Completion of the Ph.D. program requires 4-5 years. The Department of Biochemistry is located in the Given Medical Research Building. Financial aid is usually available to all students accepted into the program. Generally, fees are covered for students supported by research traineeships and research and teaching assistantships. The stipends mentioned above are sufficient to provide students a modest standard of living.
Students often reduce housing costs by sharing off-campus housing.
Student Group Current enrollment in the Graduate College at the University of Vermont is more than 1,000. There are 16 Ph.D. students in the Department of Biochemistry. For the past ten years, the Biochemistry Graduate Program has had a completion rate greater than 95 percent. Departmental policy expects Ph.D. degree completion within five years. In the past five years, all students have been able to meet this expectation.