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Application material for our graduate program together with written information about
the department can be requested by sending e-mail including postal address to If you wish to apply for admission to our program, we request that you fill out the web-based application that is available under If you are specify that you are applying for one of Physics & Astronomy's graduate programs (MA, MS, PhD) the $45 application fee will be waived. Once you have completed the online application you should then send all other materials for you application (as specified in the checklists for US Citizens/Permanent Residents or International Applications to and not to the address specified in the checklists. Letters of reference should also be sent directly to the Physics & Astronomy Department, and not to McKee House. If, for some reason, you cannot apply online, please let us know by emailing us at the above address, and we will send you an application form. You can then simply send your entire application (including the form and supporting materials such as the personal statement, transcript originals, and the other items on the checklist) to us at the above address. In this case the usal $45 application fee will also be waived. Virtually all students in the Physics & Astronomy Department are supported financially, usually via a teaching assistantship (TA) during their first one or two years, and a research associateship (RA) thereafter. There is no separate form on which to apply for financial aid. Instead just check the box or write "yes" to the question on the application form for admission to graduate school. Students holding a TA appointment are assigned duties in the department which nominally require fifteen to twenty hours per week to perform. Most of the duties involve teaching undergraduate laboratory sessions, help sessions and grading homework papers. TAs also occasionally teach recitation sessions. Advanced graduate students, in particular doctoral candidates, are commonly awarded RA appointments, subject to approval by the student's research advisor and availability of external grant funds. RA appointments are intended to support student research, and consequently do not include teaching duties. Stipends for TA appointments in the Physics & Astronomy Department have been set at $20,385 per year including Summer. RAs are provided stipend support at a level comparable to TAs. All assistantships are accompanied by a fee waiver scholarship that pays for the instructional fee and (if applicable) the non-resident surcharge. Graduate students remain responsible for paying general fees of approximately $400 per academic quarter required by the university and a tech fee of $50 per quarter. Students not otherwise covered by health insurance must pay a $1200 annual premium for student health insurance. If you plan to bring any dependents to the U.S., insurance costs can be found at www.ohio.edu/graduate/international/iexpenses.cfm. International students also pay a one-time $70 orientation fee. The cost of living in Athens is relatively low, and stipends provided via TA and research assistantships are sufficient to completely finance a graduate education. Teaching appointments require adequate communication skills in the English language. Applicants from countries where the first language is not English must demonstrate their proficiency in English in order to be awarded an appointment. We prefer that applicants take the Test of Spoken English (TSE) in addition to the TOEFL exam. If you have not taken the TSE, then a total TOEFL score of at least 600 together with a score of 60 or better on the listening comprehension component (or 250 and 25 for the computerized exam) are required . In any event, the University will administer a TOEFL exam to students from such countries as soon as they arrive on campus in order to verify their proficiency in the language. If there are further questions, feel free to contact gradapp@helios.phy.ohiou.edu. For questions concerning different research areas in the department, please feel free to contact
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