The Undergraduate Cancer Biology Program is designed for graduating high school seniors and college freshmen and sophomores with an outstanding academic record and the desire to pursue a career in biomedical research, medicine or the health professions. Successful applicants to the program should meet the admissions criteria below.

First-time freshmen applicants must have a high school cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) and an ACT composite score of 28 or higher (or the SAT combined V+Q score at 1300 or higher). High school students who do not meet these requirements may be accepted into the program as pre-Cancer Biology majors. Any student who is admitted as a pre-Cancer Biology major must have an overall GPA 3.0 after 24 credits of work at UAB, a GPA 3.25 in their Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (MA 105 and higher) coursework, and have taken a freshman year curriculum that is compatible with the Program. Current UAB students and transfer students from other institutions who are freshmen or sophomores (non-direct admits) may select Cancer Biology for their major, but must have an overall GPA 3.0 and must have demonstrated excellent academic performance in science/mathematics courses and have a GPA 3.25 in those courses.

Students must maintain an overall GPA 3.0 in order to remain in good academic standing in the Cancer Biology Program. If a student's overall GPA falls below 3.0, they will have one semester to bring their overall grade to 3.0 or better.

a completed application
official transcripts. All documents must be sent in English
IELTS - 6.0 overall with at least a 5.5 on each section of the examination
TOEFL-(iBT) - overall 77