Applicants must hold, or expect to hold before enrollment at Stanford, a bachelor's degree from a U.S. college or university accredited by a regional accrediting association.
See our page about the Personal Statement.
Please include an up-to-date version of your CV.
The GRE General Test score is not required and will not be considered if submitted. We do not require any GRE Subject Test scores.
Application materials, including letters of recommendation, should be received by the deadline. We do review all applications, including incomplete ones.
For materials that are mailed, please use our Contact Address.
Please do NOT upload supporting materials, such as published or unpublished papers, posters, or class projects, with your application.
If the application is incomplete, the Biomedical Informatics Admissions Officer will notify the applicant by February. For post-doctoral candidates, there is no special paperwork or application required to apply for NLM funding. There is no in-person interview for the Academic MS program. Offers of admission are made on a rolling basis starting in March. Finals decisions from admitted candidates are due by April 15.
Applications for this MS degree are considered only for Autumn quarter, however, students, once accepted, may request a Summer quarter start. Self-funded students can also defer to later quarters.
The selection of MS students admitted to BMI is based on an individualized, holistic review of each application, including (but not limited to) the applicant's academic record, the letters of recommendation, the statement of purpose, personal qualities and characteristics, and past accomplishments.

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