You can explore the universe on your own or with faculty guidance. Various cameras and digital imaging devices are available for you to use. You can gain graduation credit by doing actual experimental or theoretical research with one of our professors. As a result of their research, our undergraduate physics majors have published many papers in professional journals. Special Scholarships and Financial Aid UMR and the Physics Department provide many ways to help you meet your educational costs.
Aid is available in the form of scholarships, grants, loans, campus jobs, and cooperative training.
A variety of scholarships and grants are regularly offered to qualfied students. Students who do exceptionally well in high school and on the ACT or SAT exam are offered admission into the Five-Year Masters Program. An large percentage of physics freshmen qualify for this special program. This program comes with a large scholarship package and students in the program can start a research project in their senior year which enables them to complete a masters degree in their fifth year, if they so desire. Physics students are often hired by faculty to assist in research projects at the forefront of science.