Student Life

The Applied Science Department currently has over 50 graduate students with varying backgrounds and interests. Coursework, one-on-one meetings with faculty members, association with other graduate students, and seminars are all a part of an entering graduate student's experience. Advanced students help coordinate the seminar program and travel to present achievements in research. The most inventive of our students receive U.S. patents by the time they are awarded their degrees. The graduate student association, pizza seminars, and intramural sports provide casual settings for further involvement in campus life.

Applied Science students enjoy:

• An academic program tailored to each student's needs. The coursework component of each student's curriculum is highly flexible and is planned individually with his or her faculty advisory committee.
• Outstanding research opportunities in internationally recognized laboratories. Applied Science students perform their thesis research in the laboratories at William and Mary, Jefferson Lab, and NASA Langley.
• Yearly stipends and full-tuition scholarships. The Research Assistant stipend is $20,040 plus tuition and health insurance.
• A delightful location adjacent to historic Colonial Williamsburg. Also in town are Busch Gardens and Water Country USA with the Atlantic Ocean beaches and the Chesapeake Bay an hour's drive to the east, the Blue Ridge Mountains two and a half hours to the west, and Washington, DC, two hours to the north.

William and Mary MPG Videos

Click on the items below to see some video clips of us, the College, and our students. Most of these MPGs are around a minute or so long, and may take some time to download if your connection isn't fast.

• MPG video of some nice scenes at the College.
• MPG video of the 30-second spot you'd see if W&M sports were on TV.
• MPG video of Freshman Welcoming ceremony.
• MPG video of President Sullivan talking about W&M.
• MPG video about Newtown development.
• MPG video about student-faculty interactions at W&M.
• MPG video about W&M in the rankings.
• MPG video about W&M in the rankings (another one).
• MPG video with some campus scenes.
• MPG video with scenes at the W&M daycare center.
• MPG video with students having fun around campus.
• MPG video showing a surface science lab.
• MPG video about the College and our students.
• MPG video about undergraduate research.
• MPG video about the Fund for William & Mary.
• MPG video about how much we value student-faculty interactions.
• MPG video of a famous alum apologizing for criticizing our architecture.
• Trailer for 2006 Commencement DVD.
• Chancellor Sandra Day O’Connor’s inauguration remarks.

Some 360-view images can be found here. A video of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II during her recent visit to William and Mary on May 4, 2007 can be found here and various videos of Colonial Williamsburg are here.