Graduate Admission

If you have questions about the application process, please click on the "Frequently Asked Questions" button to see if the answer to your question is here. If you do not find the answer to your question, please send an email to the BMCB Program Coordinator, at bmcb@email.arizona.edu.

General Requirements

Students admitted to the BMCB Program must have an undergraduate degree in biological or physical sciences and must have completed course work in mathematics through calculus, chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology. Coursework in physical chemistry is also encouraged. Students can be admitted with course deficiencies under some circumstances.

Application Deadline: January 1
Institution Code for GRE and TOEFL: 4832
Department Code for GRE: 0206 or 0202
Department Code for TOEFL: 74 or 34

Application Procedures

Complete the graduate college application online.
Click HERE to access the Graduate College ONLINE application.  

The following items are required to be uploaded as part of the application process:

• Transcripts of all college and university work
• GRE results (general exam is required and a subject exam is optional)
• Statement of Purpose
• Contact information for at least three people willing to write a letter of recommendation on your behalf.  You should select individuals who are familiar with your work (one of these letters should be from your research advisor, if applicable). Potential letter writers will be contacted directly from the Graduate College with instructions on letter submission.

NOTE: When application review begins in January, your application will be reviewed with the unofficial documents uploaded with your application.  If you are invited to visit campus in February, you will be expected to provide official documents at that time, which will complete your application review.  You will be notified by email if additional documents are necessary to complete your application.  Please do not mail documents to the department unless they have been requested from you.

DEPARTMENT MAILING ADDRESS:
Graduate Program Coordinator
University of Arizona
BMCB Graduate Program
1007 East Lowell Street
Life Sciences South 248
Tucson AZ 85721-0106

Tel: 520-621-1519
Fax: 520-621-3709

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