GENERAL INFORMATION
  • All applicants must apply online. The online application is now available.
  • Our application deadline is December 5, 2011.
  • GRE General Test scores are required. Scores must be submitted by the application deadline.
  • Institution code is 2761.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Marc Tessier Lavigne
The best way to learn science is by doing science."
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, President
The Rockefeller University is a world-renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry and biophysics. The university's Ph.D. program offers rigorous training in the biomedical and physical sciences and close mentoring by faculty. Rockefeller also offers one of the nation's top M.D./Ph.D. programs with neighboring Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Medical College of Cornell University. The graduate program is flexible and individualized depending on a student's needs, and provides full financial support, housing on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and outstanding opportunities for intellectual growth.

Founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1901 as the nation's first institute for medical research, the university has a laboratory-based structure that encourages interdisciplinary research. This innovative, collaborative approach has been an unparalleled success, contributing to 24 Nobel Prizes—including prizes to Professors Günter Blobel, 1999, Paul Greengard, 2000, Paul Nurse, 2001, and Roderick MacKinnon, 2003.

STUDENT PROFILE
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I went to two open houses at Rockefeller before enrolling, and the students overwhelmingly confirmed what I'd heard about it. I was drawn to the program's flexibility, and the fact that in such a tightly knit community, I'll have an opportunity to learn so much more than just my own field."

It is the policy of The Rockefeller University to support equality of educational and employment opportunity. No individual shall be denied admission to the Graduate Program of the University or otherwise be discriminated against with respect to any program or in the administration of any policy of the University because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability. The Rockefeller University is committed to the maintenance of affirmative action programs that will assure the continuation of such equality of opportunity.