Biology Schools in Illinois

DeVry University - Addison

Begin your academic journey with the ultimate goal in mind – your career. Since 1931, DeVry University has been preparing students in the classroom to excel in the business world. With our year-round academic calendar that allows you to complete a four-year degree program in as few as three, on campus and online classes and professional-development resources, achieving your dream career can become...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Bachelor in Biomedical Engineering Technology (Bachelor)

National Louis University - Chicago

National Louis University (NLU) has been providing students with high-quality, professionally focused education for more than 125 years. With its collaborative learning environment and accomplished faculty, NLU lives up to its reputation of providing more. More than College – A Community of Support At NLU, we offer classes at eight locations and online – giving you the flexibility you need to reac...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Bachelor in Biology (Bachelor)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement, distinguished by the breadth of its programs, broad academic excellence, and internationally renowned faculty. Illinois alumni have earned Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes and Olympic medals, have orbited the earth, and lead international corporations. The campus offers rich experiences beyond the classroom, from the best performing...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Plant Biology (Master)
- Master in Personality and Social Ecology (Master)
- Master in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (Master)
- Master in Molecular and Integrative Physiology (Master)
- Master in Kinesiology (Master)
- Master in Epidemiology (Master)
- Master in Biology (Master)
- Master in Biochemistry (Master)
- Doctor in Plant Biology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Personality and Social Ecology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (Doctor)
- Doctor in Molecular and Integrative Physiology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Microbiology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Kinesiology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Cell and Developmental Biology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Biophysics and Computational Biology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Biochemistry (Doctor)
- Certificate in Plant Pathology (Certificate)
- Certificate in Plant Molecular Biology and Physiology (Certificate)
- Certificate in Plant Breeding / Genetics / Cytogenetics (Certificate)
- Certificate in Entomology (Certificate)
- Certificate in Biometrics (Certificate)
- Certificate in Bioengineering (Certificate)

Illinois Institute of Technology

A degree from IIT brings alumni into the company of some of the most accomplished scientists and professionals anywhere. IIT graduates have made a dramatic impact on our world -- inventing the cell phone, laying the groundwork for the audio industry, and finding the cause of the hole in the atmosphere's ozone layer....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics (Master)
- Master in Biology (Master)
- Doctor in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics (Doctor)
- Doctor in Biomedical Engineering (Doctor)
- Doctor in Biology (Doctor)

Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University. A place where learning comes first, where students are valued and encouraged to explore new ideas and where progress is complemented by tradition....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Microbiology (Master)
- Master in Biochemistry (Master)
- Doctor in Microbiology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Biochemistry (Doctor)

Rush University Medical Center, The Graduate College

Rush University Medical Center is a nonprofit, academic medical center that encompasses a 613-bed hospital serving adults and children, the 61-bed Johnston R. Bowman Health Center and Rush University. Rush University is home to one of the first medical colleges in the Midwest and one of the nation’s top-ranked nursing colleges, as well as graduate programs in allied health, health systems manageme...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Physiology (Master)
- Master in Pharmacology (Master)
- Master in Neurosciences (Master)
- Master in Cell Biology (Master)
- Master in Biochemistry (Master)
- Master in Anatomical Sciences (Master)
- Doctor in Pharmacology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Neurosciences (Doctor)
- Doctor in Cell Biology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Biochemistry (Doctor)
- Doctor in Anatomical Sciences (Doctor)

University of Chicago, Division of the Biological Sciences

Located in the community of Hyde Park on Chicago’s South Side, just 15 minutes from the city center, the University of Chicago is uniquely positioned to contribute to, and draw from, the strength and diversity of this world-class metropolis. We have also made an indelible mark on the world at large. ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Doctor in Organismal Biology and Anatomy (Doctor)
- Doctor in Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology (Doctor)
- Certificate in Microbiology (Certificate)
- Certificate in Immunology (Certificate)
- Certificate in Human Nutrition and Nutritional Biology (Certificate)
- Certificate in Genetics (Certificate)
- Certificate in Evolutionary Biology (Certificate)
- Certificate in Ecology and Evolution (Certificate)
- Certificate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Certificate)

