To be admitted to the Ph.D. or Masters in Biomedical Sciences Program with Regular status, applicants must hold an earned baccalaureate (or equivalent) from an accredited college or university, and have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Typically, applicants will have an undergraduate major in Biology or a related discipline such as Biochemistry or Biophysics. Students with other majors such as Chemistry or Physics are encouraged to apply, however, their coursework should include several semesters in biology. In addition, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores of 1100 (combined Verbal and Quantitative scores) and 4.5 (Analytical Writing Test) are recommended. For international applicants, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) also is required and scores above the 50th percentile are recommended. For all applicants, laboratory research experience is highly recommended. However, a prior Masters degree is not required to enter the Ph.D. program. All students accepted unconditionally into the Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences program will receive a full tuition scholarship and a research stipend. The research stipend is similar in monetary value to the National Institutes of Health, National Research Award for predoctoral fellows. There are a limited number of tuition scholarships and stipends available for students in the Masters in Biomedical Sciences program.
