The department possesses scanning and transmission electron microscopes, phase contrast and fluorescence microscopes, computer-based morphometric and image analysis facilities, environmental chambers, photographic facilities, animal rooms, operating rooms for animal surgery, and facilities for neurophysiology, stereotaxic neurosurgery, autoradiography, protein chemistry, immunocytochemistry, immunology, and human dissection. The Shiffman Medical Library adjacent to Scott Hall contains more than 100,000 volumes and receives more than 700 scientific periodicals annually. Additional resources for graduate study include the Science Library and the Computing and Data Processing Center located nearby on the main campus of Wayne State University. The department offers a number of graduate research assistantships. Other sources of financial support include Wayne State University graduate fellowships and graduate-professional scholarships.
Tuition is waived for all recipients of graduate research assistantships.
A wide variety of housing accommodations are available, including University accommodations, privately operated apartments, and off-campus houses. There are usually 20 to 25 students in the anatomy program and approximately 300 students in the basic science departments located in Scott Hall. Many recent Ph.D. graduates have completed postdoctoral fellowships and then moved on to academic positions. D. degrees have entered medical residencies. Several graduates have accepted teaching positions.