You are Here:
Home » Graduate Programs
Application forms for entry into the Ph.D. and Professional Masters programs may be accessed electronically at the MSU Office of Admissions and Scholarships web site. Copies of applications for admission and accompanying documents, including transcripts of all prior college education, a personal letter of intent and objective, scores on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examinations, and three letters of recommendation from academics, should be returned to the Graduate Secretary by a February 1 deadline for consideration for admission the following academic year.
Download Graduate Manual
All graduate students admitted to the doctoral program are awarded research stipends in the forms of assistantships, traineeships, fellowships, and minority-assistance programs.
The goal of the Microbiology & Molecular Genetics graduate program is to provide basic education in various core disciplines of modern biology and intensive training in specialty areas relative to a student’s research interests.
Since the Ph.D. degree is primarily a research degree, our doctoral program is designed to foster and nurture creative and independent research. Ph.D. students generally perform rotating research projects (about 10 weeks each) in three laboratories during their first academic year.
Courses offered by the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics are listed below.
Nominations and applications for the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department Student Awards are solicited in Spring semester each year.
