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Admission Requirements

Applications completed by January 1, 2014 will receive full consideration for admission.  We will continue to consider applications, provided positions are available, until February 1, 2014. FSU offers a limited number of highly prestigious University Fellowships.  Students wishing to be considered for these fellowships must complete their applications by December 15, 2013.

The admissions requirements for the program will be as follows and meet the minimum requirements established by the State of Florida. A prospective candidate must

1. Have, or be a candidate for, a Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and be in good standing at the last institution attended.
2. Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale).
3. Successful applicants typically score above 154 on the Verbal portion and above 155 on the Quantitative portion of the revised GRE (Graduate Record Examination), or have a minimum combined verbal and quantitative score of 1100 or above using the previous scoring system. A GRE Subject Test is strongly recommended and may include Biochemistry & Cell Biology, General Biology, Chemistry, or Physics. Applicants whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) receiving a minimum score of 80 for the internet based (IB) test or 550 for the paper based (PB) test. 

To apply to the Program click on: https://admissions.fsu.edu/gradapp/