College of Life Sciences
Welcome to the Jefferson College of Life Sciences
With our mission of “Training Tomorrow’s Scientific Leaders Today," our college and faculty provide many outstanding programs to support the next step towards achieving your future professional goals. Whether you are seeking undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, graduate or postdoctoral education and training in the life sciences, our many academic programs, complemented by co-curricular professional development, provide a solid foundation for our graduates to continue on to further advanced training or directly on to a broad array of successful and impactful careers.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) 2024
Join us this summer on our Center City Philadelphia Campus: gain research experience, learn new technical skills, meet science peers, and connect with biomedical science faculty.
JCLS PhD Student & Faculty Collaborate for Publication
Congratulations to JCLS Genetics, Genomics, and Cancer Biology (GGCB) PhD Student, Tyler Fenstermaker, and Faculty Members, Svetlana Petruk, PhD & Alexander Mazo, PhD, on their collaborative publication in Nature, "RNA polymerase II associates with active gene during DNA Replication" (2023).
Degrees & Programs
Featured Opportunities & Information
Diversity & Inclusion Resources
The College of Life Sciences is committed to nurturing an inclusive community of learners and teachers. Science and discovery demands inclusion and solutions to complex scientific questions are best discovered through a unique blend of diverse cultures, experiences, ideas, and identities.
Beyond Your Degree
The College of Life Sciences at Jefferson offers students opportunities outside of the classroom to expand their professional skills.