Graduate Student Handbook

This handbook is intended to be a source of information for graduate students studying for the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Cell Biology at Yale.  Here, students as well as faculty should be able to find answers to questions that may occur to them from time to time about the Cell Biology Ph.D. program and its specific policies.  The Programs and Policies bulletin of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, which is updated annually, is the definitive source of information about academic rules and regulations as well as general policies that apply to all graduate programs.

The contents of the handbook can be viewed by visiting the pages listed below or by downloading the pdf version of the handbook.

Contents

• Entering the Cell Biology PhD Program
• Timetable Toward the PhD
• Requirements for the PhD
• Course Requirements
• Teaching
• Qualifying Exam
• Prospectus
• Admission to Candidacy
• Annual Thesis Committee Meetings
• The Dissertation
• Master's Degrees
• Forms
• Funding
• Department Travel Money
• Department Activities
• Graduate Education Committee
• Contacts
• Graduate School Organizations and Resources