Applications for admission to the Department of Biostatistics are processed through the Office of Student Affairs at Pitt Public Health. You must apply to the MS and PhD programs through SOPHAS, the centralized application service for graduate schools of public health. Please note, SOPHAS submits applications to Pitt Public Health only after all required materials are received. Applicants who have submitted applications may track their status online.
A minimum TOEFL score of 100 is required for all foreign students. The minimum acceptable score on the IELTS is Band 7.0, and applicants must take the academic writing and reading modules of the test. The minimum grade point average for admission to any graduate study at the University of Pittsburgh is 3.0
Submit personal statement through SOPHAS.
Submit three recommendations directly to SOPHAS.
Submit official transcripts for ALL education in the United States directly to SOPHAS.
Submit a course-by-course WES evaluation for ALL education outside of the United States (not including study abroad) directly to SOPHAS.
Submit official GRE scores to the Graduate School of Public Health code 4234, with no department code.
Submit official TOEFL scores (if applicable) to SOPHAS code 5688.