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 2024-05-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-01-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2024-08-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-01-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2025-01-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-08-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

79

Credits

90 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Biology Pathology View 13 other PhDs in Pathology in United States

Academic requirements

GPA

3

GRE^®

Required

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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

Tuition Fee

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International

30210 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1007 USD per credit during 36 months.
National

30210 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1007 USD per credit during 36 months.
In-State

13500 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 450 USD per credit during 36 months.

Living costs for Manhattan

900 - 1400 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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Scholarships Information

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