Application Information

Required Application Material:

• 3 letters of recommendation
• Statement of Purpose
• Resume/CV
• A copy of a transcript for each university you have attended. This transcript must be issued by the Registrar’s Office (a copy issued to the student is fine) and cannot be printed from the University’s web site.  Each transcript must be uploaded during the application process. Scan the transcript at high resolution and make sure each can be read before uploading it. Each individual university transcript must be uploaded as one file and not page by page.
• Official transcripts are not required and will not be used in the review process.  If you are offered admission and accept the offer you are then required to submit an official sealed transcript from each university you have attended. We ask that you not send us any material in the mail unless asked to do so.
• The general test of the GRE is required; please indicate your registration number and scores in the application if the exam has been taken before you submit the application. The subject test is not required, but there is space to list your scores if you have taken the exam.
• The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required if your native language is not English.

Our goal is to streamline the application process for you and to make the application review process as paperless as possible.

Applicants must also contact ETS and request that they send official GRE scores (and TOEFL if applicable) to institution code 5187. As long as you have self-reported your scores please do not contact us to verify that we have received your official scores from ETS, as the application can be reviewed with the self-reported scores.

The Laney Graduate School site contains additional information on admissions and application instructions.

Receive Program Information by Mail or Email:

If you would like to receive material specific to the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences and our nine programs, please send an email to inquiry@emory.edu and request the Viewbook in printed form by mail or as a PDF by email. The Viewbook contains a subset of the material that is found on the web site.

Additional Information:

Interviews are usually held in late January through early March by invitation of the Program to which a student has applied. Interview travel expenses are paid by the Division for domestic applicants. The Division does not pay interview travel expenses for applicants who are overseas and Skype interviews are typically arranged.