345 PhD programmes in Biology in United States

The Environmental and Evolutionary Biology program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette emphasizes research in environmental and evolutionary biology, with specialization in marine biology, ecology, molecular studies, and cell biology.

The Doctorate of Philosophy in Integrative Biology at the University of South Florida is designed to foster the development of technical and analytical skills used in existing and emerging fields of discovery.

The University of Toledo’s Bioengineering graduate program prides itself on its award-winning faculty and its active research programs.   

The Department of Entomology at Pennsylvania State University offers graduate programs that encourage students with diverse academic and research backgrounds to conceive and implement novel research within the insect sciences.

The Biochemistry of Health and Disease program of Drexel University trains students to explore the biological mechanisms that control the functions of living organisms.

Modern research in the biological sciences is increasingly multidisciplinary, focused less on single genes and proteins, and more on the complex interactions of multiple genes, macromolecules, and processes within a living Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology and Biophysics organism at Johns Hopkins University. 

The Evolutionary Biology programme offered by Cornell University develops advanced research expertise in biodiversity, evolutionary processes, and ecological systems.

Integrative Biology from University of California, Berkeley takes a whole-organism approach, extending from the genome and proteome through organismal traits (phenotypes), to communities and ecosystems.

Graduate study in Biophysics at the Cornell University is interdisciplinary and highly individualized.

The Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology Graduate Program offered at Rice University is housed in the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB).

The PhD in Integrated Biology is awarded by the Graduate College at The University of Iowa. Instruction is offered through the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Evolution, ecology and behavior encompass those aspects of the life and environmental sciences that characterize how organisms interact with each other and their environment, and how those interactions change over time. The Evolution, Ecology and Behavior program is offered at University at Buffalo.

The Molecular and Cellular Biology program from The University of Arizona provide students with a broad range of well-funded research opportunities. These combined resources engender a multidisciplinary, interactive approach to research and education. 

Designed to allow graduate students to build a solid foundation for their professional life as a interdiscplinary researcher, the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program program at The Ohio State University trains students to investigate human disease through a process of integrating information across several traditional biomedical research disciplines.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biological Sciences within the School of Life Sciences (SoLS) from University of Nevada, Las Vegas consists of four sectional research concentrations that reflect the scope of modern biology: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), Integrative Physiology (IP), Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB), and Microbiology (MB). 

The focus of the Structural Biology program from the University at Buffalo, is biological form and function at the level of the three-dimensional atomic architecture of biological macromolecules.

Students who have passed the comprehensive examination in the PhD program and have completed at least 30 credit hours of approved course work for graduate credit, at least two-thirds of which must be at or above the 500-level, may petition the department for award of a master’s degree. The Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology program is offered by the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine, Advanced Education in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics offers a 60-month combined Doctorate Degree and Certificate residency program in Oral Biology offers a 60-month combined Doctorate Degree and Certificate residency program.

Our Biological Physics, Structure and Design program from University of Washington focuses on the study of how the basic molecular components that provide the building blocks of biological systems work. 

Because photosynthetic organisms are the primary producers for natural and agricultural ecosystems, plant biology research provides critical data to solve global problems such as biofuel development, food plant improvement, climate change effects, and biodiversity conservation. We offer a phd degree in Plant Biology at the University of Oklahoma.