The application for admission/financial aid to the Department of Astronomy is available for download or you can request a copy by sending an e-mail to . We encourage you to submit your application early and no later than the deadlines listed below. If you have questions, please call the department office at 612-624-4811.
Program Admission/Financial Aid Application
Download the Astronomy Department Admission/Financial Aid Application. [PDF format]
DUE JANUARY 10th for study beginning the following Fall Semester:
- Application
- Academic transcripts (unofficial copies acceptable)
- Personal statement of goals
- Scores for GRE General Test and Subject Test in Physics
- Three Letters of recommendation
- TOEFL scores for those whose native language is not English (unofficial copies acceptable).
SEND COMPLETED APPLICATION TO:
- Director of Graduate Studies
- Department of Astronomy
- 116 Church Street, S.E.
- University of Minnesota
- Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
- Department of Astronomy
We recommend that you submit the Admission/Financial Aid Application for the Astronomy Department first (described above) and wait to hear if you will be admitted to the Department before submitting the on-line Graduate School Application.
Graduate School Admission Application
The Graduate School Application is now available interactively from the Graduate School.