Career Opportunities
North Carolina State University is one of a limited number of land
grant universities in the U.S. offering a large program in graduate
training for plant breeding. See the survey on student training
in plant breeding: http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/breeding/pbsurvey/brdsurvey.html
There are openings in graduate school, including full assistantship
support, for those students in the biological sciences who have taken
the basic science courses. Those courses include calculus, freshman
chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics. See requirements at: http://cals.ncsu.edu/hort_sci/teaching/degrees/grad-programs/graduate_admissions.php
Career opportunities for plant breeders with a degree at the
M.S. or Ph.D. level include the USDA, land grant universities, seed
companies, and international research centers (such as IRRI in the Phillipines)
doing research and developing cultivars.
Undergraduate students: talk to your advisor about the courses
you are taking for your B.S. degree. Make sure you have the necessary
requirements for graduate school. See the web site for Plant Breeding
at NCSU: http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/breeding/
If you are interested in a plant breeding career, please see our
plant breeding faculty at: http://cals.ncsu.edu/hort_sci/people/faculty/breeding.php
