Special Requirements for Admission

In general, conditions for admission to the Program are good academic standing within the Division of Basic Science of the Graduate School and an interest in pursuing a research and training program in molecular biophysics. Students with strong backgrounds in the physical sciences and mathematics will be well prepared to join the Program, but such backgrounds are not required.

Students ordinarily apply for formal admission to the Program in the middle or the end of the fall semester, but are encouraged to participate in the Program informally at any time after admission into the Division of Basic Science. It is not necessary that a student within the Program choose a dissertation research mentor who is a member of the faculty of the Program, provided the student has sound reasons for this choice.