The University of Maine has several outstanding research and graduate programs in business, engineering, education, the sciences and humanities.  Some recent additions include a Ph.D program in functional genomics that is delivered in conjunction with The Jackson Laboratory and Maine Medical Center Research Institute, a master’s program in information science that combines courses from business, computer science and spatial information engineering, and master’s program that focuses on science education.

Our world-class research facilities also offer many opportunities for students pursuing graduate degrees.  Some examples include:

• The Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology brings together students from chemistry, physics, electrical and computer engineering, and chemical and biological engineering to research surfaces, thin films, sensors and microsystems. 
  
• The School of Marine Sciences is well known for its research in a broad spectrum of marine studies from molecular biology and biotechnology to fisheries science, fisheries economics and anthropology, and from marine geology and coastal engineering to aquaculture, marine ecology and all aspects of oceanography. 
  
• The Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center and the Advanced Structures and Composites Laboratory gives students from civil engineering, wood science, forest management and other fields opportunities to lead world-class research projects and develop new composite structural products.
  
• Students interested in information systems can pursue research-based graduate programs in Spatial Information Science and Engineering.  Its affiliated National Center for Geographic Information Analysis, one of only three centers with this designation, provides opportunities for students to work with leading faculty in the field.

For more information about these programs and other graduate opportunities, visit the University of Maine's Graduate School web site.