Astrophysics berkeley

The Department of Astronomy offers a graduate program aimed at the PhD degree in astrophysics.
Entering students need not have majored in astronomy
Although some background in astronomy is desirable.
A strong background in physics
Is essential.

Research is a major part of the PhD program
And the department offers opportunities in a wide variety of fields
Theoretical and observational astrophysics; infrared
And radio astronomy; time-domain astronomy; high-energy astrophysics and cosmology; discovery and analysis of exoplanets; star formation and stellar evolution.

Most broadly
Astrophysics is the physics of everything beyond the Earth.
Its purview ranges from cosmology
The study of the origin and evolution of the Universe
To space physics
The study of rarefied plasma in the solar system.

Most broadly, astrophysics is the physics of everything beyond the Earth

Its purview ranges from cosmology, the study of the origin and evolution of the Universe, to space physics, the study of rarefied plasma in the solar system

Astrophysical research is carried out in the Physics Department, the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and in close association with the Astronomy Department and the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics (BCCP)

Most broadly, astrophysics is the physics of everything beyond the Earth