not to proceed with the official application process with FAU's Graduate College. If the applicant receives a favorable recommendation to proceed, the applicant must apply online at www.fau.edu/graduate. To contact an individual faculty member in the Department of Physics, please visit the faculty pages on our website at physics.fau.edu.

• Step 1: Directions for Preliminary Review by the Physics Department:

  What to submit:

  1. Our Physics Application form.

  2. Unofficial copies of undergraduate and graduate (if available) transcripts. If not in English, the transcripts have to be translated to English.

  3. Unofficial copy of your Degree Diploma (also in English).

  4. An unofficial copy of your GRE scores (General only; subject test is not required).

  5. An unofficial copy of your TOEFL score (International students).

  6. A brief Statement of Purpose outlining your research interests.

  7. Three letters of recommendation.

  These documents can be sent by mail, fax or email to:

  • Mail the package to:
    Chair, Graduate Student Selection Committee
    Florida Atlantic University
    Department of Physics
    777 Glades Rd.
    Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA

  • FAX: (561)297-2662

  • Email the files to: admissions@physics.fau.edu

• Step 2: Directions for Official Application to FAU's Graduate College:

  If you are recommended to proceed with the official application to the Graduate College, the deadlines for fall admission are July 1 for domestic applicants and February 15 for international applicants. The complete applications instructions, as well as the application itself, can be found at http://www.fau.edu/graduate/.

  Fill out the online application. Paper applications are not accepted.

  Pay the $30 application fee online or by mail. The fee may be submitted in the form of a check, money order, or U.S. traveler's check. All checks must be drawn on a U.S. bank.

  Send official GRE scores to Florida Atlantic University (school code is 5229).

  Send official, sealed transcripts by mail to the Graduate College (domestic and international students)

  All degrees awarded from institutions outside the U.S. must be professionally certified with a "General" evaluation from one of the organizations listed on the NACES website www.naces.org. The certified documents must be sent to the Graduate College. (A "Course-by-Course" evaluation is not required).

  Inernational students must submit official TOEFL scores to Florida Atlantic University (school code is 5229).

Send the official documens to:

Florida Atlantic University
Graduate College
SU-80, Rm 101
777 Glades Road, PO Box 3091
Boca Raton, FL 33431

The Graduate College Phone number is: 561-297-3624.