Overview

The Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology program at Rice University is designed to provide students the knowledge and tools that they will need to solve hard research questions and to apply their discoveries to the development of biotechnologies that transform agriculture, electronics, energy, the environment, information storage, medicine, and manufacturing.

What you will learn

To provide students the tools that they will need to be world-class investigators, our core curriculum covers three synergistic topics:

Synthetic Biology — the “bottom-up” construction of biomolecules and cellular systems and their applications to increasing our understanding of biological processes and enabling new biotechnologies.
Systems Biology — the emergence of functional properties in complex biological systems that are not presented by the individual components (genes, transcripts, enzymes, and metabolites).
Physical Biology — the development of models that anticipate the properties of natural and synthetic cellular systems by integrating biology with chemistry, physics, mathematics, and computer science.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Physical Biology

Synthetic Biology

Responsible Conduct of Research

Graduate Teaching in SSPB

Advanced Topics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-01-02 00:00:00

More details

In general, applications received before December 10 will receive priority consideration, but applications will be accepted until January 2.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

Credits

90 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Physics Biology View 308 other PhDs in Biology in United States

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
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Other requirements

General requirements

When completing the online application, applicants will be asked to electronically submit the following:

Transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate schools attended. Unofficial transcripts may be uploaded for initial evaluation; however, applicants offered an interview must provide official transcripts.
At least three letters of recommendation from research mentors, teachers, or advisors
A curriculum vitae (CV)
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores (for international students requiring visas)

Tuition Fee

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International

57210 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 57210 USD per year during 60 months.
National

57210 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 57210 USD per year during 60 months.
In-State

57210 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 57210 USD per year during 60 months.

Living costs for Houston

1067 - 1950 USD /month

Living costs

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

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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