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Undergraduate Astrophysics Program
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undergraduate
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https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/undergraduate-program
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https://college.harvard.edu/academics/liberal-arts-sciences/concentrations
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2026-03-09T03:20:58+00:00
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Undergraduate Astrophysics Program

Source: https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/undergraduate-program Parent: https://college.harvard.edu/academics/liberal-arts-sciences/concentrations

Undergraduate Astrophysics Program

The Astrophysics Concentration and new Secondary Field in Astrophysics offer small class sizes, the highest faculty-­to­-student ratio of the physical science departments, and the opportunity to travel to remote astronomical observatories. Students often pursue a joint concentration with either Physics or Earth & Planetary Sciences.

The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, located at 60 Garden Street opposite the Radcliffe Quadrangle, is one of the world's great centers for research in astrophysics, with over 350 scientists and powerful astronomical observatories in Arizona, Chile, Hawaii, and in space.

Undergraduate students interested in participating in either term-­time or summer research are encouraged to contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies to discuss the numerous opportunities, which range from the hunt for planets orbiting nearby stars to the quest to understand the Big Bang and the accelerating Universe.

For more information contact Andrew Vanderburg, Director of Undergraduate Studies.

2023 Fall Concentrator's/Faculty lunch at the Observatory was an energetic and enthusiastic scientific exchange.

2023: Astro 100 class trip to MMT telescope (Arizona)

2023: Astronomy 2 students atop of Harvard's Science Center.

2023: Phil Sadler's Astronomy 2 students on a clear night for star and planet sights atop of Harvard's Science Center.

2022: Astronomy Senior Trip at the European Gravitational Wave Observatory near Pisa

2018: Astronomy 101 Visit University of Arizona Mirror Lab, Biosphere 2

Undergraduates at 2018 AAS Meeting, Washington, DC

2017 Senior Eclipse Trip, Wyoming

2017 Trip to Whipple Observatory, Arizona

AY100 Visits Desert Museum, Tuscon, AZ 2017

230th AAS Meeting

January 2017, Grapevine, TX

Astronomy Undergraduates

Submillimeter Array, Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Hawaii 2016 Lava Hike

Undergraduates. Hawaii 2016

Undergraduates Lunch, Hawaii 2016

Astronomy 100 Observing Trip 2013

Harvard undergraduates on the roof of the 48-inch telescope during a trip to F. L. Whipple Observatory atop Mount Hopkins

Astronomy 100 Observing Trip 2011

Harvard undergraduates near the MMT 6.5-m telescope

Visiting the Bell Labs Horn Antenna

Cosmic Microwave Background discoverer Bob Wilson (Nobel 1978) on the left with Astronomy undergraduate students

Astronomy 191 students

Students work with Bob Wilson (Nobel 1978) to build CMB detector

Hero Pagination

Harvard Astrophysics concentrators at the AAS 247 conference in Phoenix, AZ--all gave talks or presented papers.

See more photos of the 2023 Senior Class Trip to Europe!

2024 Freshman Seminar (with Profesor Avi Loeb) at the Great Refractor