Student Resources
Begin with a solid foundation
Studying physics in middle school, high school, and as an undergraduate can set you up for success in a variety of career fields.
Career resources for students
Whether you're just starting your education and career exploration or are applying for jobs, APS has guides, events, and career information to assist you.
Discover your path to career success, your comprehensive companion offering valuable insights, practical tools, and personalized guidance.
Studying physics opens up your future to a range of career paths. You can do almost anything with a physics background!
Discover how much you can do with a degree in physics by seeing how others have put theirs to use.
Get involved, advance your career, and explore important topics for the physics community.
Take your first steps into a physics career with an internship
Awards and meeting travel grants recognize outstanding physics students and help fund scientific meeting attendance.
Connect with other physics students
Collaborate and network with other physics students.
Joining APS connects you to other students, mentors, funding opportunities, and ways to advance your education and career in physics.
APS chapters support graduate students, postdocs, and early career scientists at their colleges, universities, and national laboratories.
Connect with other physics students, present your research, and engage in career discovery and networking at March and April Meeting.
This APS unit helps to expand graduate students' involvement in APS and the larger scientific community.
Mentoring programs
APS Bridge Program
"The APS Bridge Program helps undergraduate physics students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups chart a path to grad school."
Gender Inclusive Physics Community
Career planning, leadership training, and mentoring opportunities for women, transgender, and nonbinary individuals in undergraduate and graduate programs.
News for physics students
APS News regularly features interviews with students and early career physicists excelling in their field as well as commentary about physics education and careers.