Doctor of Philosophy in Integrative and Conservation Biology

University of Central Florida

The GRE is not required for admission to this program. Three letters of recommendation. Résumé or CV. A personal statement. Assessment of your application is based on your academic background, analytical skills, communication skills, and research experience. A personal statement is an opportunity to convey to the selection committee your personal, academic, and/or professional experiences that have led to your desire to attend graduate school. Include your long-term career goals and how a graduate education will help you achieve these goals. It is important to dedicate a section of your statement to discuss your research interests. Please include a research question and approach (to the extent possible) you would like to pursue while earning your degree. Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide one official transcript and official certification of degree, with date awarded. Students entering the graduate program with regular status are normally expected to have completed course work generally required for a bachelors degree in biology. Applicants should first identify faculty who match their own research interests, and then contact faculty in advance to inquire about research opportunities in faculty labs and to solicit agreement that a faculty member is interested in serving as the students dissertation advisor. Applicants to the Ph.D. program who do not have a consenting dissertation advisor within the department faculty will not be accepted into the program. Admission is competitive and based on an overall assessment of the qualifications as submitted and the availability of faculty to serve as dissertation advisor.