Admission Requirements

To qualify for admission into the Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Degree Program, you must meet the minimum requirements of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School and of the Comp Biomed degree program.

Application Deadlines:

• January 1 for the following fall semester
• June 1 for the following spring semester

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Comparative Biomedical Sciences Degree Program Requirements:

1. Graduate School Requirements: All applicants to the Comp Biomed program must meet (and preferably exceed) the requirements of the UW-Madison Graduate School.
2. Grade point average: Although grade point averages (GPA) of 3.0 (on a scale of 4.0) meet the requirements of the Graduate School, most applicants accepted into our program have at least a 3.2 GPA.
3. Graduate Record Examination: Our program requires that you take the GRE and that GRE scores be submitted to the program with your application. Although there are no minimum GRE scores required, most accepted students have scores greater than 70% in each of the exam components.
4. Coursework requirements: To ensure that all students have the background to complete the coursework required for the Comp Biomed degree program, we require that you have completed undergraduate coursework in the areas of Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics. Students lacking one or two of these courses can take them after admission, but these courses cannot be counted towards degree requirements.