University of Illinois at Chicago

The University of Illinois at Chicago is a major research university located in the heart of one of the world´s great cities. UIC provides a first-rate education for its students and is committed to creating and disseminating new knowledge as a university of growing national and international stature. The largest university in the Chicago area, UIC has 25,000 students, 15 colleges, including the n...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Master)
- Master in Bioengineering (Master)
- Master in Anatomy (Master)
- Doctor in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Doctor)
- Doctor in Bioengineering (Doctor)
- Doctor in Behavioral Neuroscience (Doctor)
- Doctor in Anatomy (Doctor)
- Certificate in Neuroscience (Certificate)
- Certificate in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (Certificate)

Illinois Institute of Technology, Armour College of Engineering

IIT´s Mission: To advance knowledge through research and scholarship, to cultivate invention improving the human condition, and to educate students from throughout the world for a life of professional achievement, service to society, and individual fulfillment....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Biological Engineering (Master)

Northwestern University, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It provides students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth in a setting enhanced by the richness of Chicago....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Biotechnology (Master)
- Master in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
- Doctor in Biomedical Engineering (Doctor)

University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine

The University of Illinois at Chicago is the largest institution of higher education in the Chicago area and one of the top 100 research universities in the United States. Through its 14 academic colleges and professional schools, the University offers 81 undergraduate, 78 master’s, and 60 doctoral programs in architecture, art, applied health sciences, business administration, dentistry, educatio...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Physiology and Biophysics (Master)
- Doctor in Physiology and Biophysics (Doctor)
- Doctor in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Microbiology and Immunology (Doctor)

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is a national leader in interprofessional medical and healthcare education. Since 1912, Rosalind Franklin University has educated more than 15,000 medical and advanced health sciences degree graduates in the United States and worldwide. The University’s vision is to consistently innovate in the education of health and biomedical professionals, a...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Doctor in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology (Doctor)
- Certificate in Physiology and Biophysics (Certificate)
- Certificate in Neuroscience (Certificate)
- Certificate in Microbiology and Immunology (Certificate)
- Certificate in Cell Biology and Anatomy (Certificate)

Northwestern University, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences and Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Sciencez

Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It provides students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth in a setting enhanced by the richness of Chicago....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Master)

Loyola University Medical Center

At the Stritch School of Medicine, we are committed to graduating outstanding doctors who have an exceptionally well-rounded approach to life and medicine. As a Jesuit Catholic institution, we encourage all Loyolans to uphold certain values within that religious tradition, including compassion, service and respect for life. ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (Master)
- Master in Neuroscience (Master)
- Master in Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy (Master)
- Master in Cell and Molecular Physiology (Master)
- Master in Bioethics (Master)
- Doctor in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (Doctor)
- Doctor in Neuroscience (Doctor)
- Doctor in Molecular Biology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy (Doctor)
- Doctor in Cell and Molecular Physiology (Doctor)

Loyola University Chicago, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy

Shaped by our city and our Jesuit traditions, Loyola University Chicago offers students an educational environment unmatched for its diversity of thought and experience....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Online Master in Bioethics (Online Master)
- Online Certificate in Bioethics (Online Certificate)
- Master in Bioethics (Master)
- Certificate in Bioethics (Certificate)

Trinity International University, Trinity Graduate School

With nearly 100 faculty and 3,000 students, we at Trinity International University (TIU) are committed to the same vision with which we were founded in 1897 and determined to follow in the footsteps of the great universities that were founded on the cornerstone belief that all wisdom lies in Jesus Christ. Our task, if we are to be salt in the world of our day, is to build institutions where we can...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Bioethics (Master)

Northwestern University, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It provides students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth in a setting enhanced by the richness of Chicago....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Neurobiology and Physiology (Master)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Integrative Biology

Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement, distinguished by the breadth of its programs, broad academic excellence, and internationally renowned faculty. Illinois alumni have earned Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes and Olympic medals, have orbited the earth, and lead international corporations. The campus offers rich experiences beyond the classroom, from the best performing...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (Master)
- Doctor in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (Doctor)

Benedictine University

Benedictine University is dedicated to the education of undergraduate and graduate students from diverse ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds. As an academic community committed to liberal arts and professional education distinguished and guided by our Roman Catholic tradition and Benedictine heritage, we prepare our students for a lifetime as active, informed and responsible citizens and lead...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Clinical Exercise Physiology (Master)

Southern Illinois University, Graduate School

Southern Illinois University. A place where learning comes first, where students are valued and encouraged to explore new ideas and where progress is complemented by tradition....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Zoology (Master)
- Master in Plant Biology (Master)
- Master in Physiology (Master)
- Master in Pharmacology (Master)
- Master in Kinesiology (Master)
- Doctor in Zoology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Plant Biology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Physiology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Pharmacology (Doctor)

