Choose Marquette University for your Biological Sciences Graduate Studies

Graduate studies in the biological sciences at Marquette are designed to develop the whole person with a superior graduate education tailored to the individual person -small enough to ensure personalized attention but large enough to have the resources and expertise to train individuals in the theoretical and experimental aspects of modern biology. Students may choose from two tracks: biological sciences and neurosciences.

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES:The Biological Sciences Graduate Program aspires to train experimental scientists capable of teaching and directing independent research by providing a broad theoretical background and an appreciation for the scientific method. Students in this track may specialize in Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Ecology, Epithelial Physiology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, or Muscle and Exercise Physiology.

NEUROSCIENCES: The Neuroscience Graduate Program is offered in collaboration with the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Health Sciences. In addition to general training in the biological sciences, students receive specialized course work in the neurosciences and choose a neuroscience laboratory from either department for their dissertation research.

Your Journey

First-year students in both tracks do three laboratory rotations to work with potential mentors and gain exposure to different research environments. Rotations include attending lab group meetings, literature research, bench work, and presentation of findings and/or research plans to lab members.

Be Prepared

We strive to train first-rate scientists capable of directing independent research. Our students are prepared for postdoctoral research and, ultimately, tenure-track faculty positions at prestigious research institutions and positions in industry and government.

Be Engaged

Our graduate program offers a small student-faculty ratio, which means individualized attention and interaction among faculty and students. This permits flexible programming with unique opportunities customized to meet each student's interests and needs.

Be Mentored

Our faculty are committed to excellence in teaching and research -so much so that several of them have been honored with the university's highest awards for teaching and research, and are recognized nationally and internationally as scholars. You will experience that knowledge and leadership in your everyday interactions with them -in the classroom and outside of it.

Be Informed

You will have exposure to a network of scholars from all over the world through the privately funded Scholl Lecture Series, at which you will hear about the latest research, and learn about developing techniques.

Be Supported

Each year, we offer generous benefits in the form of research assistantships or teaching assistantships with tuition credits, a competitive stipend and health care benefits.

GRADUATE STUDIES

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