The School of Biological Sciences offers MS and Ph.D. degree programs in Botany and Zoology with a non-thesis MS option in Biology. We provide research specialties in ecology and evolution, physiology, systematics, and molecular biology for plant and animal systems. Degree requirements and additional information can be found in our Graduate Student Handbook.
A major strength of our program is the facilities available to graduate students for their research. For example students have access to extensive support facilities including an electron microscope center, herbarium, natural history museum, vivarium, greenhouses, and growth chambers. Off campus, our graduate students may utilize several field research sites such as the Hudson Biological Reserve at Smoot Hill and Meyers Point Field Station.
All of our graduate students are fully-funded; most receive teaching assistantships, and some receive research assistantships and fellowships. A major focus for the faculty in our school is graduate research and we welcome you to directly contact individual faculty members or direct your questions to the graduate secretary within the School of Biological Sciences.
To Apply:
Applicants must submit their applications to the School of Biological Sciences by January 15 for summer or fall semester and by September 15 for spring semester. Foreign applicants should note the WSU Graduate School deadlines on the Application for Admission.
Click on the links below to download application
forms*:
• Application Form
• Supplement to
Application Form
• Declaration of Choice
Form
* The forms above require the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free if you need to download it.
The $50 application fee must accompany the Graduate School application. It cannot be waived or deferred.
Application materials for the School of Biological Sciences should be sent to the Graduate Coordinator at the address below. Graduate School application materials should be submitted directly to the WSU Graduate School.
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Graduate Coordinator |
1 - School of Biological
Sciences Application Form
2 - Supplement to Application
Form
3 - Three letters of recommendation each
of which must by accompanied by a Declaration of Choice Form. You should
complete the form and send copies to each of your
references to include with their letter. The original
Declaration of Choice form should be submitted with your
School of Biological Sciences application
materials.
4 - GRE scores: Required for
international and domestic applicants. Send official
scores to the Graduate School, and include a photocopy
with your application materials to the School of
Biological Sciences. WSU Institutional Code: 4705
5 - TOEFL scores (international applicants
only): Official scores must be sent to the
Graduate School, and include a photocopy with your
application materials to the School of Biological
Sciences. WSU Institutional Code: 4705
6 - Transcripts: Applicants should order
one official transcript from each university-level school
attended. The official transcripts must be sent directly
to the Dean of the Graduate School by the registrar of
the institution at which work was done. Photocopies of
all transcripts must be sent to the School of Biological
Sciences.
You will be notified once an admission decision has been reached by the School of Biological Sciences. If it is decided that you are a qualified applicant, you will be instructed to submit the WSU Graduate School Application (http://www.gradsch.wsu.edu/howtoapply.htm) or International Student application Form (http://www.gradsch.wsu.edu/internationalapp.htm). Applicants may apply online, or choose to print and mail the application to the Graduate School.