Planetary and Space Sciences Program

The Planetary and Space Sciences PhD program is designed to prepare students to be competitive in the global planetary sciences and space sciences research communities.  To find out more about this program, including curriculum and admissions requirements, please visit the Planetary and Space Sciences PhD program page on the UCF Planetary Sciences Group website.

We also offer a Planetary Sciences Track MS degree within the Physics MS program. This track requires an MS Thesis.  To find our more about this track, please visit the Planetary Science Track MS page on the UCF Planetary Sciences Group website.

Note that we also offer a Planetary Sciences Track PhD degree, although that is no longer accepting new students. Current students can learn more about this track on its own Planetary Sciences Track PhD page on the UCF Planetary Sciences Group website.

Planetary Sciences Track PhD Students’ Timeline to Graduation

Graduate Handbook

There is a handbook for students admitted to UCF’s Planetary and Space Sciences PhD program and a different handbook for students admitted to the Planetary Sciences Track MS program.  (Physics students, click here) Each handbook provides a description of the program objectives and requirements, structure, content assessment and management as well as describe the rules and regulations of the program. The information contained in the handbook is subject to change. The Department of Physics and UCF, while retaining proper regard for the interests of students who have begun their programs, reserves the right to alter the programs or the timetable if the need arises.