Our graduate program is internationally recognized in plant-microbe interactions, molecular genetics of disease resistance, soybean pathology, disease epidemiology, turfgrass pathology and vegetable/fruit crop pathology.  Our students have strong records of scholarly publications, national awards and career achievements.  We have had nearly 185 students in the past 20 years, and currently (2008) we have 30 graduate students enrolled.

Our program places strong emphasis on both MS and PhD students, with about a 60 percent PhD to 40 percent MS student ratio.  Nearly all students are fully funded from sources such as OARDC, University fellowships/programs, extramural grants, foreign governments or private foundations.

Eight faculty are based in Columbus, Ohio, and seven are located at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster, Ohio, approx. 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Columbus.  Students typically take coursework on the Columbus campus.  Some courses and most department seminars are offered by videolink in both Columbus and Wooster.  Although individual situations may vary, students whose faculty advisors are located in Wooster typically move to Wooster during summers and/or after course requirements are completed.

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For more information, contact our Academic Program Coordinator, Monica Lewandowski at lewandowski.52@osu.edu, tel. (614) 247-6876.

Some of our faculty are part of the following Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs:

• Environmental Science Graduate Program
• Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program