Graduate Admissions Portals

This program provides:

• PhD training in emerging and interdisciplinary areas
• Customized research specializations
• Competitive financial support
• Strong mentoring and outcomes

At UGA, you choose. Integrated Life Sciences (ILS) allows first-year graduate students to explore the research areas of nearly 250 faculty and 14 participating PhD graduate programs. Entering students perform three laboratory rotations and take a streamlined and innovative curriculum in the Fall semester that is designed to facilitate the transition to graduate education and research.  Students then choose a thesis advisor, graduate program, and begin thesis research.  A hallmark of this competitive graduate program is its emphasis on existing and emerging interdisciplinary research areas.

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This program provides:

• PhD training in interdisciplinary plant research areas
• Customized research specializations
• Competitive financial support
• Plant-focused seminars, retreats and symposia
• A highly interactive plant sciences community spanning applied and fundamental research outcomes
• Strong mentoring and job placement

At UGA, you choose. Integrated Plant Sciences (IPS) allows first-year graduate students to explore the research areas of nearly 60 faculty and 8 participating PhD graduate programs. Entering students perform three laboratory rotations and take a reduced core curriculum in the fall semester that is designed to facilitate the transition to graduate education and research. Students then choose a thesis advisor and graduate program, and begin thesis research. A hallmark of this competitive plant–centered graduate program is its emphasis on utilizing the excellent resources in the plant community at UGA to enable cutting-edge research in diverse and interdisciplinary fields

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