Graduation from an accredited college or university with a 3.00 cumulative grade point ratio and at least 24 semester hours in biology and a general program, including related scientific subjects, which would be equivalent to the biology major offered for the Bachelor of Science degree at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Students who are deficient in some subject, but whose records are otherwise superior, may make up their deficiencies while they are enrolled in the graduate program.
Undergraduate academic attainment in biology, which meets with the approval of the graduate biology faculty.

Applicants whose native language is not English, and have not earned a degree at an English-speaking college or university, may be required to take either the TOEFL, IELTS, or Pearsons PTE-A exam. The minimum required score for the TOEFL is: 550 for the paper-based test, 213 for the computer-based test and 79 on the Internet-based test. For the IELTS exam: overall band score of 6.0 and for the Pearsons PTE-A exam: 53 or higher.