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The David Rockefeller Graduate Program in Bioscience

Rockefeller University graduate students

Study, train, and discover at the world's leading biomedical research university.

Applications are now closed for fall 2024 enrollment. Applications for 2025 admission will be available in fall 2024.


Our world-renowned graduate program provides a select group of highly motivated students the opportunity for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, and biophysics.

The Rockefeller University is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse graduate community, and encourages applications from individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The graduate program is flexible and individualized according to each student’s particular needs and academic interests, offering rigorous training and close mentoring by faculty.

Rockefeller also offers one of the nation’s top M.D./Ph.D. programs and a leading chemical biology Ph.D. program in partnership with neighboring Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Rockefeller students enjoy full financial support, live in highly subsidized housing on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, and pay $0 in tuition.