Biology, Ph.D.

University of Alabama

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biological Sciences is a research-intensive degree designed to prepare students for advanced careers in the life sciences in the biological sciences. Students are required to conduct their own independent research in order to complete a comprehensive dissertation, while also completing the required coursework leading to a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences. Students in the program may either have primary mentors who are located at the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, AL or University of Alabama faculty who are primarily located on the coast at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab campus in Dauphin Island, AL.

College of Arts and Sciences