Cellular & Molecular Biology Training Program | INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

Information For Prospective Students

Program Objective

The purpose of the Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Training Program is to offer comprehensive training in the basic mechanisms by which cells achieve life and perform specialized functions that contribute to a complete organism. With faculty drawn from six basic science departments, training is offered in the general areas of structure, function and biogenesis of macromolecules and subcellular organelles, as well as the mechanisms which regulate cell metabolism, differentiation and growth and intercellular interactions during development. The Program provides training for Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. degree students.

Admission to the Program

Ph.D. Degree Students

Ph.D. degree students are admitted through the "open program" of the Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. Admission candidates are selected by a committee of faculty members from the participating departments; their acceptance must be approved by the Sackler Institute. The application form provides a place for appplicants to indicate their program of potential interest, but they are not committed to any program until after they matriculate and become more familiar with the various graduate programs. To learn more about the criteria for admission and to download an application form click here: Sackler Institute: Admissions After an initial screening, the selected candidates living in the United States are invited to NYU for interviews. Following the interview final decision on admission will be made by a committee of the Sackler Institute comprised of representatives from all the graduate programs.

M.D./Ph.D. Degree Students

M.D./Ph.D. students are admitted through the Medical Scientist Training Program. After the first two years of medical school courses M.D./Ph.D. students join a lab in which they conduct research towards the Ph.D. degree. To learn more about admission to the Medical Scientist Training Program and to download an application form click here: Medical Scientist Training Program: Application

The Interview Day

The Sackler Institute arranges interviews with selected candidates for the Ph.D. program. The Medical Scientist Training Program arranges interviews with selected candidates for the M.D./Ph.D. program. Interview days are scheduled in the late fall and early spring.

Interview schedule for the Ph.D. program

The interview program lasts a day and a half. On the first day (Thursday) the program begins in the afternoon and includes a brief greeting by the program director, a research seminar by a Sackler Institute faculty member, a poster session in which current graduate students present their research, dinner, and attendance of a current New York theater production. The following day (Friday) the schedule begins with an overview of the Sackler Institute Graduate Program and a tour of the Medical Center and student housing. There will then be four interviews with current Program faculty, lunch with current graduate students, and a chance to meet with the directors of individual programs. Finally, there will be a "get-together" with current students, dinner, and a "night-on-the-town" with current first year graduate students.

Interview schedule for the Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D./Ph.D. Program)

The interview program begins with dinner on the first day (Thursday). The second day (Friday) begins with an orientation, and includes a tour of the medical center, lunch with current students in the program and four interviews with faculty, one from the medical school and three from the graduate program.

Tell Us Your Interview Preferences

If you have interest in the research of faculty members in our program and you would like to meet with them, please indicate so in your written application. Alternatively, if, after you submit your written application, you are invited to visit for interviews, please tell the person who invites you of your interests. We will try our best to honor your request, but we can't guarantee an interview with any particular faculty member you choose because on interview day that faculty member may be away, so please try to indicate more than one choice. To view a list of our faculty and to learn more about them, click here or on the "Faculty" icon above.