Most students complete their academic course requirements within the first year or two of graduate study, after which their efforts are focused on research, eventually leading to a dissertation. Much of academic study and research in modern biomedical science embraces the interdisciplinary area of molecular and cellular biology. The specialized areas of research within the School's graduate programs derive from this core. Therefore, graduate students matriculate in an entry-level core program in molecular and cell biology and defer selection of a particular graduate program until after their first year of study. Research Facilities Extensive research facilities are available in the laboratories of individual faculty members.
Individual departments have service facilities within each discipline.
The library has extensive computer-related resources and modern systems for information retrieval. It also has 247,225 volumes and receives 1,485 current periodicals, making it one of the largest medical school libraries in the country. Most graduate students are supported through a comprehensive program of financial aid based on support from institutional sources and grant funds. All matriculating students are eligible for tuition waiver fellowships. Other students live in off-campus housing near the School or elsewhere in the metropolitan area.