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Graduate Studies at Dartmouth College

The Graduate Studies Department at Dartmouth College is located at 6062 Wentworth Hall in Hanover, New Hampshire, a town with a population of about 6,000 on the border of New Hampshire and Vermont.

The graduate programs interweave studies in Arts & Sciences with related programs in the Engineering and Medical Schools. Since the campus is small and programs are geographically close to one another, there are plenty of opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration (often resulting in groundbreaking discoveries). With limited enrollment, Dartmouth's Graduate programs are small and selective, attracting highly accomplished, diverse students.

Graduate Studies
Dartmouth’s graduate programs are optimized to allow more flexibility than traditional Ph.D programs typically allow. Limited enrollment ensures that programs are small and students have ample opportunity to connect with their research supervisors and professors. The fostering of close, professional relationships as mentors, apprentices, and colleagues encourages collaboration and ensures students receive careful supervision and guidance. Research achievement, valuable teaching experience, and a broadly conceived research-thesis project are fundamental elements of the Ph.D program.

Dartmouth awards the A.M. degree in comparative literature and digital music and the M.S. degree in computer science, earth sciences, health care delivery science, health policy and clinical practice, and physics. The Ph.D. degree is awarded in biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, cognitive neuroscience, computer science, earth sciences, engineering sciences, experimental and molecular medicine, genetics, health policy and clinical practice, mathematics, microbiology and immunology, pharmacology and toxicology, physics and astronomy, physiology, and psychological and brain sciences. A special program leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (M.A.L.S.) is also offered. Cross-disciplinary training programs are offered in Environmental Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Nanomaterials.

Graduate degrees are also offered by the professional Schools of Medicine (M.D.), Engineering (M.E., M.S., Ph.D.), and Business Administration (M.B.A.).

Ph.D Programs

 * Biology
 * Biochemistry
 * Chemistry
 * Computer Science
 * Earth Sciences
 * Engineering
 * Experimental and Molecular Medicine
 * Genetics
 * Health Policy and Clinical Practice
 * Immunology and Microbiology
 * Mathematics
 * Molecular and Cellular Biology
 * Pharmacology and Toxicology
 * Physics and Astronomy
 * Physiology
 * Psychological and Brain Sciences

Special Interdisciplinary Training Programs

 * Environmental Sciences
 * Nanomaterials
 * Innovation Ph.D. in Engineering
 * MD/Ph.D. Program at Dartmouth
 * Ph.D./MBA Program
 * Polar Programs

Masters Programs

 * Comparative Literature
 * Computer Science
 * Digital Musics
 * Engineering
 * Earth Sciences
 * Health Policy and Clinical Practice
 * Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
 * Master of Health Care Delivery Science
 * Physics and Astronomy

Social Networking Media
Dartmouth's Graduate Studies Department connects with students, prospective students, researchers, and interested individuals through a combination of popular social networking sites including twitter, [facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Dartmouth-Arts-and-Sciences-Graduate-Studies/152478368122734 facebook], flickr, and wordpress.

The Graduate Forum, a wordpress site, provides selected Dartmouth graduate students from all disciplines with the opportunity to share about their research. The site features departmental news and details of awards issued in the Dartmouth graduate community. The sites content is written from a journalistic, non-scientific perspective.

Research Facilities
“Several significant research and teaching facilities at Dartmouth have been designed to encourage contact and intellectual exchange among scholars in related disciplines. The Sherman Fairchild Physical Sciences Center and the Burke Chemistry Laboratory houses programs in earth sciences, chemistry, and physics and provide a common library, service shops, and computing facilities. Similarly, the Gilman-Remsen-Vail cluster provides overlapping facilities and space for training in biochemistry, biology, molecular cell biology, genetics, microbiology and immunology, pharmacology, and physiology. Moore Hall provides modern facilities for training in psychological and brain sciences, including the first MRI in the country dedicated to basic research. The recently dedicated Kemeny Hall and MacLean Engineering Sciences Center embody Dartmouth's integrative approach to research and learning. Finally, state-of-the-art research facilities at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Complex provide a rich training environment for programs in experimental and molecular medicine, microbiology and immunology, pharmacology and toxicology, and physiology.”

Admission and Application Procedures
Dartmouth admits the most highly qualified applicants. With limited enrollment, admission is competitive. Applications may be submitted online through Dartmouth's Graduate Studies website or through individual graduate programs. Generally, application requirements include a completed application form, undergraduate transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and scores from the General Test of the Graduate Record Examinations. These requirements may vary depending on the program; exact requirements can be obtained from each graduate program. High test scores do not ensure entry into programs, and Dartmouth also considers teacher recommendations and entry essays.

Cost of Study
Tuition for the academic year 2010-11 is $39,978. Full tuition scholarships are generally awarded to all admitted students.

Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
Most students in the PhD programs receive financial assistance through a program of scholarships, fellowships, and loans. These are made possible by Dartmouth funds and by federal and private fellowships and traineeships. Dartmouth is an authorized lender under the Federal Stafford Student Loan Program. In 2010-11 fellowships for first-year students will carry a stipend of $1,986 per month plus a scholarship covering full tuition. Insofar as is consistent with the duration of individual awards, each student's program of course work, teaching, and research is designed to promote most effectively his or her academic progress without reference to the source of financial support.

Fellowships
Dartmouth College offers three dissertation fellowships.


 * 1) Dartmouth Dissertation Fellowships
 * 2) Fulbright:
 * The United States Department of State is the principal administrator :of the Fulbright Program worldwide. The Institute of International :Education assists the Department of State in the conduct of the :program at both predoctoral and postdoctoral levels.


 * 1) Cornell University Fellowship Page
 * The Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship Notebook is a database of fellowships, the majority from non-Cornell sources.

Grants & Awards
The Arts and Sciences Community Award
 * Funds awarded for Dartmouth graduate community service.

The Arts and Sciences Graduate Alumni Research Award
 * Funds awarded for Dartmouth graduate student thesis research.

The Filene Graduate Teaching Award
 * Funds awarded for Dartmouth graduate student teaching assistants.

Arts and Sciences Graduate Travel Awards
 * The Graduate Studies Office has a limited fund for the support of full-time, stipend supported, graduate students who present papers at :professional meetings.

GrantsNet
 * This search engine for biomedical funding, a resource from Science's :Next Waves and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is a searchable online database of 500+ programs. A "One-stop" site for biomedical funding information on the Web.

Office of Sponsored Projects
 * See the latest information on grants and sponsored research at Dartmouth.

Students
Dartmouth is a co-ed College with a diverse and social student body. Dartmouth students have a selection of over 200 clubs and groups to participate in, and have the freedom to initiate new organizations and social programs. Graduate studies supports program-specific groups. The Dartmouth Outing Club is one of the more popular clubs, with over 1000 members. The Upper Valley boasts great skiing, hiking, and outdoor activities for students to take part in.

Alumni
Dartmouth Alumni are well known for their dedication to the College and their generous donations to graduate studies funding programs.In fact, according a recent article on UWire.com sites that $153 million overall was donated to Dartmouth, a good portion of those donations coming from Alumni, in 2010. Even in tough economic times, most former students are willing to make Dartmouth a priority. In rare cases where former students are reluctant to donate, they will sometimes find themselves the recipient of controversial pressure from other dedicated Alumni who want the best for the school.