The department offers outstanding graduate programs to students interested in Plant or Microbial Biology. We conduct one admission review per year, for the fall semester, and applications are due in early December. The deadline for Fall 2014 admission was December 1, 2013. We do not admit students seeking a master's degree. The Hake Lab at the Plant Gene Expression Center studies Maize Inflorescence Development Students may only apply to one program at Berkeley at a time. Our department offers two Ph.D. degree programs in Plant Biology and Microbiology. If your research interests are in microbial ecology and evolution, fungal diversity or mycology, please apply to the Microbiology Ph.D. program. We admit applicants to the program at large, not directly into a research lab. Applicants should be available to attend our prospective student interview weekend at UC Berkeley in late January if selected for an on-campus interview. In most cases, the department covers the cost of the interview weekend, including transportation.

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