The credit requirement for the PhD Degree is a minimum of 54 graduate credits beyond the Bachelor鈥檚 degree, of which at least 27 must be earned at UWM. The course requirement includes the core physics courses, Physics 501G, Physics 515G, Physics 531G, Physics 532G, Physics 711, Physics 720, as well as a minimum of 6 credits in physics graduate courses selected from 651 and 700 to 999 levels (excluding 990). Students must complete the core physics coursework within three years of enrollment into the physics graduate program. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or greater in these core courses. Students must achieve a grade of B? or greater in each core course; if a student fails to meet this requirement, the student must either retake the course or demonstrate equivalent proficiency (as determined by the departmental Graduate Academic Committee) in order to continue in the doctoral program.
September 2025
College of Letters and Science
2442 E Hartford Avenue,
MILWAUKEE,
Wisconsin,
53211, United States
A baccalaureate degree, or its equivalent as determined by the UWM Center on International Education, from a regionally accredited institution.
A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale, or an equivalent measure on a grading system that does not use a 4.0 scale.
English proficiency requirement: TOEFL IBT - 79 鈥� 120; IELTS - 6.5 - 9.0; Cambridge English Advanced/Cambridge English Proficiency - C1 level or higher.
Application deadline: Fall: December 15
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
