# 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](https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/), 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](mailto:avanderburg@cfa.harvard.edu), Director of Undergraduate Studies.

- [Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships](http://uraf.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do)
- [STAHR](https://sites.harvard.edu/stahr/), Student Astronomers at Harvard-Radcliffe
- [Harvard College Handbook](http://handbook.fas.harvard.edu/book/welcome), FAS summary of important deadlines in the undergraduate year
- [Astrobites](https://astrobites.org/), Astrobites is a daily literature journal summarizing new astrophysical research posted to [astroph](http:/arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph). Astrobites is written by graduate students for undergraduates.
- [Math Department Course Offerings](http://math.harvard.edu/~jjchen/Math_Courses_2019-2020.pdf.)
- [Academic Resource Center](https://academicresourcecenter.harvard.edu/home), the ARC supports Harvard’s students in developing reading strategies, time management skills, and metacognitive approaches to learning
- [Harvard Science Education Office](https://lifesciences.fas.harvard.edu)
- The AstroSoc email list(run by students) is: <https://groups.google.com/g/harvard-astrosoc/about>\
- The Astro Undergrad list (run by department): <https://groups.google.com/a/cfa.harvard.edu/g/astro_harvard_undergrad/about>
- [Harvard Observing Project (HOP)](http://astrolab.fas.harvard.edu/hop.html)

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**](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPdwrRhwcNHAsaUSPqafUIqae5h1Vpy6AUxEeAk71QbGn_6D7-IKAXyd0XYaYo3-A?key=cWd1elVNYUQ0VmJyWGdyQ)

[**2018: Astronomy 101 Visit University of Arizona Mirror Lab, Biosphere 2**](/galleries/2018-astronomy101-visit-university-arizona-mirror-lab-biosphere-2 "2018: Astronomy 101 Visit University of Arizona Mirror Lab, Biosphere 2")

[**Undergraduates at 2018 AAS Meeting, Washington, DC**](/undergraduates-2018-aas-meeting-washington-dc "Undergraduates at 2018 AAS Meeting, Washington, DC")

[**2017 Senior Eclipse Trip, Wyoming**](/senior-eclipse-trip-photos-allyson-bieryla "Senior Eclipse Trip: Photos by Allyson Bieryla")

## 2017 Trip to Whipple Observatory, Arizona

## AY100 Visits Desert Museum, Tuscon, AZ 2017

## 230th AAS Meeting

[January 2017, Grapevine, TX](/undergraduates-2017-aas-meeting-grapevine-texas "Undergraduates at 2017 AAS Meeting, Grapevine, Texas")

## 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](http://www.mmto.org/)

## Visiting the Bell Labs Horn Antenna

[Cosmic Microwave Background discoverer Bob Wilson (Nobel 1978) on the left with Astronomy undergraduate students](http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k90246&pageid=icb.page535111)

## Astronomy 191 students

[Students work with Bob Wilson (Nobel 1978) to build CMB detector](https://www.sites.google.com/site/ay191cmblabfall2012/home)

#### 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](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPdwrRhwcNHAsaUSPqafUIqae5h1Vpy6AUxEeAk71QbGn_6D7-IKAXyd0XYaYo3-A?key=cWd1elVNYUQ0VmJyWGdyQUtWYm44Yy1mS01JczB3)!

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

## Undergraduate Links