Computer equipment includes a network with a variety of UNIX, MS-DOS, and Macintosh computers. An AppleTalk network is also available. Research computers connected by Ethernet to the departmental system include DEC, Sun, SGI, and IBM workstations as well as other computers. The physics department network is connected to the campuswide network and linked to the Internet and other major networks. The department awards a number of teaching and research assistantships.
Stipends are available for summer support.
The cost of graduate study at Washington University is comparable to that at other institutions of its type and caliber. Almost half of the 12,035 students at the University are graduate and professional school students. The faculty has 1,991 full-time members. Most recent graduates have gone on to postdoctoral research positions at distinguished institutions and laboratories such as Brookhaven National Laboratory, the University of Chicago, the California Institute of Technology, and the Naval Research Laboratory. Former students who completed their postdoctoral research include an assistant professor at Brown University, a research scientist at Dornier Gmbh in Germany, and a staff scientist at MEMC Corporation in St. Peters, Missouri.