16 PhD programmes offered by the university

The objective of the Pharmacology Program from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is to ensure that the student who receives the Ph.D. from this Department is a highly trained, competitive scientist capable of pursuing a productive career in the pharmacological sciences. 

The Biostatistics degree from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, provides advanced, research-oriented training in theory and methodology of biostatistics to prepare individuals for careers in academia, government and industry.

Welcome to the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Our Biology graduate programs at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill span the breadth of biological questions and experimental systems — from evolution in viruses to cell and molecular biology in frogs and plants to bioinformatics of the human genome.

The Applied Physical Sciences degree at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill lives in the collaborative space between science and engineering, combining knowledge and discovery with an engineering mindset, team-based science, and entrepreneurship to address real-world problems. 

The Cell Biology and Physiology Curriculum at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill encompasses the fields of cell biology, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal and respiratory physiology, neurobiology, cellular signal transduction, endocrinology, and cancer. 

The Quantitative Biology degree from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill applies modeling and analysis tools from mathematics, statistics, computer science and physics to study the workings of life, with the aim of developing predictive models that both can inform and be informed by empirical studies.

The Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology is an interdepartmental Ph.D. training program at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, with about 80 faculty and students working in every basic science department in the School of Medicine as well as the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Science and in labs in the Schools of Dentistry and Pharmacy.

At University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, the educational and research profile of the Statistics and Operations Research Ph.D. program is focused on the core disciplines of statistics, optimization, probability, and stochastic modeling. 

At the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Physics and Astronomy. 

The purpose of the Doctor of Philosophy program in Mathematics at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is to prepare the student for research and teaching.

The goals of the Chemistry PhD program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill are to provide students with a broad base in advanced topics in chemistry and substantial depth in one or more areas of expertise through an in-depth research experience.

Modern biology is being greatly enriched by an infusion of ideas from computational and mathematical fields, including computer science, information science, mathematics, operations research and statistics. We offer a  Bioinformatics and Computational Biology degree at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Microbiology and immunology includes a dynamic and exciting collection of disciplines. The Microbiology and Immunology students at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill receive training and conduct research in leading areas of prokaryotic and eukaryotic molecular and cellular biology, immunology, and virology, as well as in broad multi-disciplinary areas such as host-pathogen interactions. 

As a graduate student in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill you can be part of the cutting-edge research that makes this such an exhilarating time.

The Curriculum in Neuroscience at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is an interdepartmental, interdisciplinary training program leading to a PhD degree in Neuroscience.