Admissions

A 4-year bachelor’s degree or equivalent with a GPA of 3.0 or higher (across all undergraduate coursework and/or institutions attended).

Applicants must be in the last semester of undergraduate study or hold a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Biology, Medicine or related fields from an accredited college or university.

Preference will be given to students with technical degrees, or with some coursework or work experience in computer programming. Students with excellent credentials possessing a non-technical degree will be required to provide proof to meet programming requirements – for example, certificates from Massive Open Online Courses (e.g. edX) or a GitHub page displaying code they have created. (See “Documentation of programming experience” below.)

List your postsecondary institutions in your application, and upload a transcript for each institution.

WES  or NACES  credential evaluation services are highly recommended for international transcripts.

Follow the transcript instructions in Admissions FAQ  to ensure you upload proper documentation.

Applicants are required to submit documentation that demonstrates their knowledge of programming languages. Proficiency in Python, R and SQL is required; knowledge of other programming languages is also welcome. Any programming courses or projects completed during undergraduate or graduate studies, a student GitHub page displaying code you have created, certificates from Massive Open Online Courses (e.g., edX), and other similar documents are acceptable to demonstrate proficiency.

Visit our Programming Experience page for details on our expectations for students’ programming knowledge, as well as online educational resources for building your coding skills.

List your relevant professional and academic experiences.

Recommendation letters may be from previous professors, research mentors, or employers in a position to appraise your potential for graduate study.

The statement of purpose allows you to highlight areas of your background or interests that may not be clear in other areas of your application.

The application fee is nonrefundable, but application fee waivers may be available. View information about the application fee and fee waivers .

Applicants to any Georgetown program may choose to submit an Optional Statement that addresses diversity, personal background and contributions to community. A detailed prompt for the statement can be found in the application.

We encourage you to consider applying for the Hoyas for Science Scholarship , offered through Georgetown Biomedical Graduate Education. Please note that the scholarship has a similar prompt to the Optional Statement, and you can incorporate your Optional Statement text into your essay for this scholarship application.

GRE scores are not required, but we encourage applicants to report these scores if they are available. View instructions for submitting official test results .

All applicants are required to demonstrate a level of proficiency in the English language sufficient to meet the admission requirement of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Follow the TOEFL/IELTS instructions in Admissions FAQ  to determine whether you need to send us test scores to prove your English language proficiency.