PhD Biological Sciences at University of Cincinnati

Programme overview

The goals of the Department of Biological Sciences graduate program are to support and encourage students in their preparation for careers in research, health professions, industry, teaching, and stewardship agencies. Our graduate program is a research program, with specialties covering all levels of biological organization, including: We use comparative approaches to study both the evolutionary history and ecological consequences of biodiversity.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences | Duration: 5 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States

Career pathways

Our graduates go on to careers in a variety of professions, including in industry, as academic professors, as instructors in liberal arts colleges and high schools, naturalists, conservation professionals, and with local partners such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Cincinnati Zoo and Botancial Garden, and the Cincinnati Museum Center.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

Online Application Unofficial College Transcripts used for admission review. Official transcripts required at time of enrollment. Proof of English Proficiency Two letters of Recommendation Our program is a research graduate program, and all entering students are assigned a faculty advisor with whom they will begin research. Therefore, faculty evaluations of potential graduate students are important to decisions about admissions. We highly recommend contacting faculty members with whom you would be interested in working. Please review the tenure track faculty profiles and areas of research on the Biology Department web page to select and communicate with a potential faculty advisor.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applicants select an entry term (semester) when applying; not all programmes start every term, and each programme sets its own start terms.

Graduate applications: programmes set their own deadlines and decision schedules. Most programmes use the UC Graduate Admissions Application; Nursing uses NursingCAS, Occupational Therapy OTCAS, Physical Therapy PTCAS, Athletic Training ATCAS, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology CSDCAS, and Public Health SOPHAS.

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

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