Prospective Students
While Hopkins Marine Station (HMS) is part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and administered by the Oceans Department, graduate students at HMS train under the supervision of faculty from the department of Biology or Oceans and conduct research in areas from molecular biology to whole-organism physiology to population biology, ecology and conservation. If accepted into the graduate program in Biology or Oceans, you will be advised and interact most closely with an advisor who is a faculty member in the department to which you were admitted. As faculty lab directors of the labs at HMS have their own unique perspective on science and approach to research, we strongly recommend you contact individual faculty members regarding their recruitment needs and how your experience may be a match for their respective lab; they will also advise you on which department is more appropriate for you to apply to.
The Oceans and Biology departments encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, individuals with non-traditional academic training, international students, and others whose backgrounds and experiences would make significant contributions to a more diverse community. We believe that bringing together diverse opinions, experiences, backgrounds, and skills is an essential aspect of our interdisciplinary, solutions-based education, and research.
More information is available at Graduate Admissions or you can send general inquiries to oceansgradprogram@stanford.edu or biologyinfo@stanford.edu.
Navigating the Application Process
Applying to graduate school can be both an exciting and a frustrating experience, but we are committed to making the application process both transparent and inclusive. Please see our FAQs for more details.