Graduate schools with Planetary Sciences

[Tone L]

I was curious if anyone knew of any schools that offered graduate degrees in planetary sciences, specifically studying other planets atmospheres. May be it the study of the atmosphere itself or remote sensing techniques for planetary atmospheres.

I know how to find schools that offer the degree. I was more or less wondering if anyone on PF already knew some or one.

Thanks in advance.

 

[ZapperZ]

I was curious if anyone knew of any schools that offered graduate degrees in planetary sciences, specifically studying other planets atmospheres. May be it the study of the atmosphere itself or remote sensing techniques for planetary atmospheres.

I tried searching online and the only school I saw I believe was Cal Tech and maybe UC Boulder

Thanks in advance.

Shouldn't this be a graduate degree in Astronomy, but with a specialization in Planetary Sciences? As far as I can tell, planetary sciences is a field of study within astronomy.

Zz.

 

[Tone L]

Shouldn't this be a graduate degree in Astronomy, but with a specialization in Planetary Sciences? As far as I can tell, planetary sciences is a field of study within astronomy.

Zz.

This is what I think as well from my brief findings. However, schools with a graduate degree in Astronomy doesn't always mean Planetary Atmospheres, of course. I was hoping to narrow that aspect down :)

 

[ZapperZ]

This is what I think as well from my brief findings. However, schools with a graduate degree in Astronomy doesn't always mean Planetary Atmospheres, of course. I was hoping to narrow that aspect down :)

But this is why you have to either ask the professor at your current schools, or do some legwork. Look for papers in the area that you want to work in, and see the authors affiliation. Or go to the various astronomy department's webpage, and browse through all the various research programs within the department.

Actually, you might want to look at geophysics dept. as well. For example, you will not find a planetary sciences graduate degree, but you can certainly specialize in it at the U. of Chicago in the Geophysical Sciences dept.

http://geosci.uchicago.edu/research/planetary-sciences-and-cosmochemistry/

So again, if you simply look for a graduate degree in planetary sciences, you won't find much. It is a sub-topic or a subject area within a larger discipline.

It is the same with practically every other areas. No school has a graduate program in, say, superconductivity. They all have graduate degree in physics, and they may even have a big area covering condensed matter physics. But it is a specific field within physics, and condensed matter, and one has to be aware of the fields and who's in it to know which schools have research specialization in the area.

Zz.

 

[Tone L]

But this is why you have to either ask the professor at your current schools, or do some legwork. Look for papers in the area that you want to work in, and see the authors affiliation. Or go to the various astronomy department's webpage, and browse through all the various research programs within the department.

Actually, you might want to look at geophysics dept. as well. For example, you will not find a planetary sciences graduate degree, but you can certainly specialize in it at the U. of Chicago in the Geophysical Sciences dept.

http://geosci.uchicago.edu/research/planetary-sciences-and-cosmochemistry/

So again, if you simply look for a graduate degree in planetary sciences, you won't find much. It is a sub-topic or a subject area within a larger discipline.

It is the same with practically every other areas. No school has a graduate program in, say, superconductivity. They all have graduate degree in physics, and they may even have a big area covering condensed matter physics. But it is a specific field within physics, and condensed matter, and one has to be aware of the fields and who's in it to know which schools have research specialization in the area.

Zz.

Thanks! Wonderful, appreciate the help.

 

[jtbell]

I tried searching online and the only school I saw I believe was Cal Tech and maybe UC Boulder

How about the University of Arizona?

 

[CrysPhys]

I was curious if anyone knew of any schools that offered graduate degrees in planetary sciences, specifically studying other planets atmospheres. May be it the study of the atmosphere itself or remote sensing techniques for planetary atmospheres.

I know how to find schools that offer the degree. I was more or less wondering if anyone on PF already knew some or one.

Thanks in advance.

MIT has a Program in Planetary Science in the Dept of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences: https://eapsweb.mit.edu/research/pps

 

[radium]

Harvard and Berkeley programs called Earth and planetary sciences.

 

[Dr Transport]

Cornell Center for astrophysics and planetary science...

http://www.astro.cornell.edu/