There is no foreign language requirement. The Department of Biochemistry is housed in the School of Medicine, which is located in a large medical complex. Faculty members have research laboratories that are well equipped for modern biochemistry and molecular biology research. There are also major shared instrumentation facilities and cooperative research efforts between faculty members in many basic science and clinical departments of the University as well as at the Tulane Regional Primate Center. Cost of Study Tuition payments are generally covered by tuition scholarships.
Most students live in apartments, many of which are available off campus.
The cost of living in New Orleans is relatively low for a large metropolitan area. Approximately 2,100 graduate students are enrolled at Tulane. Of these, about 100 are in the basic medical sciences, and about 10 to 15 are in biochemistry. The department generally has 6 to 8 postdoctoral fellows, who augment the research training of graduate students in biochemistry. The size of the graduate program allows personalized attention, maximum student-faculty interactions, and tutorials as well as lecture courses.