The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biology offered by the Department of Biology in the Faculty of Science is a research-intensive program that emphasizes stimulating and well-structured learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in attention to detail, original thinking, and the presentation of complex ideas to pursue professional opportunities in academia or industry.
The program may also be taken with the Neotropical environment option which is aimed at students who wish to focus their graduate research on environmental issues relevant to the Neotropics and Latin American countries. Students will complete their research in Latin America and their core and complementary courses will be taught in Panama.
Keywords: Molecular biology, Cellular biology, Developmental biology, Biophysics, Quantitative biology, Evo-devo, Conservation, Environmental/Climate change, Ecology, Aquatic ecology, Evolutionary ecology, Theoretical ecology, Developmental evolution, Biodiversity, Behavioral science, Neurobiology, Plant biology.
Each program has specific admission requirements including required application documents.