GRADUATE PROGRAM
Our graduate students
- Current total: >110
- 20% funded by highly competitive fellowships
- All others receive 12 months of GTA or GRA support
- At least 10% receive merit awards every year
- Most receive travel awards at least once while in the program
- All students present their work at local, national, and/or international conferences
Our Graduate Program
The Department of Biological Sciences offers both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Graduate students can pursue research in any of the following focus areas:
- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
- Focus Group: Integrative Organismal Biology (IOB)
- Focus Group: VT Stream Team
- Interdepartmental Program: Interfaces of Global Change
- Microbiology/Immunology
- Interdepartmental programs:
- Guide to Program
- How to Apply
- Virginia Tech Graduate School (Admissions, Academics, Financial Matters, Student Life, International Graduate Student Services)
- Graduate Course Descriptions (choose the "Course Listings" tab)
- Graduate Policies and Procedures (VT pid and password required)
- Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
- Application for Graduate Teaching Assistantship (for graduate students outside of Biological Sciences)
Contact Information
Graduate Coordinator: Graduate Director: |
Graduate School: |
Graduate Coordinator:
Kate Trainque
(ktrainque@vt.edu)
Graduate Director:
Daniela Cimini
(cimini@vt.edu)
Graduate School:
Graduate Life Center
Mail Code 0325
155 Otey Street NW
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
gradappl@vt.edu