This Terms Schedule Doctoral Programs Graduate Student Funding in Physics The Physics Program is committed to fully support those students it accepts with funding.
Tuition decreases as a student progresses from first to second and then to third level.
First level describes entering students, second level status requires that the student has completed 45 credits, fully earned and evaluated, passed the first exam. Third level describes the time from the semester after advancement to candidacy until completion of the degree. Students are supported by a variety of mechanisms. There is support from the Graduate Center and from the campus at which they are affiliated. First and second year students generally receive approximately half of their support from the Graduate Center and half of their support as a teaching assistant at one of the campuses.