Scripps Research Graduate Program Open House

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, 11 am - 1 pm PDT / 2 - 4 pm EDT

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You're invited to Scripps Research’s annual Graduate Program Virtual Open House! Join us on October 23 for a live chat with our faculty members, admissions committee staff, and current graduate students. You'll discover what it means to earn your doctoral degree at Scripps Research, how to navigate the online application process, and daily life as a grad student.

Read the Open House Agenda in the box below and click on the blue Register Now button if you're interested in joining. This will be a fully virtual (Zoom) event and is open to all prospective graduate students. Stay for all four sessions, or drop in for just one or two!

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Session 1: Graduate Program Overview
11-11:30 am PT / 2-2:30 pm ET

  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Customizable Curriculum
  • Career Preparation
     

Session 2: Tips from Admissions Committee
11:30 am-12 pm PT / 2:30-3 pm ET

Session 3: Admissions from a Student Perspective
12-12:30 am PT / 3-3:30 pm ET

  • Asking for Strong Recommendation Letters
  • Writing your Research Statement
  • Interview Tips
  • Featuring 6 graduate students from both campuses and diverse research areas
     

Session 4: Questions and Answers
12:30 am-1 pm PT / 3:30-4 pm ET

  • No questions are off limits!

Scripps Research's Graduate Program, the Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences, provides rigorous, interdisciplinary training in chemistry, chemical biology, neurobiology, immunology and microbiology, translational medicine, computational biology and modeling, structural biology, cell biology and biochemistry, and genetics and genomics. Students have access to the full curriculum and entire faculty affiliated with the program regardless of the faculty member’s department. This approach allows students to be broadly trained and emphasizes the creation of basic knowledge in the biosciences.

Launched in 1989, Scripps Research’s Graduate Program has been consistently ranked among the top graduate schools in the country according to U.S. News & World Report. The publication now ranks our Graduate Program sixth overall in chemistry, fifth in the specialty of organic chemistry and second in the specialty of biochemistry. The program is also rated tenth overall in the biological sciences. Scripps Research can now boast more than 1,000 accomplished graduate alumni, who work in both academia and industry. 

Application deadline: 01 December 2025

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