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PhD Environmental Health at University of Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati, United States

Programme overview

The Environmental Health department offers PhDs in Environmental Genetics & Molecular Toxicology, Environmental & Industrial Hygiene, and Epidemiology. In EGMT, students start as provisional doctoral candidates with an advisor and complete first-year lab rotations to choose a dissertation lab.

Faculty: College of Medicine  |  Department: Environmental and Public Health Sciences  |  Duration: EGMT track: minimum 90 graduate credit hours post-baccalaureate, 60 post-master's  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States

What you will study

EGMT requires core courses before the Qualifying Exam, a dissertation committee meeting every six months, at least one first-author paper and a public dissertation defense.

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Application information

Entry requirements

EGMT track: students whose first language is not English must pass the university's oral English proficiency exam to pass the Qualifying Exam; a 3.0 average in required and in all courses is needed before the Qualifying Exam.

Requirements published at program group level.

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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