The Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is intended for highly qualified students who plan to pursue a career that includes research in ecology, functional morphology, behavior and/or evolutionary biology. Admission to graduate study is usually open only to candidates for the Ph. D. degree. Existing Brown undergraduate may apply to complete a 5th year masters degree, as described in the 5th Year Masters Guidelines (download 5th year Masters Guidelines)

Individual programs are designed to meet each student's needs and interests while providing a strong background in ecology, evolutionary biology and related areas. The major requirement for the Ph. D. is the doctoral thesis, the culmination of an original research program. The thesis itself should present work of a quality adequate to justify publication in recognized journals of the field. Summaries of the guidelines can be found by following the links above; a complete description of the guidelines can be found here (download Graduate Student Guidelines).

Brown has recently entered an exciting research and educational partnership with the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole (MBL). MBL is one of the oldest and most accomplished biological research laboratories in the world. MBL has over 45 research faculty with specific strengths in ecosystem ecology, molecular systematics and animal behavior that complement research interests in EEB. The centerpiece of this partnership is the Brown/MBL Joint Graduate Program. Students in this program are admitted through existing graduate programs at Brown and are co-advised by Brown and MBL faculty. If you are interested in this program contact the Brown and MBL faculty you are interested in working with directly. To be competitive for this program you should develop faculty advocates for your application at both Brown and MBL who are excited to sponsor you.

Brown Center for Computational Molecular Biology (CCMB)

Brown University has recently created a PhD program in computational biology. This program is administered by the Brown Center for Computational Molecular Biology (CCMB), a world-class center for research and scholarship in this new discipline and degrees will be awarded under the auspices of the Brown departments of Computer Science, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Molecular, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry, and the Division of Applied Mathematics. CCMB’s central mission is to make breakthrough discoveries in the life sciences at the molecular and cellular level through the creative application of existing data-analytic methods, and to develop the novel computational, mathematical, and statistical technologies required to exploit the opportunities emerging from advances in genomics and proteomics.

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