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Explore Your Options With a Graduate Degree in Microbiology

Our research groups actively work to understand basic biological mechanisms that are readily applied to solve real-world problems from pollution to drug-resistant infections

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A students visit inside the Mossman Building on February 23, 2022. Photo by Steven Bridges/University of Tennessee

Assistantships

Students in the department are eligible to receive tuition, insurance, and stipend support through teaching assistantships and external research grants.

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Research Opportunities

 Our international, award-winning faculty are leaders in their fields. Their research impacts global human and environmental health by focusing on the effects of global diseases, climate change, the microbiomes of humans, plants, and animals, and industrial applications.

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Student Handbook

The Student Handbook provides details concerning the graduate program, including our programs of study and their specific requirements. Students are encouraged to consult the Handbook frequently throughout their degree progression.

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Steps to Graduation

Students are encouraged to monitor their degree progression frequently to be certain they are on track to meet critical progression milestones.”

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Department of Microbiology

College of Arts and Sciences

1311 Cumberland Avenue
307 Ken and Blaire Mossman Bldg.
Knoxville TN 37996-1937

Email: microbiology@utk.edu

Phone: 865-974-3441

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
865-974-1000

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