Graduate Program of Study
The Graduate School has minimal requirements for the specifics of your program of study. As the College that will award your degree, the Graduate School monitors your progress toward your degree and records benchmarks in that progress.
The requirements of the Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BBS) and its member Graduate Fields have a more immediate effect on your program. Your rotations and teaching experience are requirements of the BBS Program and the rules guiding the make-up of your Special Committee and the format of your exams fall under the purview of the Graduate Fields of Study. On a day-to-day basis, your research project and academic progress will be most closely monitored and directed by your faculty mentor and your Special Committee.
In this section of our web site, we have attempted to condense the requirements of the University (the Graduate School) and the College (the BBS Program and the Graduate Fields of study administered here). It is our hope that by providing you with this guideline to your program, we will clearly explain the process of getting a PhD at Cornell and provide you with a resource that will allow you to spend more time concentrating on your research and academic pursuits.
If you have questions about your program of study, please do not hesitate to contact us.
In This Section:
- Graduate Education at Cornell
- Graduate Student Funding
- Program of Study
- Graduate Fields of Study
- Resources for Graduate Students
