PhD Environmental Health Sciences at University of California, Irvine

Programme overview

An drea De Vizcaya - Ruiz , DVM, Ph.D. , Graduate Program Director 856 Medical Sciences Quad https://publichealth.uci.edu/departments/environmental-occupational-health/ The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health provides graduate training in environmental health sciences and offers the Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences. The Ph.D. program offers tracks in Environmental Toxicology and in Environmental Epidemiology.

Faculty: joecwenschoolofpopulationandpublichealth | Study mode: full-time | Location: Irvine, CA, United States

What you will study

The curriculum is based on a foundation of basic and health sciences with applications of scientific principles to environmental exposures and their potential health effects.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

In addition to meeting the general admission requirements set by the Graduate Division, applicants must be admitted by an Admissions Committee composed of faculty members of the graduate program . Candidates will be selected on the basis of a balanced evaluation of the following criteria, with no one factor having more influence (1) prior scholastic performance, including a consideration of grades, course load, nature of courses taken, and college attended; (2) recommendations by professors and others; (3) experience in undergraduate and/or post-baccalaureate research; (4) an interview by members of the Admissions Committee and other faculty members, when feasible; and (5) scores for the general Graduate Record Examination test (GRE), which is temporarily waived for Fall 202 5 and Fall 202 6 enrollments.

Domestic applicants: USD 13,722 a year (2026-27). Graduate tuition (resident rate) from the standard Graduate/Credential Student Fees schedule for state-supported graduate degree programmes; the page does not list programmes by name, so this is the standard graduate band. Tuition line only; excludes Stud Source

Graduate applications are submitted online through the UCI graduate application portal; the non-refundable application fee is $135 for U.S. citizens and lawful U.S. permanent residents and $155 for all other applicants. Deadlines are set by each programme. GRE is required by some programmes only; TOEFL or IELTS English proficiency is required of graduate applicants unless waived.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uci.edu/admissions/

Explore more study programmes

Health Sciences