印第安纳大学天文学系提供三个研究生学位，一个天文学硕士学位，一个博士学位。天文学博士学位 与IU物理系合作提供的物理学。该计划招收了15名研究生，并在头两年内学习课程，然后攻读博士学位。第二年通过合格考试后提交论文。通常，每年有2-3名学生获得高级学位。许多学生使用位于亚利桑那州基特峰的3.5米WIYN天文台完成关于观测天文学的论文，而另一些学生则完成理论或计算天体物理学或高能天体物理学的论文。该部门支持一项积极的公共宣传计划，在Kirkwood天文台举办开放夜和参观，频繁的学校探访和偶尔的公共活动，而研
Requirements for the Ph.D. in Astronomy include a minimum of 90 credit hours of coursework and research, a written qualifying exam, a candidacy seminar, and a final oral defense of the dissertation. Courses are selected from among nine core courses, and can be taken in any sequence, depending on when courses are offered. Courses include Observational Techniques, Exoplanets and Orbital Dynamics, the Interstellar Medium, Galactic Astronomy, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Interiors, Galactic Dynamics, the Structure and Evolution of Galaxies, and Cosmology.