UW Student Admissions and the Primate Center
The Wisconsin Primate Research Center is not a degree-granting department at UW-Madison. Rather, we collaborate with other departments to provide undergraduate research experiences and graduate student training case-by-case.
Primatology covers many scientific disciplines. A degree in "primatology" is not available at the UW. If you are interested in becoming a primatologist, you must first determine which traditional discipline best matches your particular scholarly interests. These disciplines include cellular and molecular biology, immunology, psychology, zoology, anthropology, obstetrics and gynecology, physiology and other fields.
Once you have determined your preferred field of study, you must apply for entrance to the UW as an undergraduate or graduate student. Please contact the relevant staff in the admissions offices and academic departments regarding admissions questions.
Note to prospective graduate students: The research program at the WNPRC has opportunities for UW graduate students in several areas, especially reproductive and developmental biology, immunogenetics and vaccine development, aging, neurobiology, and biogerontology. Students may conduct research at the Primate Center by enrolling in an appropriate academic department at the UW-Madison and choosing a faculty advisor with Primate Center affiliation. Current faculty have appointments in the Medical School, College of Letters and Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, as well as such interdisciplinary programs as the Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology Program, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences, The Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases Training Program, and the Neuroscience Training Program. For more information about these programs, please write to the Graduate School, Bascom Hall, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, or visit the graduate students Web site below.
University of Wisconsin-Madison student admissions