The graduate program offers master's and doctoral degrees in Biological Sciences and Microbiology. Currently there are about 50 faculty and 55 students in the program.
Graduate research is conducted by five research focus groups described in further detail below.
The graduate program is housed in the Department of Biological Sciences , but includes participation of faculty from the Department of Biomedical Sciences and the Department of Environmental and Plant Biology . In addition, program faculty are involved in interdisciplinary endeavors in the Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology , the Neuroscience Program , the Edison Biotechnology Institute , and the Tropical Disease Institute. The Ph.D. programs of all departments at Ohio University are reviewed on a seven year cycle by the University Curriculum Council and the Graduate Council. The last on-campus program review for the Department of Biological Sciences occurred during 1994 and the next review is scheduled for 2001. Internal objectives and goals are to maintain or increase the number of graduate students in the program, increase the number of students funded by research assistantships, and to increase TA and RA stipend levels to ensure that we are competitive with our peer Research I and Research II institutions.