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Research to advance life.
This program prepares you for a research-oriented career in which you could work in industry or academia to understand and cure diseases, develop new pharmaceutical drugs, treat toxic waste, modify and improve agriculture, and much more.
Research is a major component of the program. You will develop a research goal based on work in your assigned lab, carry out scientific data collection, and publish articles on your experiments and findings. You will also gain experience teaching undergraduate students.
The biological sciences faculty research strengths include topics related to reproductive biology, evolution and ecology, medical biosciences, neurobiology and cellular and molecular biology.
This program could be a good fit if you:
With this degree, you could become a/an:
September 2025
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive,
MOSCOW,
Idaho,
83844, United States
Graduate school applicants must possess the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree, with a minimum overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
The following are acceptable as proof of English competency for graduate students:
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language): minimum overall score of 79
IELTS (International English Language Testing System): minimum overall score of 6.5
MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery): Minimum overall score of 77
U of I American Language and Culture Program (ALCP) with score of a Level 6/Advanced Pass
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
