AEPHY-MS - Applied and Engineering Physics (MS)

Regardless of undergraduate major, Stanford undergraduates interested in an MS degree at the intersection of applied physics and engineering may choose to apply for the coterminal Master of Science program in Applied and Engineering Physics. The program is designed to be completed in the fifth year at Stanford. Students with accelerated undergraduate programs may be able to complete their BS and coterminal MS in four years.

Undergraduates must be admitted to the program and enrolled as a graduate student for at least one quarter before BS conferral. All application materials must be submitted directly to the Applied Physics department office by the deadline. To apply for admission to the Applied and Engineering Physics coterminal MS program, students must submit the coterminal application, which consists of the following:

• Application for Admission to Coterminal Master’s Program

• Statement of Purpose

• Unofficial Transcript

• Two Letters of Recommendation from members of the Stanford faculty

University Coterminal Requirements

Coterminal master’s degree candidates are expected to complete all master’s degree requirements as described in this Bulletin. Coterminal Degrees describes university requirements for the coterminal master’s degree. Graduate Degrees describes the university requirements for the master’s degree.

After accepting admission to this coterminal master’s degree program, students may request a transfer of courses from the undergraduate to the graduate career to satisfy the requirements for the master’s degree. Transferring courses to the graduate career requires review and approval of both the undergraduate and graduate programs on a case-by-case basis.

In this master’s program, courses taken three quarters before the first graduate quarter or later are eligible for consideration for transfer to the graduate career. No courses taken before the first quarter of the sophomore year may be used to meet master’s degree requirements.

Course transfers are not possible after the bachelor’s degree has been conferred.

The university requires that the graduate advisor be assigned in the student’s first graduate quarter even though the undergraduate career may still be open. The university also requires that the Master’s Degree Program Proposal be completed by the student and approved by the department by the end of the student’s first graduate quarter.