You may also contact the Graduate Secretary to send you the printed booklet. In addition, the student should discuss their intended program of study with those faculty members in their area of interest and a Graduate Advisor to ensure that their initial course of study appropriately meets the expectations of the members of the program. To obtain specific information about the content of a particular course, the student should consult the instructor of the course. The Department of Microbiology and Immunology which administers the Graduate Program is centered in the Arizona Health Sciences Center Basic Sciences Building of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences North. The laboratories of the approximately 28 members of the Microbiology and Immunology Graduate Program are well equipped for research in modern Microbiology and Immunology.
Graduate students conduct their research in the laboratory of their major professor.
Excellent libraries containing materials relevant to the study of Microbiology and Immunology are readily available. A limited number of tuition waivers, fee waivers, teaching and research assistantships are available on a competitive basis. Applicants may contact those faculty members whose research is of interest to them.