All students admitted into the graduate program in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology will be considered for graduate fellowships which provide both tuition and stipend. The student need not make separate application in order to be considered for a graduate fellowship. Financial support is offered on a competitive basis. Most of the students accepted to the program will receive financial support. Career Potential Microbiologists and immunologists can find productive careers in academic settings, hospitals, environmental agencies and public health service centers, and in pharmaceutical and biomedical research institutes and biotechnology industries.
Postdoctoral training is considered helpful and often necessary for securing academic positions.
All recipients of doctoral degrees in microbiology and immunology from the University to date, have found successful employment within their field, most of them in academic positions. The department maintains information on postdoctoral openings and will assist graduates in securing positions. The aim of the graduate training program is to develop competent researchers and teachers in all fields of medical microbiology and immunology. The department offers formal courses covering both basic and clinical microbiology and immunology and specializes in advanced teaching of immunology, immunochemistry, molecular biology, immunogenetics, transplantation immunology, tumor immunology, clinical immunology, virology, cell biology, parasitology, molecular parasitology and bacterial physiology. Collateral formal course work is provided in other basic medical sciences by the Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Biological Chemistry, Neuuroscience, Pathology, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biophysics in the Medical School.