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Master's Program Deadlines

Master of Science programs in Physics, Quantum Technology, and Science Education are currently accepting applications with a submission deadline of April 1, 2025. Visit the SJSU Graduate Admissions page for more information. Paid fellowship opportunities are also available to incoming master's students in the area of high-energy physics (HEP at SJSU) and quantum technology (Quantum Technology Traineeship).

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News Highlights

Accolades in Nuclear Thread Reduction

3/15/2025

Brianne Gutman has been selected as a 2025 Next-Generation Fellow by the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction.

AAAS Conference

2/14/2025

Undergraduate student Emily Foreman presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in conjunction with a project she is undertaking with Assistant Professor Curtis Asplund.

Lattice Physics Takes Center Stage

2/11/2025

Ehsan Khatami and the members of his research group are pushing the physics of lattices foward in fascinating ways.

Cal-Bridge Mentor Spotlight

1/30/2025

MS student Mariana Rojas-Montoya and her faculty mentors Curtis Asplund and Sarah Loebman have been featured in the Cal-Bridge Mentor Spotlight.

CU*iP 2025

1/27/2025

Students Mariana Rojas-Montoya and Emily Foreman attended a Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CU*iP) this past weekend at UC Berkeley.

Space Dust

1/23/2025

Thomas Madura and collaborators have a new paper out using the James Webb Space Telescope to examine carbon-rich dust shells in the Wolf-Rayet star system.