PhD in Physics

College of Arts and Sciences

PhD in Physics Overview

The Lehigh graduate program in physics aims to develop PhD students with expertise in our current active research areas: Accelerator Physics, Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Biophysics, Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, General Relativity and Cosmology, High-Energy Physics and String Theory, Nonlinear Optics and Photonics, and Statistical Physics.

The PhD program includes a set of core courses providing a broad background in physics, along with specialized courses relevant to the research area of the student, and the research for the dissertation.

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