The Graduate School
Since 1959, almost 1,000 scientists worldwide have received doctoral degrees from Rockefeller. Today, students can also choose to earn a medical degree from neighboring Weill Medical College of Cornell University through a joint M.D.-Ph.D. program. The university also offers opportunities for postdoctoral and clinical research, which allows young people who wish to explore careers in scientific research to work in Rockefeller laboratories.

Postdoctoral Fellows Program
The university has a strong commitment to the full involvement of postdoctorates in all aspects of the scientific, educational and cultural activities of the community. Each year, more than 350 postdoctorates are associated with the research activities of the 69 laboratories, where they are encouraged to continue their scientific training and pursue their research interests. In addition, they typically participate in the many seminars and colloquia held at the university and are particularly active in the weekly "Rockefeller Research Exchange."

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) Program
The SURF program enables college students with a strong interest in the biological sciences to participate in laboratory research. Each year, 15 outstanding college sophomores and juniors are chosen from a pool of around 400 applicants.

Summer High School Science Outreach Program (Science Outreach)
Established in 1992, the Summer High School Science Outreach Program (Science Outreach) provides high school juniors and seniors and K-12 teachers the opportunity to be mentored by Rockefeller scientists in the content, methods, culture and ethos of modern research through immersion in the process of scientific inquiry. In addition, the program offers postdoctoral and graduate fellows the chance to develop essential teaching skills, and it provides staff support and resources to Rockefeller scientists who become mentors.

The program, which runs during the summer, offers various resources to enhance students’ experiences in their host laboratories, including Monday Summer Afternoon Seminars on Topics in Biomedicine, Thursday Breakfast Seminars for Teachers and the ScienTific Reading and Writing Course (STRAW), which trains students in reading and analyzing scientific journal articles and presenting research in standard scientific style.

One-fifth of Science Outreach graduates have achieved semifinalist or higher status in prestigious national and international science fair competitions, and participants often matriculate to top universities, some with full scholarships, while maintaining connections and continuing to publish research with their mentors. Some have returned to Rockefeller as graduate, biomedical or postdoctoral fellows.

Bard-Rockefeller Program
The Bard-Rockefeller Program, started in 2000, is a collaboration between Bard College and The Rockefeller University. Among many joint ventures, the university offers specialized science courses to Bard undergraduates, allowing more advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to gain teaching experience at Bard and creating the opportunity for undergraduates to study the sciences through one of the world’s premier research universities.