To provide graduate students with maximal choice and flexibility in selecting a research specialization, twelve basic science units at UCLA have initiated a combined recruitment, admission and first-year graduate program. This initiative, known as UCLA ACCESS to Programs in the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Life Sciences, represents a simple and flexible mechanism for maximizing your choices throughout your first year of graduate study. This is accomplished by providing a range of research opportunities that spans all of the molecular, cellular and integrative aspects of modern biology. At the same time it provides a full year for critical evaluation prior to making the crucial decision as to the topic and mentor for your thesis research. Realizing that large, all-encompassing programs often sacrifice depth for the sake of breadth, we have designed an organizational system that assures that our first-year students will still receive the same amount of guidance and individual attention as they would in a small department.

Ph.D.-granting programs participating in UCLA ACCESS include:

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• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (UCLA College)
• Biological Chemistry (School of Medicine)
• Cellular and Molecular Pathology (School of Medicine)
• Human Genetics (School of Medicine)
• Medical and Molecular Pharmacology (School of Medicine)
• Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics (School of Medicine/UCLA College)
• Molecular Biology (Interdepartmental)
• Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (UCLA College)
• Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology (Interdepartmental)
• Molecular Toxicology (Interdepartmental)
• Neurobiology (School of Medicine)
• Oral Biology (School of Dentistry)

Detailed information about the UCLA Access Program, including information about admissions, can be found at http://www.uclaaccess.ucla.edu/.