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Doctoral Studies

The School of Biological Sciences offers 2 distinct graduate programs:

The UC San Diego Biological Sciences program is a partnership between the School of Biological Sciences and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. This creates a powerful and closely linked intellectual community, unified by the broad discipline of biological sciences.

Our programs boast over 100 faculty who provide a supportive and stimulating environment to enable highly talented individuals to develop the skills and experience necessary to become world-class scientists.

Graduate News

Eric Jordahl and Associate Professor Sonya Neal

HHMI Gilliam Fellowship Awarded to Eric Jordahl and Sonya Neal

Program will support research on the underlying mechanisms of pancreatic cancer

School of Biological Sciences Graduate Student Eric Jordahl and Associate Professor Sonya Neal have been named student-advisor recipients of the 2025 Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Gilliam Fellows Program, which supports promising PhD students in their early research careers.