Graduate Admission

All applications are now done ONLINE. Click below for the applications page;
Apply Here! Please also email the Graduate Advisor Dr. Ionel Tifrea. email: master@physics.fullerton.edu
This will be forwarded to Dr. Tifrea and the other graduate committee members.

Masters Degree in Physics/Graduate Advice

You are STRONGLY advised to apply ONLINE as soon as humanly possible. Get your applications in early!!
All prospective graduate students in physics are required to take the physics GRE exam. The exam should be taken within one year of application. All students must submit a statement of purpose (500 word maximum) to the graduate advisor of physics. Students need to have completed at least 9 units (3 courses) of upper division physics before they can apply to the Masters program at Fullerton. The GRE score is required as part of the admissions process to the physics dept. You can find a test center online and register either online or over the phone 1 800 GRE CALL. For foreign students a Toefl score is required, you can also take the test locally (see below) 1 800 GO TOEFL.

Dr. Ionel Tifrea
Graduate Advisor Physics
Physics Department
California State University Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd.
Fullerton, CA 92834-6900
USA

Admissions document in word sent to all students; Admissions.doc

To find out about the GRE exam and find a test center go to;
GRE tests and practice test
CA Testing Centers for GRE and TOEFL
Worldwide Testing Centers for GRE and TOEFL

The physics GRE test score should go to the graduate advisor Dr. Ionel Tifrea. Also send 3 letters of recommendation directly to the grad advisor and a 500 word statement of purpose. (Email: master@physics.fullerton.edu)

Deadlines for Spring admissions close the previous Oct 1st.
Deadlines for Fall admission close the previous March 1st.

For all the university rules and regulations for graduate students, including rules specifically for the physics department, read "The Physics Graduate Handbook", available for download below.
Red ball The Physics Graduate Handbook

For general Applications CSUMentor page goto:
http://www.csumentor.edu/AdmissionApp/

MS Plans A,B and C explained (word doc)
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International Education and Exchange office, UH 244
California State University Fullerton,
800 N State College Blvd.,
Fullerton CA 92831.
Fax: (714) 278 7292
Phone:(714) 278 2787
Office hours: mon-fri 8:00am until 5:00pm, LA/Pacific time.

Email: ieoffice@fullerton.edu The webpage is : International Education webpage:

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