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School Information

As astronomy graduate admissions become increasingly competitive each year, and programs face unexpected challenges at the state and national level, we’re offering a space to improve transparency between students and graduate programs. While our in-person graduate fairs at January AAS meetings are highly valued by the community and will continue, hosting an earlier event in September will allow students better access to information when they need it most: before they apply.

This virtual event will allow your department/unit to showcase your graduate program to interested students, convey research and fellowship opportunities, and clarify deadlines and application requirements in real time. We anticipate dozens of participating departments and hundreds of students.

To register your department/unit, please use the form linked below to sign up by 11 August. Note that the registration fee for departments is $500 and covers the attendance of 4–5 departmental representatives.

Register your department here!

Why the registration fee for a virtual event? There are significant staff support and per-participant costs associated with the virtual platform for the fair. Registration fees from departments/units help to mitigate those costs while keeping the fair free for students to attend. We project that the AAS will operate this event at a financial loss despite the registration fee, and we accept this loss because we see this event as a valuable service to your departments/units and to our community’s undergraduates.