Admission is selective and competitive based on the number of well-qualified applicants and the limits of available faculty, funding, and facilities. Those applicants who meet the below stated minimum academic requirements are not guaranteed admission, nor are those applicants who fail to meet those minimum requirements necessarily precluded from admission if they offer other appropriate strengths.
Recommended GRE score of 300 on combined quantitative and verbal scores
Undergraduate grade point index of 3.0
Applicants are expected to have course experience in the areas of calculus, anatomy/physiology, and other lab sciences
Supplemental Documentation of a faculty member that has agreed to serve as an advisor
Applicants are required to identify a faculty member with appropriate expertise who will provide funding and serve as their advisor throughout the degree program. Once a potential faculty member has agreed to be the applicant advisor, formal consideration for admission to the BIOMS program will proceed, provided that they meet all admission requirements of the Graduate College and the BIOMS program and are approved by the BIOMS Executive Committee.
All international applicants for graduate study at the University of Delaware are expected to have or gain English proficiency prior to enrolling in graduate coursework. The recommended minimum TOEFL score is 100 and/or IELTS of 7. A waiver of the TOEFL exam is only allowed when a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree has been or will be earned from a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting association in the United States OR from a university recognized by the ministry of education in a country where English is the primary language.