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The Department offers programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science degrees in addition to the baccalaureate degrees. The Ph.D. degree prepares students for research careers in academia and in industry. The main emphasis of the Department is on advanced graduate work leading to a Ph.D.
The University of Illinois at Chicago is located within walking distance of downtown Chicago and about one mile from Lake Michigan. It is connected to all sections of the city by Rapid Transit (the University has its own stations), and by a network of modern expressways. The neighborhood surrounding UIC is a focal point of vigorous urban revitalization that has brought new housing, a technology park, specialty shops and fine restaurants.
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The Department emphasizes excellence in teaching. Several of our
faculty members have won university-wide teaching awards, and
nation-wide teaching awards. Our classes are small, permitting
excellent student faculty interaction. State-of-the-art multimedia
equipment is available in many lecture centers.
Present status: 60 graduate students plus a large number of undergraduate students. |
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State-of-the-art research facilities are available and include scanning tunneling microscopy, high resolution electron microscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy, ultra-high power laser beams (used for the development of an x-ray microscope), ultra-fast (femtosecond) pulsed laser sources, three Molecular Beam Epitaxy systems (with insitu real time characterization capabilities), optical and electron microscopes, laboratory x-ray sources, semiconductor optical, electrical and structural characterization facilities, device fabrication capabilities, a unique facility for the development of scintillating fiber detectors, vector and SQUID magnetometers, He and dilution refrigerators, screened rooms, ultra-violet and X-Ray photoelectron spectrometers, etc. The faculty perform experiments and development work at world-class national research laboratories such as: high resolution photoemission experiments at the Aladdin Synchrotron in Wisconsin, a liquid surface hard x-ray diffractometer at the National Synchrotron Light Source in New York, the D0 collider detector at the Tevatron at Fermi National Accelerator laboratory, and facilities at ATLAS (at Argonne National Laboratory). The Phobos experiment is being constructed for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider being built at Brookhaven National Laboratory and experimental facilities are being developed for the nearby Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. Departmental facilities include modern electronics and machine shops, computing facilities such as the National Scalable Cluster, and a newly constructed area dedicated to condensed matter and biophysics experiments.
Graduate students, in general, receive a full waiver of tuition and fees and are eligible for financial support in the form of teaching or research assistantships. Students are given a percentage of full-time employment, with the usual offer for an entering student ranging from 33 to 50 percent. The 50 percent appointment for academic year 1996-97 carries a stipend of approximately $11,100 for the nine-month academic year, with summer assistantships also available. Various other types of financial assistance, such as fellowships, are available each year to promising students. They are described in the graduate catalog. Undergraduate students can be employed as student workers in physics laboratories and shops. Minority fellowships are available.
For academic year 1996-97, in-state residents pay $4000 ($2000 per semester) and out-of-state students pay $9500 ($4750 per semester). A deferred tuition payment plan is available.
To obtain a complete brochure describing the department and application forms, call collect or write to: Prof. Inder Batra, Head, Department of Physics (M/C 273) University of Illinois at Chicago 845 W. Taylor St., Room # 2236 Chicago, IL 60607-7059 TEL. (312) 996-3400 Internet: Physics@UIC.EDU Further information may be found on the World-Wide-Web: http://www.uic.edu/depts/phys/top.html