Applicants who are citizens of countries where English is not the official language (and the Province of Quebec in Canada) are required to submit evidence of English language proficiency by submitting the official results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). A minimum result of 100 iBT or 250 computer on the TOEFL or a minimum result of Band 7.0 on the IELTS is required for admission to the program.
Personal Statement - Please indicate the basis of your interest in graduate study. The Personal Statement is required to address four items:

(a) A brief summary of your background in all relevant fields, to include at least medicine and computer science. Although it is not necessary that an applicant have backgrounds in medicine or computer science, it helps the admissions committee to determine any prerequisites that you might be required to take before or shortly thereafter being accepted into the program. It is highly encouraged that applicants have some computer programming knowledge in C, C++ and/or JAVA language before entering the program. Describe your research experiences and any hypotheses and results that were generated in your experimental work. Provide dates, research advisors, and project titles.

(b) A statement of your educational goals and how they would be advanced through participation in the training program.

(c) A statement of your career objectives, both short and long term. When preparing the short-term portion of your statement, please be specific regarding any projects you may have in mind that could contribute to the success of your biomedical informatics training.

(d) A statement of your writing ability. Indicate how well you perceive your writing ability to be at this time. State how you will improve on your current writing ability to meet the requirements of rigorous research-based technical papers. The minimum grade point average for admission to any graduate study at the University of Pittsburgh is 3.0