• Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology at Princeton University is offered as a 5-year teaching program.
  • This program has a co-op work option.
  • In order to be eligible to participate in a full-time Co-op Work Term, students must meet the GPA requirements.
  • The student to faculty ratio is 18:1 which bridges the gap between faculty and students.
  • Some of the main courses that students will study in this program are:
    • Cell biology
    • Bioinformatics
    • Enzymology
    • Genetics
    • Immunology
  • The molecular biology department at Princeton is a tightly knit, cohesive group of scientists that includes undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty with diverse but overlapping interests.
  • Graduate students have a wide choice of advisers, with a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary interests and research objectives.
  • The graduate program offers each entering student the opportunity, with the help of faculty advisers, to design the intellectual program that best meets his or her unique scientific interests.
  • Each student chooses a series of research rotations with faculty members in molecular biology and associated departments (chemistry, computer science, ecology, and evolutionary biology, engineering, physics, and psychology).
  • Entering students, with the aid of the graduate committee, select core and elective courses from a large number of offerings in a variety of departments and disciplines.
  • This combination of a cohesive department, one-on-one advising, and individualized programs of course work and research provide an ideal environment for graduate students to flourish as independent scientists.
  • Areas of concentration include biochemistry, biophysics, cancer, cell biology, computation and modeling, development, evolution, genetics, genomics, microbiology and virology, neuroscience, policy, and structural biology.
  • Career positions may include: 
    • Biochemists
    • Biomedical engineer
    • Biotechnologist
    • Chemist
    • Chemical laboratory technician
    • Clinical research specialist, etc with an average salary of 35,450 USD per year.