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PhD Biology at University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania, United States

Programme overview

The Biology Graduate Program represents many areas of biology, and interactions with a diverse group of colleagues provide opportunities to broaden every student’s thinking and make connections between different fields and scientific approaches. Areas of research include microbiology, cell biology, development, physiology, neuroscience, animal behavior, plant biology, genetics, computational biology, evolution, ecology and biodiversity. Each entering graduate student has the freedom to pursue topics ranging from the behavior of molecules to that of cells, organisms, genomes, and ecosystems.

Duration: 16.5 course units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Requires 16.5 course units in total. Listed required courses include BIOL 7000 Advanced Topics in Current Biological Research; BIOL 6010 Communication for Biologists; BIOL 5022 Cell Signaling; BIOL 5231 Genome Science and Genomic Medicine; BIOL 5234 Epigenetics; BIOL 5430 Evolution and Ecology of Infectious Diseases.

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Application information

USD 46,540 a year (2026-27). Full tuition rate for PhD programs for 2026-2027 (Annenberg, Arts & Sciences, Design, Education, Social Policy & Practice, Engineering, Nursing, Wharton and Biomedical Sciences share this rate). Most PhD programs fully fund students for at least 4 years, Source

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