Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Degree Programs

Northwestern University Doctoral Program
in Plant Biology & Conservation

PHOTO: woman preparing plant specimensBeginning in the fall of 2009, the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University will welcome their first doctoral students.

This unique Ph.D. program will offer advanced courses taught by eminent professors and scientists from the Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University in a variety of fields including biology, ecology, plant science, environmental science, geology, and anthropology.

Addressing a growing need for expertise in plant science and conservation, the doctoral program will provide students with advanced training in plant ecology, evolution, and biology, as well as applied plant conservation theory and methods.

The Garden's new Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center will serve as home to the new doctoral program, as well as the master's degree program in plant biology and conservation. When completed in 2009, the Rice Center will serve as an international center of plant conservation research, providing a world-class facility designed specifically to meet the needs of students and teachers in the plant biology and conservation curriculum.

Visit www.plantbiology.northwestern.edu for more information about the doctoral program or to apply. You may find information about the master's program at Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation.

For more information on these programs, contact:

Nyree J.C. Zerega
Phone: (847) 835-6916
Email: n-zerega@northwestern.edu