Graduate education

PhD and Masters education options supported by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State.

Interdisciplinary education

Students from various graduate programs talk about why they chose to come to Penn State. Read the transcript.
  • Prepares you for modern scientific collaboration through interdisciplinary research.
  • Lab rotations allow you to experience a variety of research projects and lab management styles.
  • Faculty from 8 of the 10 colleges at Penn State give you the opportunity to work and collaborate with researchers from areas ranging from Science and Medicine to Agricultural Sciences and the Liberal Arts.

The Penn State experience

  • University Park campus located in Centre County - almost directly in the middle of the state
    • Driving distance to major cities: New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington DC and Baltimore
    • University Park campus approximately 8,600 acres with over 600 buildings
  • Penn State has approximately 96,000 students across all 24 campuses
    • 44,000+ students at University Park with 15% being graduate students
    • 800+ Medical and Graduate students at the Hershey campus
  • Penn State is the top producer of Fulbright Scholars
  • Penn State has the largest dues-paying alumni association in the country with approximately 145,000 alumni located all over the world

Beyond the lab