This website has been set up by College staff to help prospective graduate students learn more about graduate programs at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences, the University of Arizona, and living in Tucson. This website will also help incoming students make the transition to living in Tucson and becoming a graduate student at OSC (OSC is the acronym that we still use for referring to our college, dating back to when we were called the Optical Sciences Center). Use the navigation links at the top of the page (or in the menu at the upper left on mobile devices) to zero in on items of interest to you.
The official website for the Wyant College of Optical Sciences can be accessed here: http://www.optics.arizona.edu/
*** GRE test scores are NO LONGER required for any applications ***
Domestic and International Fall 2025 PhD applicants:
January 15. 2025- PHD APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
Applications for Fall 2025 MS programs are still open!
Deadlines to apply are as follows.
Fall 2025:
Domestic Students: August 1, 2025 (On-Campus & Online)
International Students: June 1, 2025 (On-Campus) / August 1, 2025 (Online)
Spring 2026:
Domestic Students: December 10, 2025 (On-Campus & Online)
International Students: October 15, 2025 (On-Campus) / December 10, 2025 (Online)
Look here for more information including how to apply: http://www.optics.arizona.edu/academics/graduate-students/graduate-programs
Please feel free to direct all questions about our graduate student programs, academics, research, living in Tucson, or pretty much anything else on your mind to one of the staff members for our graduate programs:
Prof. Brian Anderson
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
Prof. John Koshel
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
Jini Kandyil
Senior Academic Advisor
Mark Rodriguez
Manager, Academic Programs Finance & Operation
In celebration of our 50th anniversary in 2014, we created this overview booklet of our College's research and other associated activity. Since 2014, much has changed, including the addition of many new professors and a new building addion that Is nearing completion. Nevertheless, this booklet should still give a feeling for the exciting breadth of work going on at our College. Feel free to download it! (about 10MB)
Also for our 50th anniversary we created a short film about our College. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FfnufO1WhU