Graduate Programs
The Plant Center faculty have a strong commitment to graduate education, and various assistantships are available leading to graduate degrees.
Plant Center graduate students enjoy interdisciplinary training and synergistic interactions that span biochemistry, breeding, developmental biology, evolution, genetics and genomics. Your experience is enriched by a vibrant community that consists of over 200 graduate students, postdocs and research scientists and associates who come together regularly for scientific exchanges and immersion through the Plant Center Fall Retreat and the Spring Symposium.
To apply to graduate school at UGA in the plant sciences, you can apply to one of the Affiliated Degree Programs listed below or apply to the Plant Center’s Integrated Plant Sciences (IPS) program for PHD studies.
Affiliated Degree Programs
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- Ecology
- Entomology
- Forest Biology
- Genetics
- Horticulture
- Integrated Life Sciences (admission only)
- Integrated Plant Sciences (admission only)
- Plant Biology
- Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
- Plant Pathology
“The Plant Center is a ‘home away from home,’ that I feel is a comfortable place for me to hone my skills as a fungal/plant biologist, as well as foster professional development for the future.” – Alexander Mela