PhD in Animal Sciences

This doctoral degree is flexible about direction. Students shape research and classes around areas such as biochemistry applied to agriculture, feeding and metabolism of livestock, body function in animals, or nutrition and food science for people. The doctorate belongs to the agriculture college's school devoted to food systems and is based in Morgantown, close to the college's agricultural science facilities. Applicants need a statement of purpose and three letters of recommendation, and the program takes new students in fall and spring. Because the degree spans several specialties, students can combine laboratory research with study of how diet and metabolism affect both animals and people. Prospective students apply through graduate admissions, where each program sets its own document list and publishes which terms accept new students. International applicants send extra materials on top of the program's own list.