Research facilities in the Departments of Radiation Physics, Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Experimental Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and in the Departments of Radiology and Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston include irradiation facilities, dosimetry laboratories, nuclear instrumentation laboratories, PET and NMR laboratories, radioisotope laboratories, cell culture facilities, computer laboratories, electronics shops, and machine shops. There are clinical facilities in the Divisions of Radiation Oncology and Diagnostic Imaging at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and in the Department of Radiology at the University of Texas Medical School. Financial Aid Financial support is available for students in all years. Medical and dental benefits are provided for graduate students. First-year Ph.D. students are usually funded by Graduate School assistantships.
Student loans are also available.
Students who are employed on at least a half-time basis by the University as graduate research assistants or who hold certain competitive fellowships are considered residents for the purpose of tuition assessment. Living and Housing Costs Houston has a wide selection of living quarters within a convenient distance of the University. Health Science Center housing is available. Nine students were in the specialized M.S. program, and 10 were in the Ph.D. program. The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is located in the Texas Medical Center, which is approximately 5 miles south of downtown Houston.