The graduate program in the Department of Molecular Biology fosters the intellectual development of modern biologists. We welcome students from a variety of educational backgrounds, and offer an educational program that goes well beyond traditional biology.

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 provides an ideal environment for graduate students to flourish as independent scientists.

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Admission & Financial Support

Learn more about the department of Molecular Biology admission requirements, application process and financial support.

Graduate Requirements

Explore the requirements for completing the Molecular Biology graduate program.

Graduate Courses

Molecular Biology graduate courses and cross-listed courses offered for the most recent academic year.

Areas of Concentration

Our Molecular Biology graduate program offers a diverse range of concentrated areas to advance knowledge and address complex biological challenges.

M.D./Ph.D. Program

The graduate M.D./Ph.D is done in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Rutgers University (New Brunswick) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Molecular Biology Training Grants

Both training grants have fostered an interdisciplinary life sciences research community at Princeton by supporting second and third-year students in the Department of Molecular Biology and genetics research labs.

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