Application and Admission

Application Materials
Application forms can be obtained at http://www.grad.sunysb.edu/prospective/applying/index.shtml . Consideration for admission also requires:

• Baccalaureate degree in an appropriate field
• Undergraduate/Graduate School transcripts
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. If your bachelor's degree is from a non-US institution, a TOFEL score of 550 ( paper based ) or a 213 ( computer basaed ) is required for full support.
• Three letters of recommendation

Please send all supporting documents directly to the department 338 Life Sciences Bldg. Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215

Applications for September admission are expected by January 15. The Graduate Record Examination should be taken by December at the latest to ensure the receipt of scores by the application deadline. Stony Brook's code for score reporting is 2548.

If appropriate, provide us with any evidence of research or laboratory experience. It is recommended that student applicants have completed undergraduate mathematics through one year of calculus, chemistry including organic chemistry and biochemistry, and biology. Students may be admitted without some of these prerequisites but will need to remedy deficiencies during the first year.
Prospective candidates are invited to visit Stony Brook University whenever possible, particularly those within the United States. This enables the students an opportunity to meet with MCB program faculty and graduate students.

Financial Aid
All graduate students admitted to the MCB program receive full financial support. Tuition fees are waived for the entire course of study leading to the Ph.D. In addition, all students receive a stipend to assist cost of living expenses and a health insurance supplement. The graduate student stipend for the academic year 2007-2008 is $25,000 per year.
The University also offers several competitive fellowships awarded on the basis of merit. Graduate Council Fellowships are awarded to exceptional entering graduate students who are U.S. citizens. W. Burghart Turner Fellowships are awarded to excellent incoming graduate students of Hispanic, African American, or Native American descent.

Department Web Sites
Prospective graduate students can also find useful information about Stony Brook on the University's home page on the World Wide Web ( www.stonybrook.edu ). The first page of this site directs the reader to information about the Stony Brook area, campus events, libraries, and research programs. It also links to a list of Web sites for every department and program on campus. The Molecular and Cellular Biology Web site is on this list, along with those of other departments relevant to training and research in the field.


Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
Stony Brook University is proud to serve as lead institution for the NSF-funded SUNY-wide Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Program originally awarded in October of 1999. Currently in Phase II of a multi-million dollar project, this special initiative provides a platform to develop knowledge and ideals related to access and academic excellence for underrepresented minority students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, with a focus at the doctoral level. A wide-range of support serves are provided to enhance the participation of African American, Hispanic American, Native American and Pacific Islanders that are interested in, or currently pursuing graduate study at Stony Brook. Direct student services include: travel awards, book and supply funds, tutorial support, assistance with fellowship application, summer bridging, professional development opportunities, and much more. For more information about AGEP, please visit the Web site at: http://www.stonybrook.edu/agep.

 

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