Student Resources

Thinking about graduate school? Need a resume template? Looking for internships? Start here.

Career and Internship opportunities

AIP - The American Institute of Physics site, where you can find lots of great information. This includes statistics about starting salaries, employment, growing fields, etc.

REU list - A searchable list of REU sites from the NSF.

APS Career Center - Helpful resources for thinking about a career in physics, finding internships, and finding research opportunities.

Graduate School

Physics GRE Help - The Ursinus Physics Department guide for studying for the Physics GRE.

The Bridge Program - Bridge Programs invite promising Black, Latinx, American Indian, Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian senior undergraduates or bachelor degree recipients in the physical sciences (astronomy, chemical engineering, chemistry, geoscience, physics, or closely related fields) to participate in one-to-two year transitional graduate programs or traditional graduate programs.

GradSchoolShopper - The place to start! A searchable database of graduate schools for physics, engineering, and related fields. Managed by the American Institute of Physics.

APS Career Center - Helpful resources for thinking about a career in physics, finding internships, and finding research opportunities.

Helpful Files

Ursinus thesis template - A LaTeX template for creating an Ursinus thesis. It includes samples of chapters, abstract, bibliography, etc. Instructions are in the file sampleThesis.tex.

LaTeX CV/Resume template - A LaTeX template for creating a CV or resume.