At WCU, we provide you with the opportunity to conduct research with a number of affiliated agencies as outlined below. If you’d like examples of research conducted at the graduate level, review our listing of current and past graduate research projects.
Highlands Biological Station
Provides graduate students and senior scientists from throughout the United States
with research and specialty course opportunities on Southern Appalachian biota. Research
funds and logistical support are available for qualified graduate students. The station
is located 50 minutes from campus.
Learn more about Highlands Biological Station
International Biosphere Reserves, National Parks, National Forests
Graduate students may become involved in research projects in Great Smoky Mountains
National Park and the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, both of which are International
Biosphere Reserves. Research opportunities also are available in the Blue Ridge Parkway
National Park and in Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests.
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
This research unit of the International Biological Reserve has been established and
well known for its watershed research for over half a century. It is one of a few
long term ecological research stations in the country. Cooperative research projects
are encouraged by the permanent research staff as well as other universities working
at the station.
Learn more about Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
Biochemistry Program
The respective Departments of Biology and Chemistry jointly offer a special program
in biochemistry designed to prepare graduate students for study toward doctoral degrees.