Rack of test tubes in a microbiology lab

Admissions

All Graduate School students must utilize the Graduate Student Portal in MyUW to add, change, or discontinue any doctoral minor. To apply to this minor, log in to MyUW, click on Graduate Student Portal, and then click on Add/Change Programs. Select the information for the doctoral minor for which you are applying.

Requirements

Students must complete 10 credits of courses numbered 300 or above offered by the departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (M M & I courses) or Microbiology (MICROBIO courses). At least half of the credits must be from the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program (MDTP) course list. At least one member of the student’s thesis committee must be faculty in either the bacteriology or medical microbiology and immunology departments, and will serve as the student’s minor advisor.

People

Faculty: Professors JD Sauer (program director, Medical Microbiology and Immunology), and Trina McMahon (vice-director, Bacteriology) lead the current MDTP Steering Committee. For a list of more than 90 participating faculty, see the program website or contact the program office.