Worcester State University: Graduate Studies and Continuing Education

📱 Incoming Call...

Don't forget to register for your Fall classes! 📅

Make sure to register before your classes start. Classes fill up quickly - so don't wait!

🍁 Fall semester starts 9/8.






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🌟 FEATURE FRIDAY 🌟

The Master of Science in Biotechnology program at Worcester State University will help you broaden your understanding of the biological sciences and prepare you for a career or a doctoral program in the growing field of biotechnology. 🔬

With classes available in the late afternoons and evenings, this flexible, part-time program is designed with working students like you in mind. Worcester State also offers a 4-Plus option for our current undergraduate biotechnology majors, that enables the undergraduate and graduate degree requirements to be completed in just 5 years.

The curriculum covers a wide range of topics in biology and chemistry, and some courses include a hands-on laboratory component, through which you will put classroom theory into practice. You will demonstrate your mastery of program coursework by completing a research project and writing a thesis, and passing a written and/or oral examination when you defend your thesis. 📚






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And the 2026 WSU Champion of Graduate School Essentials is...

💻 LAPTOP!

Laptop has spent years supporting our graduate students through papers, exams, discussion posts and moments to unwind and watch a show. While others shine in the spotlight, laptop quietly becomes the number one essential that helps graduate students earn their Master’s Degree & cross that stage! 🎓

Thank you all for participating in our stories! 👏🏻

Leave a comment what "championship" you would like to see next! 👇🏼






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Have you ever been up to the DGCE office? Grace and Jen are always happy to help you register for your classes!
… and even happier when you follow all the directions 😉




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Red, White, and Woo! 💙

The University will be closed today, July 3, in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend!




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Summer may have just started, (and this weather definitely shows it! 🥵) but we’re thinking ahead and getting ready to help you plan your next semester 📚






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🏆 The Grad School Essentials World Cup is here!

Only one essential can take home the trophy, but they’ll need your votes to make it to the championship. Whether you love coffee-fueled mornings, color-coding your planner, or late-night snacks, we’re putting your must-haves in a knockout tournament!

☑️ Vote in our stories each round
👏🏻 Invite your friends to follow us and vote too!

Who’s your early pick? Drop it in the comments before the first match kicks off! ⬇️






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Happy First Day of Summer, Lancers ☀️

Not around campus this summer? Here’s just a few of the views you’ve been missing!






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1. Yellow and purple petunias potted by the benches between the Sullivan Academic Center and the Shaughnessy Administration Building. The Administration Building side entrance is blurred in the background.
2. Purple catmint grows in the front of the Shaughnessy Administration Building. The building entrance is blurred in the background.
3. Lake Ellie with its fountain running with a bright blue sky with clouds in the background.
4. The Wellness Center is shown with purple and yellow pansies lining the walkway. Yellow and blue umbrellas are on the patio, with a bright blue sky with clouds in the background.
5. The base of the electronic sign board is lined with purple and yellow petunias. “Worcester State University” is written along the wall.
6. Yellow daylilies are blooming with green shrubs under a tree by the WSU hedges in front of the Shaughnessy Administration Building.
7. Yellow daylilies and purple and yellow pansies line the walkway behind the Wellness Center.
8. A distant view of the Shaughnessy Administration Building showing yellow daylilies and pink shrub roses. A clear blue sky is in the background.
9. Yellow and purple petunias potted by the benches between the Sullivan Academic Center and the Shaughnessy Administration Building. The Sullivan Academic Center side entrance is blurred in the background.
10. Pink shrub roses blooming across from the Shaughnessy Administration Building entrance.
11. A vibrant, bright array of flowers in a planter outside of the Shaughnessy Administration Building entrance.]