Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P1 Graduate Program Spring registered grad students –Support –Entering class 2/3 US, 1/3 International –Qualifying Examination –Time to degree, attrition, placement Research –in Physics, IPST, Materials –NASA, NIH, NIST, NRL, LPS (lab for physical sciences [NSA])

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P2 Support Entering students –2 years as TA or Fellow, a few RA’s –Most have RA support after 1 – 1.5 years CY Stipends TA/RA –2001 $16k –2002 $18k –2005 $19k –(fewer TA’s, use some faculty as TA’s) –Stipends are probably still low

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P3 Support Some theory students continue as TA’s –Support in year 3 or later is very uncertain –We do try to maintain a balance between theory and experiment on admission Need assistance with TA support & stipends Fellows –5 Grad School ~ TA + $5k (2 years) Fellowship + ½ TA/RA –8 GAANN Fellows (Fall years ) Need more Fellowships

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P4 Composition of entering class Entering class females, 36 males 1 Asian-American, 1 African-American Entering ClassUSInternationalTotal

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P5 Entering class - applications Starting in 2001 we wrote to all US applicants who had not already applied to UMCP and offered to pay $50 application fee List from GRE / ETS of physics students reporting A/A- gpa ) USACHINAOTHERTOTAL

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P6 Recruited US students Women and Minorities - Additional Phone / contact from faculty Entering class Students contacted AppliedOffersAccept

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P7 Composition of entering class Entering class females, 36 males 1 Asian-American, 1 African-American Entering ClassUSInternationalTotal

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P8 Entering Class - scores # Starting in 2004 most students submitted results for the new Analytical test scored out of 6 GRE # Q+V+A GRE Physics Totalgpa (US only)

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P9 Graduate Program Academic Requirements –Qualifier Examination 3 tries after 1, 1.5 and 2 years Exam is “easier” – pass each part separately “Free try” on arrival –A graduate lab –2 courses outside area of specialization –2 credits seminar, 12 credits research –Many body or Relativistic QM for theorists –Scholarly paper –Preliminary Research Presentation

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P10 Qualifier Exam - Aug entering class 32 took the exam + 4 already passed –20 passed entire exam55.5% –7 orals (all passed)19.4% –4 passed one Part11.1% –5 failed 13.9% Success rate –31 had some success86.1% –5 had no success13.9% These 5 took the exam January 2005 –All Passed

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P11 Issues Stipends probably still low –Need assistance with TA support & stipends –Need more Fellowships Would like to teach more Graduate classes –Rotation, at least 3 survey courses are taught –Despite our size, not enough faculty, buy out’s, etc. Quality of Office Space for TA’s (mostly 1 st and 2 nd year students. –6 students /office –2 PC’s Grad Student Lounge –Uninviting & too small

Nicholas ChantDepartment of PhysicsMarch P12 Graduate Program Time to degree –6.25 years Monitoring Progress –Annual Questionnaire to students and advisors Placement –See data in Internal review report