OpenFieldTulane University · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Tulane University is a prestigious private Carnegie R1 research university and a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), situated along historic St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana. Renowned for the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (the oldest in the US), the Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Law School, and the ByWater Institute, Tulane generates over $220M in annual research expenditures.
Tulane operates ten constituent schools and colleges across uptown and downtown New Orleans. Flagship research centers include the Tulane National Primate Research Center (one of seven federally funded primate centers), the ByWater Institute (river-coastal delta dynamics), the Tulane Cancer Center, and the A.B. Freeman School of Business.
Undergraduate admissions are highly selective (test-optional holistic review via Common Application). Graduate and professional programs require an accredited bachelor's degree with a 3.3+ GPA, standardized test scores (GRE, MCAT, LSAT, GMAT where required), statement of purpose, and three letters of recommendation.
The nation's preeminent tropical medicine doctorate, researching vector-borne parasitic transmission (malaria, Chagas, dengue), epidemiological surveillance, and global health crisis response.
Doctoral research program at the School of Medicine and Tulane National Primate Research Center investigating retroviral pathogenesis, aerosolized biodefense vaccines, and tuberculosis immunology.
LCME-accredited medical training with extensive clinical clerkships across University Medical Center New Orleans and the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System.
Unique interdisciplinary program examining Mississippi River delta sediment diversion dynamics, barrier island morphological change, coastal wetlands restoration, and hurricane surge modeling.
The world's preeminent graduate maritime law program, focusing on charter parties, marine insurance litigation, offshore energy exploration contracts, and international maritime arbitration.
Interdisciplinary fellowship investigating nature-based coastal protection systems, community flood resilience along the Gulf Coast, and hypoxia mitigation in the Mississippi River delta.
President & Professor of Law
Office of the President
Michael A. Fitts is the 15th president of Tulane University, a legal scholar and former dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School who has led Tulane to ...
View researcher profile ↗Dean & Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Health Equity
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Thomas LaVeist is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and leading health policy scholar researching social determinants of health and raci...
View researcher profile ↗Chair & Professor of River-Coastal Science and Engineering
Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering & ByWater Institute
Dr. Mead Allison is an oceanographer and coastal sedimentologist investigating Mississippi River delta sediment transport, coastal wetland retention, and coasta...
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