Roosevelt University, Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences

Roosevelt is an urban, independent university committed to student success, academic quality, and social justice, with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Biotechnology (Master)
- Certificate in Biotechnology (Certificate)

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It provides students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth in a setting enhanced by the richness of Chicago....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Biotechnology (Master)

Rush University Medical Center

Rush University Medical Center is a nonprofit, academic medical center that encompasses a 613-bed hospital serving adults and children, the 61-bed Johnston R. Bowman Health Center and Rush University. Rush University is home to one of the first medical colleges in the Midwest and one of the nation’s top-ranked nursing colleges, as well as graduate programs in allied health, health systems manageme...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Immunology and Virology (Master)
- Doctor in Immunology and Virology (Doctor)

Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine

Southern Illinois University. A place where learning comes first, where students are valued and encouraged to explore new ideas and where progress is complemented by tradition. SIU’s influence can be felt far beyond the locations of its great campuses. While it serves as an economic engine for southern Illinois, it more importantly is a quality institution of learning for the citizens of Illino...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Pharmacology (Master)
- Doctor in Pharmacology (Doctor)

Governors State University, College of Arts and Science

Governors State University is the only public university in Chicago’s rapidly growing south suburban area, serving approximately 6,000 students during the course of a year. GSU provides affordable and accessible undergraduate and graduate education to culturally and economically diverse life-long learners. The university’s high-quality educational programs are enhanced by its commitment to maintai...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Environmental Biology (Master)

Bradley University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Bradley University, an independent, privately endowed, coeducational institution was founded in 1897 as Bradley Polytechnic Institute by Lydia Moss Bradley as a memorial to her children and husband, Tobias. It became a four-year college in 1920, and in 1946 became a university and began offering graduate programs. It is fully accredited. ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Biology (Master)

Northeastern Illinois University, Graduate College

Founded in 1867, Northeastern Illinois University continues to meet the demand for quality, affordable education, serving 12,000 students at the 67-acre main campus on Chicago's north side and three additional campuses in the metropolitan area. NEIU is the most diverse university in the Midwest (according to U.S. News and World Report) and a federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Geography and Environmental Studies (Master)
- Master in Exercise Science and Cardiac Rehabilitation (Master)
- Master in Biology (Master)

Northwestern University

Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It provides students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth in a setting enhanced by the richness of Chicago....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Plant Biology and Conservation (Master)
- Doctor in Plant Biology and Conservation (Doctor)

Loyola University Chicago, The Graduate School

Shaped by our city and our Jesuit traditions, Loyola University Chicago offers students an educational environment unmatched for its diversity of thought and experience. With three campuses spread throughout the greater Chicago area-including along the stunning shoreline of Lake Michigan and in the heart of downtown's Magnificent Mile-students have access to hundreds of cultural institutions as w...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Biology (Master)

University of Illinois at Springfield

UIS is one of three campuses of the University of Illinois. We provide an intellectually rich, collaborative, and intimate learning environment for students, faculty, and staff, while serving local, regional, state, national, and international communities....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Environmental Studies (Master)
- Master in Biology (Master)

Western Illinois University

Central to our history and tradition is the commitment to teaching, to the individual learner, and to active involvement in the teaching-learning process. Western Illinois University's highly qualified, diverse faculty promotes critical thinking, engaged learning, research and creativity in a challenging, supportive learning community. We are committed to an academic environment that encourages li...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Biology (Master)

Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences

Illinois Institute of Technology is a national, technological, Ph.D.-granting research university, with world-renowned programs in engineering, architecture, the sciences, humanities, psychology, business, law, and design. Founded in 1940 and tracing its roots back to the 1890s with the foundings of Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis Institute, IIT brings a focused, interdisciplinary approac...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Online Master in Biology (Online Master)

Illinois Institute of Technology, Stuart Graduate School of Business

IIT's Mission: To advance knowledge through research and scholarship, to cultivate invention improving the human condition, and to educate students from throughout the world for a life of professional achievement, service to society, and individual fulfillment....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Environmental Management (Master)
- Certificate in Environmental Management (Certificate)

Southern Illinois University, College of Arts and Sciences

The SIUE College of Arts and Sciences combines foundational education with diverse and highly-specialized coursework. Faculty help students explore diversity of ideas, experiences and people while learning to think and live as fulfilled, productive members of a global society. The College offers 44 degree programs in the arts, humanities and social and natural sciences....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Environmental Sciences (Master)

