OpenFieldStony Brook · Stony Brook, New York, United States
Stony Brook University (State University of New York at Stony Brook) is a world-renowned public flagship research university on Long Island's North Shore. Classified as an R1 Doctoral University and a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), Stony Brook co-manages the prestigious Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) for the U.S. Department of Energy. It is globally famous for inventing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, and premier programs in physics, computer science, and medicine.
Stony Brook encompasses the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Renaissance School of Medicine, and the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS). Highlights include the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, the Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT), and the Advanced Energy Center.
Undergraduate admissions are highly competitive (average GPA 3.9, middle 50% SAT 1340-1510, test-optional). Graduate admissions require an accredited bachelor's degree with a 3.0+ minimum GPA (3.5+ for competitive STEM doctorates), GRE scores (department-specific), rigorous research statements of purpose, and three academic references.
World-class doctoral program in high-energy physics, string theory, quantum chromodynamics, and condensed matter, conducted in collaboration with the Simons Center and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Top-tier doctoral program leading breakthroughs in computer vision, natural language processing, distributed cloud computing, cybersecurity, and virtual reality visualization at CEWIT.
LCME-accredited medical doctorate renowned for translational biomedical research, clinical training at Stony Brook University Hospital, and early clinical immersion pathways.
Cutting-edge doctoral research utilizing Brookhaven National Lab's National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) for energy storage batteries, polymer nanocomposites, and catalytic membranes.
World-class doctoral program in oceanography, atmospheric chemistry, climate modeling, and coastal fisheries utilizing Stony Brook's marine research fleet and supercomputing clusters.
Prestigious research fellowship for graduate scholars conducting fundamental quantum computing algorithms, relativistic heavy-ion collider data analytics, and ultrafast laser spectroscopy at BNL.
Interim President & Historian
Office of the President
Dr. McCormick serves as Interim President of Stony Brook University, a distinguished American political historian and former President of Rutgers University and...
View researcher profile ↗Simons Center Chair & Distinguished Professor of Physics
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics & Department of Physics and Astronomy
Dr. Zamolodchikov is an internationally renowned theoretical physicist celebrated for pioneering conformal field theory, integrable quantum field theories, and ...
View researcher profile ↗Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science & CEWIT
Dr. Kaufman is an IEEE Fellow and National Academy of Inventors Fellow known globally for inventing 3D virtual colonoscopy, volume visualization algorithms, and...
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