Graduate Program

Why study Biochemistry at Dartmouth? One reason might be the unique opportunity to receive a world-class graduate education in an elegant rural setting. Or perhaps it's because Dartmouth is a small university whose students enjoy extensive personal contact with their mentors. Or maybe it's because Dartmouth's Biochemistry faculty are known nationally and internationally for the quality of their research. Whatever the reason they choose to come here, our grads succeed. They go on to join university faculties, biotech companies and other scientific organizations around the world. To view a list of some of their achievements, click here.

You may apply for graduate study in Biochemistry through the Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program. MCB acts as an admissions and administration umbrella for students interested in biochemistry, biology, genetics and microbiology, including immunology. Students apply and are admitted into the MCB program. They spend year one doing three 12-week rotations in laboratories they select from among the MCB departments. These laboratory facilities are located on the Hanover, NH, campus of Dartmouth College, the Borwell Research Building and at the Rubin Building which houses the Norris Cotton Cancer Center laboratories in the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. At the end of spring term, students and faculty select each other for permanent assignment to a research group through the completion of their graduate thesis work. Students who are assigned to laboratories of Biochemistry program faculty and complete their PhD requirements will be awarded a PhD in Biochemistry from Dartmouth College.

Additional information describing all the graduate programs at Dartmouth College may be obtained by writing, emailing or calling the Graduate Office of Dartmouth College.