Ball Aerospace Inc. is a leading aerospace company, specializing in the design of scientific instrumentation spacecraft for space missions. Ball has played a leading role in many of the nations premier space missions including the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory and provides and exciting venue for NAU internships. Environment Flagstaff is a relatively small city of approximately 60,000 inhabitants, nestled between mountains to the north and desert to the south. Nearby is the Grand Canyon, ski resorts, river rafting, and hiking trails too numerous to mention. The community also boasts an active cultural scene with frequent theatrical and musical performances.
Winter days are sunny and warm.
For more information on Flagstaff, visit Flagstaff Arizona On-Line . Financial Matters Students accepted into the M.S. program in Applied Physics are automatically awarded resident status for the purposes of tuition. A limited number of Graduate Assistantships are available. Students will typically work under a Teaching Assistantship their first year and a Research Assistantship their second year. For general information on NAU's graduate programs, visit the Graduate College website.