Graduate Programs in the Life Sciences

Thank you for your interest in a Life Science graduate program at the University of Tennessee. We hope that enjoy exploring our programs. We look forward to hearing from you.

Genome Science and Technology

GST is an interdisciplinary graduate program that links UT to the nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory. More than 50 faculty members from five different colleges and ORNL participate in GST. Thus, GST offers training across many levels of biological organization, from molecules to organisms and beyond. In GST, computational and experimental biologists work side by side on some of the most challenging problems in biochemistry, plant and biomedical science, and microbiology. GST is uniquely positioned to foster the integration of computational and experimental research.

Microbiology

Microbiology is the graduate program of the Department of Microbiology at UT. Our graduate program provides cutting-edge research training in many aspects of microbes, from the molecular to the ecosystem level. Subject areas include biomedical microbiology (parasitology, virology, microbial pathogenesis and immunology) and environmental microbiology (bioremediation, microbial ecology).