PhD Programs & Tracks
PhD Degree Programs
As the boundaries of traditional disciplines have become more diffused, the Graduate School is responding by developing new interdisciplinary graduate programs that cross departmental, school and campus lines.
The following PhD Programs are in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences on the Reynolda Campus
Biology (PhD)
Graduate students in the Wake Forest Department of Biology are our colleagues and partners in innovation at the frontiers of scientific discoveries across the biological sciences. Our program’s students experience training in biology research that is individualized, hands-on, and interdisciplinary. At Wake Forest, we pride ourselves in a Teacher-Scholar tradition where mentorship, classroom, and research lab all exist as part of a seamless training environment. Our department offers cutting-edge research opportunities in a small-campus community environment.
The Biology Department offers programs leading to the MS and PhD degrees. We have over 20 graduate faculty members that represent the breadth of the biological sciences.
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Chemistry (PhD)
The Department of Chemistry offers graduate programs of study leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the fields of analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. The emphasis of the program is on close interaction between faculty and students and collaborative research. This ensures that the students develop to their full potential as quickly as possible. Choice of a research adviser is usually completed by the end of the first semester, and students begin their research during the second semester.
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Physics (PhD)
The Physics Graduate Program offers a comprehensive course of study in classical and modern physics, with intensive training in one of the frontier areas of modern research in biophysics, condensed matter physics, astrophysics, and medical physics and engineering. Our research facilities are state-of-the-art and Wake Forest Physics Department faculty and staff are committed to developing their students as outstanding scientists and researchers.
Students can begin their research early and receive significant individual guidance from faculty who are nationally and internationally recognized for their research efforts.
We have strong interdisciplinary research efforts with other departments on the Reynolda Campus and at the Wake Forest University Medical School.
Depending on their mentor, students who are U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents may apply for T32 fellowships.
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The following PhD Programs are in the Biomedical Sciences on the Bowman Gray Campus
Biomedical Engineering
The BME Department is a participant in the Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (SBES). PhD and MS degree programs in Biomedical Engineering are offered exclusively via the SBES and degrees are awarded jointly by Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University.
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Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology
The Department of Chemistry offers graduate programs of study leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the fields of analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. The emphasis of the program is on close interaction between faculty and students and collaborative research. This ensures that the students develop to their full potential as quickly as possible. Choice of a research adviser is usually completed by the end of the first semester, and students begin their research during the second semester.
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Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) is an interdisciplinary graduate program that provides students with opportunities to choose from a range of mentors whose research spans basic and translational fields of cutting-edge molecular and cellular biology.
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Neuroscience Program
The Neuroscience Program track constitutes a graduate program that includes more than 90 participating faculty members across 16 departments who study how the nervous system works, how it develops, and how it can be affected by disease and damage.
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