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MSc Admission

Requirements

To enter the Master Program, the candidate must hold a Bachelor's degree in Physics or a Professional Title on a related professional title (evaluated by the Program Committee). 

The candidate must send a letter of motivation addressed to the Director of the Master Program, specifying the academic degree to which he / she is applying and the reasons that motivate him / her to start graduate studies.

The Program Committee, based on the background documentation and personal interview with the applicant, will recommend or not his/her admission.

Application Process

Applications to the Master of Science Program with a major in Physics are open all year round. Each year, at the end of July and at the end of November, the Master’s Program Committee collects, respectively, the applications for the second semester of the current year and for the first semester of the following year. The exact dates are published in due course.

Applicants must fill out and attach the documentation requested in the single one application form for graduate programs at the University of Santiago de Chile, administrated by the Vice Rectory of Graduate Studies. At the beginning of the application form, they must indicate whether they are applying for the second semester of the current year or the first semester of the following year. 

First Semester 2025: Applications until November 19th, 2024 

 

Documentation 

The Online Application Form for graduate applicants will request uploading the following files:

  1. Bachelor's diploma (Physics or similar fields)
  2. Passport or national ID
  3. Full front-face photo
  4. Class-rank certificate
  5. CV (Use the downloadable CV from the online application form)
  6. Academic transcript (Bachelor's degree)
  7. Contact information of 2 academic recommenders, who the program will confidentially contact
  8. Language proficiency certificate
  9. Bachelor-degree-length attestation (downloadable document from the online application form)

Applicants should attach the following documents in the section "otros documentos":

  1. A letter of intention addressed to the program's Director exposing the applicant's reasons and motivation to enroll in the program.
  2. Birth certificate

Important: Foreign documents should be apostilled.

Interview

The information sent will be analyzed by the Program Committee. If more background information is required, some applicants may be contacted to have an online interview with the Committee. Finally, based on available information about the candidates, the Committee will deliberate and inform the candidates of the results of application.

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Results

Once accepted to the program, the applicant must register his / her enrollment in order to become a regular student of the Master's Program.
 
More detailed information can be found at the following link.

For more information, please write to postgrado.fisica@usach.cl