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The College of Natural Science aligns with the University's overarching goals, emphasizing research, teaching, and community engagement. As one of the University's most extensive academic divisions, it encompasses diverse programs including Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics, Chemistry, Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Human Biology, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neuroscience, Physics and Astronomy, Physiology, Plant Biology, and Statistics and Probability. The college also houses the renowned W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, an internationally recognized research hub. Both undergraduate and graduate students across all departments gain hands-on research experience. Those enrolled in the College benefit from extensive on-campus research labs and specialized facilities such as the MSU/DOE Plant Research Laboratory, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, and the W. K. Kellogg Biological Station. Graduate candidates can further pursue interdisciplinary studies in Genetics and Genome Sciences, Cell and Molecular Biology, Mathematics Education, Molecular Plant Science, Neuroscience, or Ecology, Evolution and Behavior.