PhD Entomology and Insect Science
The Entomology and Insect Science program from University of Arizona integrates knowledge across the biological hierarchy from molecules to landscapes, and address questions that span the most fundamental aspects of biology.
Quick Facts
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| Full-time Duration: |
1 year |
| Starting in: |
August |
| Tuition Fee: |
$10,063 per semester |
| Location: |
Tucson, United States |
The Entomology and Insect Science program from University of Arizona thus bridges the gap between basic research, using insects as models to address general biological questions, and applied research affecting humankind more directly. The program graduates students with a particularly wide range of career opportunities.
The EIS program offers interdisciplinary training in the biology of insects for a Master’s or Doctoral degree. It includes 35 faculty members representing 9 academic units. We encourage students to develop cross-disciplinary connections and bring together aspects of insect biology in unconventional ways. Our faculty and our students are collegial, collaborative, and highly productive.
Educational Opportunity
The EIS program is flexible in its requirements, allowing students to design, in collaboration with faculty, programs of study tailored to individual interests and needs. We particularly seek out creative, enthusiastic applicants who have multidisciplinary interests, such as insect ecology–plant chemistry or behavioral ecology–neurobiology, pest management–spatial ecology, epidemiology of vector-borne disease–climate science, to name a very few. We encourage students to develop cross-disciplinary connections and bring together aspects of insect biology in unconventional ways.
Courses included:
- Insect Pest Management for Desert Cropping Systems
- Insect Biology
- Insect Systematics
- Comparative Immunology
- Functional and Evolutionary Genomics
- Principles of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
- Entomology Seminar
- Insects and Culture
