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Graduate Admission

General Requirements
Students admitted to the Genetics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program are likely to have an undergraduate degree in physical or biological sciences and meet the prerequisites below. However, applicants with other academic backgrounds are encouraged to apply if they meet the minimal prerequisites of

  • one year of organic chemistry and/or biochemistry
  • one year of physics for scientists
  • one course in statistics
  • one semester calculus
  • one semester of an upper-division genetics course

Students can be admitted with course deficiencies under some circumstances.

Currently students are admitted to the Ph.D. program only. It is not necessary to earn a Masters degree before enrolling in the doctoral program. The M.S. in Genetics degree is granted occasionally under exceptional circumstances.

The August 2009 issue of PLoS Genetics features a cover image illustrating the article by Genetics faculty members Ravi Palanivelu and David Mount.

Felicia Goodrum was the only professor in Arizona honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Goodrum, who works in the departments of immunobiology and molecular and cellular biology and is a member of the Genetics GIDP faculty, BIO5 Institute and Arizona Cancer Center, studies the human cytomegalovirus, or HGMV.

Application Receipt Deadline: January 8, 2010
 (December 1 for international applications)

Institution Code for GRE and TOEFL: 4832

Application Instructions - updated 10/30/09

Prospective students must apply online to the Genetics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program through the University of Arizona Graduate College. The Graduate College application now incorporates the materials previously requested through our separate program application. The following steps must be taken to complete an application:

STEP 1: To begin the application process and access the online application, visit this website: http://grad.arizona.edu/admissions/apply-now. You will be required to upload your personal statement through the online application system. You will also be required to provide the contact information for the persons writing the 3 required recommendation letters, which may then be submitted online by the recommender.

STEP 2: Have electronic or scanned copies of official transcripts from all college or universities previously attended. These will also be uploaded through the online application system. If you are invited to interview, you will be asked to mail official paper copies of these transcripts.

STEP 3: Have ETS send your GRE scores to the University of Arizona. Our school code is 4832; department code is not necessary. Only the general exam is required.

In addition, international students should send the TOEFL scores to the University of Arizona (also school code 4832; department code is not necessary). See http://grad.arizona.edu/admissions/admissions-requirements/international-students/proficiency-in-english for UA Graduate College requirements regarding English proficiency.

Interviews

If you are selected to interview for admission, the Genetics GIDP will provide financial support for you to visit the UA campus during the Life Sciences Recruiting Weekend, in mid-February.  Interview invitations will be made no later than February 1.  Students who are interested in funding their own visit to campus are encouraged to contact the Program Coordinator to find out which dates would be optimal.

 

 
 
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