Overview
The Pathobiology graduate program at Kansas State University is an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary program with a mission to provide a broad based graduate education to students seeking a PhD degree in the areas of infectious and non-infectious diseases of animals, food safety, security, and policy, and production animal medicine and management.
Career Opportunities
A Ph.D. degree in Pathobiology prepares students for a number of varied academic, industry, and government agency careers. Because of the breadth and rapid growth of basic medical sciences, continued expansion of opportunities is expected.
Doctoral graduates find positions requiring independent work in federal and state agencies, and in industries such as animal health, biomedical, chemical, pharmaceutical, and food technology.
Programme Structure
Research areas include:
- transboundary diseases
- swine viral diseases
- bacterial diseases
- vaccine development
- vector-borne diseases
- epidemiology
- food safety and security
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
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Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- Manhattan, United States
Disciplines
Biology Pathology View 358 other PhDs in Biology in United StatesWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact individual graduate faculty in the program to identify appropriate programs.
A willingness to accept the applicant as a graduate student by a faculty is a requirement for approval of the application for admission by the Executive Committee.
- Graduate School Application Fee
- Official Transcripts
- Personal Statement
- Three Letters of Recommendation
Student insurance
Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:
- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Tuition Fee
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International
30210 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1007 USD per credit during 36 months. -
National
30210 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1007 USD per credit during 36 months. -
In-State
13500 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 450 USD per credit during 36 months.
Living costs for Manhattan
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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Available Scholarships
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