{"id":24771,"date":"2026-07-24T09:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/?page_id=24771"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:24:35","slug":"apply-to-the-program-in-biophysics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/apply-to-the-program-in-biophysics\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply to the Program in Biophysics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students are admitted for matriculation in the Fall semester. Applications are submitted through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/\"><strong>Graduate Medical Sciences<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>at the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>PhD applicants are admitted into the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/pibs\/\">Program in Biomedical Sciences<\/a>\u00a0(PiBS) umbrella program.<\/p>\n<p>MA applicants are admitted into the MA in Biophysics program.<\/p>\n<p>Required Documents within the application are: three letters of recommendation; an unofficial English transcript of each college or university attended, a resume, and a personal statement. GRE scores are not required. For applicants from foreign countries, TOEFL is also required. General admission information is available\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0for both MA and PhD applicants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Application to the PhD program must be made by\u00a0<strong>Dec. 1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The MA program has rolling admission.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bu-gms.liaisoncas.com\/applicant-ux\/#\/login\"><strong>Apply Online<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Role of Graduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With Graduate Education<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>playing a key role in the vibrancy of our scientific research, we work to continually improve the Programs in Biophysics and expand the opportunities for our graduate students. Students who graduate from our programs with a PhD or MD\/PhD degree have gone on to extremely successful careers in all areas of academic, pharmaceutical and industrial science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Correspondence &amp; Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair, Student Affairs &amp; Admissions<\/strong><br \/>\nAssen Marintchev<br \/>\nDepartment of Pharmacology, Physiology &amp; Biophysics<br \/>\nChobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<br \/>\n700 Albany St., W336A<br \/>\nBoston, MA 02118-2526<\/p>\n<p>Telephone: (617) 358-8486<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:amarint@bu.edu\">amarint@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bu-gms.liaisoncas.com\/applicant-ux\/#\/login\"><strong>Apply to the Program in Biophysics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students are admitted for matriculation in the Fall semester. Applications are submitted through Graduate Medical Sciences\u00a0at the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine. PhD applicants are admitted into the\u00a0Program in Biomedical Sciences\u00a0(PiBS) umbrella program. MA applicants are admitted into the MA in Biophysics program. Required Documents within the application are: three letters of recommendation; an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1811,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24771"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24776,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24771\/revisions\/24776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}