华盛顿州立大学物理与天文学系的博士课程旨在培养工业界，学术界和国家实验室的领导者。该部门的进步环境旨在提供一种促进智力发展和定量推理的氛围。该计划使学生参与教学和研究活动，这些活动提供批判性思维的技能，知识和能力，使他们成为社会上富有成效的成员。在此过程中，我们的目标是为改善生活质量的技术进步奠定基础。<br> <br>虽然物理和天文学系在传统物理学领域进行研究，但它通过专注于物理来增强其计划在三个卓越研究领域：天体物理学，极端物质和材料与光学。天体物理学试图回答有关宇宙和时空的一些最基本的问题，并且学生
The Department of Physics and Astronomy doctoral program at Washington State University is designed to produce leaders in industry, in academia, and at national laboratories. The department's progressive environment seeks to provide an atmosphere that fosters intellectual growth and quantitative reasoning. The program engages students in teaching and research activities that provide the skills, knowledge, and ability for critical thinking that will enable them to be productive members of society. In the process, our goal is to lay the foundations for technological advances that improve our quality of life. While the Department of Physics and Astronomy conducts research in the traditional areas of physics, it has enhanced its program by focusing on three areas of research excellence: Astrophysics, Extreme Matter, and Materials and Optics. Astrophysics seeks to answer some of the most basic questions about the universe and space-time and is in high demand from the students. Materials and Optics, and Extreme Matter are at the forefront of important technological advances.