Ph.D. Programs

Whether your interests lie in molecules, cells, systems, engineering or computational technologies, our Ph.D. programs offer many flexible interdisciplinary research opportunities. As might be expected in a time when research is more and more a collaborative venture, these programs include faculty from throughout the University. For example, the Bioengineering Ph.D. program is comprised of faculty from both the Schools of Medicine and Engineering. The vast majority of our programs (all but Bioengineering) participate in a joint admissions process. Once at Stanford, students entering through this joint process start in one of the 13 Biosciences Ph.D. Programs (their “Home Program"). During the first year students complete between two and four laboratory rotations which can be in any lab inside or outside the Home Program. Upon finishing these rotations and in conjunction with the relevant faculty committees students choose a dissertation lab.  The selection of the dissertation laboratory and research topic is a joint decision between the student and the prospective faculty thesis advisor.  When a student chooses a thesis laboratory outside of their original Home Program, they typically, although not always, transfers into a Home Program with which the thesis advisor is affiliated.

For more details and admission information, click on one of the two links below:

School of Medicine School of Humanities & Sciences

Biosciences Brochure

 

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