Welcome to the Federated Departments of Biological Sciences, a collaboration between Rutgers University-Newark and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Please use the links to your left to navigate our site, or click here more for more information.

The past decade has witnessed tremendous advances in the biological sciences and our Departments have developed a strategic plan to meet the changing needs of our students and our society. We recognize the contribution biology makes to a strong liberal arts education and understand the needs of its majors who are entering a world more biologically complex and sophisticated than a decade ago.

Undergraduate students in the program choose courses from among a wide range of research fields to both develop a solid foundation in biology and to build meaningful depth of study in areas of personal interest. In addition to formal lecture and lab courses, students have many opportunities for independent study through seminar courses and research with our outstanding faculty. Learn more about undergraduate opportunities ...

Graduate students can choose an MS or PhD program. Both programs stress the importance of the research experience and its value to critical thinking. Learn more about graduate opportunities ...

Post-Hurricane Support

If you are an undergraduate student in the Newark College of Arts and Sciences or University College in need of academic assistance in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, please contact the Dean of Academic Services, Dr. Ken Sanders, at kenneth.sanders@rutgers.edu.

If you are a graduate student in need of academic assistance in the wake of the hurricane, please contact Assistant Dean Claire Bautista at claireb@newark.rutgers.edu.

If you need other kinds of support (housing, financial etc), please visit the following website:
http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/sandy-relief-efforts

Research

Looking for a particular lab?  Clicking on the links below will take to you to the individual lab pages.