As part of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Science Building is home to our programs in Biological and Physical Sciences.
Students within these programs gain experience working within various lab spaces that allow them to apply what they have learned within the classroom.
The John and Rhea Smith Greenhouse is a 2500 square foot facility that supports many classes in the Biology and Biotechnology programs at Ferris State University.
The greenhouse serves as a living laboratory where students study plant biology, plant-pest interactions and soil science, plant production and reproduction, and the classification of plants.
The Science Building is also home to the Shimadzu Core Laboratory which is a multidisciplinary science research center containing over 2000 square feet of presentation, research, and collaboration space.
The Shimadzu Core Laboratory facility is supported by a $500,000 in-kind grant from Shimadzu, a Japanese maker of precision instruments, including high-sensitivity spectroscopic and spectrometric equipment.
These devices put Ferris on a level with first-tier research institutions in terms of available instrumentation.
