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Petalonema alatum, a cyanobacterium
Image courtesy of Ferran Garcia-Pichel

Statistics in a nutshell*

  • Small program: 20-30 graduate students
  • Attention to mentoring: we maintain a faculty to student ratio close to 1
  • Focus on progress: modal time to graduation is 5 years for Ph.D, 3 for Master‘s.
  • 5-6 students recruited per year (approximately 10% of applicants)
  • approximately 20% of graduate student body graduates yearly

*based on the period 2003-2007

Microbiology Degrees

Welcome

Welcome to the graduate program in Microbiology at ASU, a unique environment for advanced education and training in the scientific study of microbes and their impact on humankind. As you have undoubtedly come to appreciate, microorganisms are an integral component of all aspects of life on earth.

Understanding their biology and predicting the consequences of their activities forms our view of the discipline of Microbiology. We would like to share this view you and make it possible for you to get to know the rewards afforded to those of us who lead a career in advanced scientific endeavors.

Explore the links describing life as a graduate student at ASU, our expectations, what you can expect from us and the specific areas of research in which our faculty and students are actively engaged