物理与天文学系通过艺术与科学学院提供物理学硕士学位（包括硕士学位和非学位论文）。物理系是一门学科，有资格完全参加UMKC的跨学科博士学位。（IPhD）程序。合格的学生在申请入学或准备其IPhD学习计划时，可以选择物理学作为他们的协调单元或共同学科。（有关IPhD计划的详细信息，请访问研究生院（目录，Web）。）
At UMKC we understand that each person's academic, professional and career goals are unique. Our Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program enables students to work across multiple disciplines and develop an academic focus that is just as individual as they are. From the moment you enroll in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program, you begin to write your own personal story of the future.<br><br>The world of the future will require scholars with a global approach to problem solving. It will no longer be enough to know one area, one discipline, or one field of study. Inquiry and discovery are crossing disciplines. With this in mind, the mission of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program is to span traditional boundaries among disciplines while helping students develop knowledge and skills for independent research on the fundamental questions of the present and the future. Students must be admitted to at least two disciplines (Primary and Co-Discipline) by the end of their first semester.