University of Illinois Online, Online Programs

Welcome to U of I Online, your central source for information regarding the online degree programs, online courses and public service activities offered by the three campuses of the University of Illinois. All of the online courses and online degrees listed in our catalog are conducted mostly or completely over the Internet, which means you "attend" lectures and complete your assignments whenever ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Online Master in Environmental Studies (Online Master)

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It provides students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth in a setting enhanced by the richness of Chicago....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Genetic Counseling (Master)

Northwestern University, Medical School

Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It provides students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth in a setting enhanced by the richness of Chicago....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Doctor in Life Sciences (Doctor)

Illinois State University, College of Applied Science and Technology

Founded in 1857, Illinois State University was the first public university in the state and it's one of the Midwest's oldest institutions of higher education. It is a residential university whose emphasis is on undergraduate study....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Kinesiology and Recreation (Master)

Western Illinois University, School of Graduate Studies

Central to our history and tradition is the commitment to teaching, to the individual learner, and to active involvement in the teaching-learning process. Western Illinois University's highly qualified, diverse faculty promotes critical thinking, engaged learning, research and creativity in a challenging, supportive learning community. We are committed to an academic environment that encourages li...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Kinesiology (Master)

Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University is among the nation’s premier regional public universities. Located in one of the most dynamic regions of the country, NIU is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with a diverse and international student body of more than 25,000....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Doctor in Neuroscience and Behavior (Doctor)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement, distinguished by the breadth of its programs, broad academic excellence, and internationally renowned faculty. Illinois alumni have earned Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes and Olympic medals, have orbited the earth, and lead international corporations. The campus offers rich experiences beyond the classroom, from the best performing...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Doctor in Neuroscience (Doctor)

Northwestern University, The Graduate School, Interdisciplinary

Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It provides students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth in a setting enhanced by the richness of Chicago....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Doctor in Interdepartmental Neuroscience (Doctor)

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIUC offers over 175 undergraduate majors, specializations, and minors, 62 master's programs, and 27 doctoral programs among the fields of agriculture, applied sciences and arts, business and administration, education, engineering, the liberal arts, the fine arts, mass communication and media arts, science, and professional-degrees in law and medicine. SIUC is a multi-campus university with the SI...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Zoology (Master)
- Master in Plant Biology (Master)
- Master in Pharmacology (Master)
- Master in Molecular, Cellular, and Systemic Physiology (Master)
- Master in Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry (Master)
- Master in Kinesiology (Master)
- Master in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
- Doctor in Zoology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Plant Biology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Pharmacology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Molecular, Cellular, and Systemic Physiology (Doctor)
- Doctor in Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry (Doctor)
- Certificate in Plant Ecology (Certificate)
- Certificate in Anatomy (Certificate)
- Bachelor in Zoology (Bachelor)
- Bachelor in Plant Biology (Bachelor)
- Bachelor in Plant and Soil Science - Environmental Studies (Bachelor)
- Bachelor in Physiology (Bachelor)
- Bachelor in Microbiology (Bachelor)

Bradley University Graduate School

Founded in 1897, Bradley University is an independent, privately endowed, coeducational institution, located on a 75 acre, park-like campus in the heart of Peoria, Illinois, a city located on the banks of the Illinois River. Located half-way between major cities of Chicago to the north, St. Louis to the south, and Indianapolis to the east, the Peoria metro area includes nearly 350,000 residents an...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Environmental Science Education (Master)
- Master in Biology (Master)
- Master in Biochemistry (Master)

College of Lake County

College of Lake County is a public, 2 year community college fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. College of Lake County is located 72 kilometers from Chicago, the third largest city in the United States. CLC is located in Lake County which was rated #52 on Forbes Magazine's list of best places in the United States for business and ca...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Associate in Zoology (Associate)
- Associate in Wildlife Management (Associate)
- Associate in Microbiology (Associate)
- Associate in Ecology (Associate)
- Associate in Biology (Associate)

Danville Area Community College

Danville Area Community College (DACC) is a public two-year college founded in 1946 that has grown into an independent college serving about 5,000 students per year in over 1,500 unique courses. Students at DACC are enrolled in programs and courses including: college transfer, occupational degrees and certificates, re-training, skill development, customized training or areas of special interest. ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Associate in Biology (Associate)