{"id":11245,"date":"2021-09-24T15:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T19:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=11245"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:41:08","slug":"graduate-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/graduate-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-27-1024x384.png); background-position: 0% 100%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Future Graduate Students\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-daab01c3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/admissions\/\">More Information: Admissions<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/graduate.carleton.ca\/\">Apply Now: Graduate Admissions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"our-programs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Engage in <strong>hands-on research<\/strong> and work closely with <strong>internationally recognized scientists<\/strong> in an academically <strong>enriching and collegial environment<\/strong>. Our faculty members conduct <strong>cutting-edge research<\/strong> at <strong>all levels of biological organization<\/strong>, from genomics to landscape ecology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-31-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n           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