Advice Requested on Physics Phd School Selection for Husband and Wife Applying Together

Chiron4
Thu, 10 Sep 2015 02:56:09 +0000

You’re absolutely correct that they may have more contacts than I am aware of. We shouldn’t necessarily assume that and will certainly speak with them about it. Hopefully that will even help us find a few more schools to apply to.

As for the funding situation, I believe that all of the schools which we are applying to will come with a full stipend. This is quite common in Physics. In fact, I don’t think I know of any school which doesn’t fund its Physics Phd students. Thus, the funding situation after getting in shouldn’t be the main issue. That said, we will of course speak with professors at the new school ahead of time to make sure that they will have the funds for an RA not long after we join.

This discussion is very helpful. Please let me know if you have any more thoughts or questions.

Thanks.