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About the Graduate Program

The Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolution & Behavior (EEB) links faculty and students interested in the biology of organisms from molecules to ecosystems. Studies address questions from molecular mechanisms of evolution, the interactions of organisms in social groups and populations, the distributions and abundances of species in communities and ecosystems, to global biogeochemical processes.

The program provides broad training in the general areas of ecology, evolution, and animal behavior, and specialized courses and research in vertebrate and invertebrate zoology; behavior and ethology; evolution; population genetics; molecular evolution; systematics; population, community and ecosystem ecology; global ecology, limnology, paleoecology, ecology of vegetation, and theoretical ecology. Graduate faculty members are drawn from the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior; Applied Economics; Civil Engineering; Entomology; Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology; Forest Resources; Genetics and Cell Biology; Geology and Geophysics; Horticultural Science; Plant Biology; Plant Pathology; Soil, Water, and Climate; Veterinary Pathobiology; and the Medical School.

The program solicits applications from top students throughout the world. We strive to maintain an active group of 60 students pursuing their graduate degrees in EEB. The majority of our students earn the Ph.D. degree, but some students seeking a Master's degree are admitted. Admission to the program is competitive, with GRE scores, the undergraduate GPA, personal statements of career objectives, and letters of recommendation being the primary criteria used in admission decisions.

Applications are considered only once per year, beginning immediately after the deadline in mid December and extending until support for acceptable applicants has been exhausted, which typically is by mid-April. New students are admitted to the graduate program only for the fall semester but may delay their start until the following spring semester.