The Graduate Group in Microbiology
The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
administers the Graduate Group in Microbiology. Many members of the
Department of Plant and Microbial
Biology belong to the Graduate Group in Microbiology, along with
faculty in Molecular and Cellular Biology, the School of Public Health,
and the Departments of Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. The Graduate Group offers
a two semester "core course" for graduate training in
microbiology in addition to a diverse set of graduate seminars.
Microbiology faculty accept students wishing to
study toward a graduate degree in either the Graduate Group in Microbiology
or the Plant Biology Graduate Program. Consult the
Graduate Group in Microbiology website for more information about
the program.
Financial Assistance
The Department provides the necessary financial support
for all students for five years at UC Berkeley.
The Department pays fees and a yearly stipend of approximately
$23,800. The Department pays out-of-state tuition for the first year only,
as it expects out-of-state students to become California residents after
that year. During the second year, the Department supports students as
Graduate Student Researchers (who carry out specific projects in faculty
laboratories) or as Graduate Student Instructors. Faculty thesis research
advisors provide financial support (stipend and fees) for the final three
years.
International students who hold neither dual citizenship
in the United States nor Permanent Resident status cannot become residents
of California.
Accordingly, the students' research advisors must pay out-of-state tuition
for the third through the final year. Non-resident tuition, not including
fees for 2006-07 is $14,694 per year.
Although the Department guarantees support for its
graduate students, it also strongly encourages prospective graduate students
to apply for all
applicable fellowships to defray fees and stipends. Students automatically
compete for UC Berkeley-sponsored fellowships (University Fellowship
Competition) when submitting the university application. The
National Science Foundation's Predoctoral Fellowship Program and the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute's Predoctoral Fellowship Program in the Biological
Sciences (with November deadlines) have served as the main sources
of extramural support for graduate students in the past.
For further information, write
the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program at Oak Ridge Associated
Universities, P.O. Box 3010, Oak Ridge TN 37831-3010, or telephone (423)
241-3010, or e-mail (nsfgrfp@orau.gov).
Contact Hughes Predoctoral Fellowship Office, National Research Council,
2101 Constitution Ave., Washington DC 20418 or telephone (202) 334-2872 or
e-mail (infofell@nas.edu). All
students awarded a self-initiated outside fellowship will receive a stipend
bonus above and beyond the normal yearly stipend of up to 25% of the stipend
award, provided the fellowship pays tuition and fees.
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