
Graduate Student Programs
Push your success to the next level
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources offers four doctoral and more than nine master’s degree programs. Our campus includes newly renovated laboratories, a state-of-the-art greenhouse complex, modern computing facilities, wetlands and ecology woods, farm animal facilities, and agronomic field plots.
Our graduate programs, which include both funded and self-paying, are characterized by individualized advising, engaging coursework, and faculty who are personally committed to the success of their graduate students.
Funded M.S. and Ph.D. programs are characterized by highly competitive graduate stipends, cutting-edge research in basic and applied disciplines, and travel opportunities for participation in professional meetings. Our self-paying M.S. programs are coursework-based, offer more flexibility, and excellent student-to-faculty ratios.
Advanced Degree Programs (by Department)
Animal and Food Sciences
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Informing landscape decisions
September 18, 2025 | Written by Katie Peikes | Photo by Kathy F. AtkinsonAleena Sabir is a senior studying landscape architecture. Over the summer, she researched campus maintenance related to planting for UD’s grounds crew. She inventoried plants and worked to create a landscape maintenance plan related to species in an area of campus called The Grove. Her work is the start of a landscape maintenance plan that will directly impact campus. -
Snack attack coming? Meet your next crunch
September 16, 2025 | Written by Tracey Bryant | Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson | Video by Jeffrey C. ChaseBrandon Tang, a UD junior majoring in mechanical engineering, worked over the summer to optimize the process that transforms lima beans into savory puffed snacks. Tang worked with his adviser, Dr. Hui Ru Tan, a postdoctoral researcher in UD’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Lima beans are an important crop for Delaware. The research could lead to more economic gains for farmers. -
Student research yields fresh ideas for historic Wilmington burial ground
September 12, 2025 | Article and photo by Beth MillerUD junior Jackson Whitcomb, an honors student and landscape architecture major, focused his summer research project on Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington. In August, he presented findings and suggestions for new trees and other plantings, ideas for walking trails and improved burial aisles, as well as respectful ways to beautify areas.