Admissions

We are pleased you have chosen to learn more about the opportunities that await you at Georgetown's Department of Microbiology & Immunology. Whether this is your first time visiting this page or you have been here many times before, we hope you will find it to be a clear and effective way to discover more about our unique programs in:
- Biomedical Science Policy & Advocacy, MS -
- Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases, MS -
- Microbiology & Immunology, MS & PhD -
Track and Biomedical Sciences programs. Further information concerning the admissions process can be obtained from the Graduate School Catalog.
NOTE: REQUIREMENTS!
Application Deadlines!
MS & Online Certificates ONLY:
Fall Semester: June 1st
Spring Semester: November 1st
PhD ONLY: December 1st
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Application Materials required:
- Application Form
- Non-refundable Application Fee
- Resume/CV (including publications, if applicable)
- Official Transcripts
- Official Recommendations (3)
- Official Score Report for the GRE General Test (MCAT scores can be submitted in place of GRE scores for MS applications ONLY)
- Official Score Report for the TOEFL/IELTS Required for Non-Native English Speakers
- Statement of Purpose: 500-word (max) academic statement of purpose should describe your academic and professional goals and their fit with the biomedical graduate program
General Qualifications and Prerequisites:
- Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) is required, though 3.5 or higher is preferred
- GRE General Test scores of 1200 (combined) or higher for the Verbal and Quantitative sections, and 4.5 or higher on the Analytical Writing section, are preferred GRE Subject Test (Biology, Chemistry or Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology) is suggested, but not required; score of 650 or higher preferred
** Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) is required, though 3.5 or higher is preferred.
Entrance Examination Requirements - Official Test Results: To request an official score report, see the contact information for the major standardized testing organizations below:
- Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
Georgetown University Graduate School (ETS Code: 5244)
Telephone: 609-771-7670
http://www.gre.org - Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)
Georgetown University MCAT Code: Please follow the instructions provided by the program to which you are applying.
Telephone: 319-337-1357
http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/
Foreign Applicant Entrance Examination Requirements - Official Test Results: To request an official score report, see the contact information for the major standardized testing organizations below:
- TOEFL
The Educational Testing Service (ETS Code: 5244)
P.O. Box 6155
Princeton, NJ 08541-6155
Telephone: 609-771-7100
Internet: http://www.toefl.org/ - IELTS International
100 East Corson St., Suite 200
Pasadena, CA 91103
Telephone: 626-564-2054
Internet: http://www.ielts.org/ Email: ielts@ieltsintl.org
Supplemental Application Materials (PhD programs ONLY)
- To access the Supplemental Data Forms, click here. Some of these forms can be submitted electronically, while other forms are downloadable and should be completed and submitted online with your application.
- Upload your resume and writing sample and submit electronically with the online application. Do not send hard copy versions of documents. Copies of resumes on "resume paper" or printouts of writing samples are neither necessary nor desired.
For more REQUIRED detailed information, you can check us out at: http://grad.georgetown.edu/pages/application_requirements.cfm.
Apply to this graduate program using our online application form, located at: http://grad.georgetown.edu/pages/application_requirements.cfm.
Send all supplemental materials, transcripts, and other credentials to:
Office of Biomedical Graduate Education
Georgetown University
3900 Reservoir Road, NW
Med-Dent NE 303, Box 571411
Washington, DC 20057-1411
Contact Information:
Minnie An
Coordinator, Graduate Programs
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Tel: 202-687-3422
Email: microbiology@georgetown.edu
