3064 Biomedical Science Tower 3

412-648-8107

http://www.compbio.pitt.edu

admissions@compbio.cmu.edu

The Joint CMU-Pitt PhD Program in Computational Biology is offered jointly by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. The goal of this unique doctoral program is to provide intensive interdisciplinary education to enable outstanding students hailing from a broad range of disciplines to become leaders in identifying and solving tomorrow’s biological problems using quantitative methods and fundamental principles of life and physical sciences. Graduates of the program will shape the next generation of discovery in computational biology in academia and industry. Computational biology encompasses a range of topics, from molecular modeling and protein dynamics to large-scale analysis of genome/proteome data. The curriculum of the Joint CMU-Pitt PhD Program in Computational Biology offers students the opportunity to participate in research studies in one of four selected areas of specialization: computational structural biology, computational genomics, cellular and systems modeling, and bioimage informatics. Students will have access to a community of faculty mentors from both institutions, thereby providing a breadth of research areas for investigation. Students in the Joint CMU-Pitt PhD Program in Computational Biology will receive their doctoral degree from either Pitt or CMU, depending on the university at which their thesis advisor holds his/her primary appointment. Within Pitt, the degree-granting school will be either the School of Medicine or the School of Arts and Sciences.