Cooperative Ph.D. with Florida A& M University

Florida A&M University (FAMU), located in Tallahassee, is Florida¹s 1890 Land Grant University. FAMU does not have legislative authority for a Ph.D. program in Entomology, but has faculty with considerable entomological expertise -- particularly in the areas of aquatic entomology, biological control and public health entomology. In an effort to increase the numbers of minority graduate students in entomology, a cooperative Ph.D. program in entomology was begun between FAMU and the University of Florida. Students entering the program must meet U.F.¹s Ph.D. admission requirements and must be admitted by both schools. Qualified FAMU faculty have been granted Courtesy and Graduate Faculty appointments at U.F. These faculty along with U.F. faculty serve as supervisory committee members with a FAMU faculty member serving as the chair. Students in the program may take graduate courses at either institution and must meet all of U.F.¹s requirements for the Ph.D. degree.

Upon completion of the degree, the student is awarded a diploma that recognizes the cooperative degree with both U.F. and FAMU on the diploma.

Efforts are underway to recruit students to the program. The first PhD graduating from this collaborative effort was awarded in 2004.

For more information contact the FAMU entomology and structural pest control program (http://www.famu.edu/acad/colleges/cesta/entomology-prgm.htm) or the UF Entomology and nematology department.

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