167 PhD programmes in Microbiology

Join this Microbiology program at Arizona State University to learn how microbes impact human health and the environment, gain theoretical and practical training in your chosen area of interest, and become an expert ready to contribute to the greater good.

The Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Saskatchewan offers graduate programs leading to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. 

The Microbiology and Immunology Program from Columbia University is one of the specialized research and training areas within the Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Studies and offers research in core microbiological principles of DNA replication and bacterial growth, virology and host-virus interactions, malaria and Plasmodium falciparum genetics and drug resistance. 

This PhD degree program at Brigham Young University is a comprehensive academic endeavor in Cell Biology and Physiology.

The Graduate Group in Microbiology at University of California, Berkeley is composed of 53 faculty from diverse departments, colleges, and schools.

The Microbiology and Molecular Genetics course at Rutgers University is part of a large, diverse, and highly interactive community of biological scientists that form the Graduate programme in Molecular Biosciences at Rutgers University and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. 

The University of Kansas has an excellent and broadly represented Microbiology research program in the Molecular Biosciences Department.

The Medical Microbiology and Immunology research programme from Comenius University Bratislava aims to study resistance mechanisms to antimicrobial media, various therapeutical equivalents as the phage therapy and auto vaccines.

This Microbiology (Biosciences) programme from University of Nottingham covers fundamental studies of individual organisms at a genetic and biochemical level, through to metagenomics.

Research in the School of Biosciences revolves around understanding systems and processes in the living cell. Microbiology at University of Kent has a strong molecular focus with leading-edge activities that are synergistic with one another and complementary to the teaching provision. 

The Marine Microbiology program at the International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology (IMPRS MarMic) teaches students to take an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of marine prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiology, offering training in physiology, ecology, evolution, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and other related subjects.

The Graduate Field of Microbiology at Cornell is one of the few graduate programs in the country in which there is a strong emphasis on prokaryote biology, the study of the fundamental properties of Bacteria and Archaea. The Microbiology program is offered by Cornell University.

The Ph.D. in Microbiology from Colorado State University provides opportunities for graduate training in fundamentals of modern investigative microbiology, immunology, and pathobiology with an emphasis on a multi-disciplinary approach to research problems. 

An advanced, original research project in an area of parasitology is undertaken supervised by faculty staff, and a thesis is produced in the Parasitology - Bioinformatics PhD at McGill University. 

The program leading to the PhD is designed to develop the student’s ability to pursue independent and original research in microbiology and allied fields, to teach both oral and written communication of the results of research to the scientific community, and to train effective teachers. The Microbiology program is offered by the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

The Complex Living Systems PhD programme from The University of Exeter mission is to understand life across all scales - from individual atoms to whole organisms - and to discover approaches for improving health and treating disease. 

Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Programme offered by the Institut Pasteur prepares students for an exciting and competitive career in scientific research, through the development of a research project,  participation to academic courses, and professional development trainings. The requested duration for a PhD in France is three years.

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 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.

The Joint Doctoral Program (with SDSU) in Biology program at the University of California, San Diego is a partnership between the School of Biological Sciences and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.