Overview

Program in Molecular Biophysics / Program in Molecular Biophysics is located in Tallahassee, FL, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Structural biology

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Doctoral Degrees	1

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test (minimum score 153 Verbal portion, 154 Quantitative portion) Comp Exam Required Thesis Required Teaching 1 term in professor's major department

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

16

Applied

7

Accepted

5

Enrolled

Applying

30

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 15th	January 15th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test (minimum score 153 Verbal portion, 154 Quantitative portion)
Additional Entrance Requirements	Minimum GPA of 3.0 for all undergraduate upper-division work

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 90
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	January 15
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships

Student Body

22

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	0%
Black or African American	0%
White or Caucasian	27%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	63.64%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	9.09%
Unknown	0%

Gender

Male (54%)

Female (45%)

Faculty

33

Total faculty

Full-time - 33

Part-time - 0

Male (27)

Female (6)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Structural biology, genome editing, electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM), computational biophysics, neurobiophysics
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	3,000,000

Location & Contact

Address 91 Chieftan Way, Room 106 KLB
Tallahassee, FL  32306
United States

Contact Dr. Elizabeth Stroupe
Director
Email: mestroupe@bio.fsu.edu
Phone: 850-644-1751
Fax: 850-644-7244

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