Complete the online application
Choose Biological Sciences as the Department and either EE or MCDB as the Program
A brief statement of your long-term professional goals. Describe your qualifications, scientific interests, your research experiences, and potential faculty advisors
Three letters of recommendation (submitted online by the recommender after you initiate the application, or by mail at the address below)
Copies of transcripts for all college-level institutions attended with degree conferred must be uploaded as well. These may be unofficial transcripts. Certified (official) transcripts and translations of all undergraduate and graduate study will be required at the time of matriculation (upon enrollment).
Graduate Record Examination scores ARE NOT REQUIRED for application or admission to the Department of Biological Sciences Graduate Program (please note that this may not be the case for other PhD programs at the University of Pittsburgh). We encourage students to NOT submit scores as we will not use them in our evaluation.
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores, the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences requires a minimum TOEFL score of 90, with a minimum score of 22 in each section. The minimal IELTS score in 7.0. The minimum grade point average for admission to any graduate study at the University of Pittsburgh is 3.0