Applicants to a University of Delaware graduate program must possess (or be in the final year of completing) a U.S. equivalent bachelor's degree.Graduate admission criteria of the Department of Biological Sciences include a scholastic index (grade point average on a 4.0 point scale) of at least 3 overall and 3.0 in the sciences.Applicants who are not U.S. citizens must complete the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score of 600 or higher on the paper-based test, 250 or higher on the computer-based test, or 100 or higher on the TOEFL iBT.Admission to the graduate program in Biological Sciences requires demonstrated academic excellence and the following (or the equivalent): two years of biological sciences, one semester of mathematics, preferably to include calculus and/or statistics, one year of college physics, one year of inorganic (general) chemistry, and one course in organic chemistry. Any deficiency in undergraduate training must be made up (without graduate credit) during the first year of graduate study. Further, nearly all successful applicants have prior, substantive research experience which is well documented in the application.