PhD Programs in California

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The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program at UCSC reflects the remarkable local and global diversity of species and environments studied by our faculty and students. The vision of the...

Claremont Graduate University’s PhD in Botany is a research-intensive program with a robust fieldwork component. Located in a unique 86-acre learning environment dedicated to conservation of the state’s flora, program...

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Graduate Group in Ecology The UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology is the largest and most comprehensive ecology graduate training group of its kind. Offering unparalleled diversity and depth in...

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Plant Biology provides a unique opportunity to pursue training in a research field that is simultaneously critical for applied and fundamental science. Plant science is unique in that what you...

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The Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Group (HSGG) at the University of California at Davis spans departments to offer M.S. and Ph.D. degrees founded on coursework and research that may be geared toward hydrology...

The EPA offers a doctoral degree in Ecology that is run jointly by SDSU and the Ecology Graduate Group at University of California, Davis. The principal objective of the Joint Doctoral...

The ESPM Ph.D. program incorporates two general approaches:  broadly based interdisciplinary education, and disciplinary education in relevant fields supplemented with exposure to cross-disciplinary communication and problem solving. The Ph.D. program...

The IGPMS provides broad interdisciplinary training leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Marine science encompasses many disciplines including biology, geology, chemistry, physics and engineering. We...

Ecology and evolutionary biology deals with the establishment of adaptations over evolutionary time and with the organismal function in ecological time. Research is conducted in both the laboratory and field...

The Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at UC Santa Barbara provides broad, interdisciplinary education leading to the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees with an...

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The Environmental Sciences Graduate Program offers the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Sciences. Advanced training in Environmental Sciences is becoming increasingly necessary to address complex problems involving natural resources...

The Davis campus has a distinguished history of teaching and research in the life sciences including animal behavior. The Animal Behavior Graduate Group is an interdepartmental program in which faculty...

Biological phenomena occur at various levels of structural organization, ranging from molecules to organisms, and from populations to the global ecosystem. Integrative Biology takes a whole-organism approach, extending from the...

Our department conducts research, teaching, and service in many areas of the life sciences, including animal behavior, behavioral endocrinology, biomechanics, cell biology, conservation biology, ecology, ecomorphology, evolution, genetics, physiology, population...

The University of California at Riverside's Plant Biology Graduate Program encourages broad-based study of plant biology and fosters communication across numerous research disciplines including molecular, cellular and developmental biology, genetics/genomics, bioinformatics,...