Applicants may be unconditionally admitted to the program if they have

1. A bachelor’s degree in science or engineering from a recognized and accredited college or university
2. A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 overall or 2.75 overall and 3.0 over the last 60 semester hours of undergraduate and graduate credit
3. A combined score of 1700 on the verbal, quantitative and analytical sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
4. A score of at least 550 in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for international students.

Applicants may be admitted conditionally if they do not meet these requirements but indicate the potential for success in the Biotechnology Science and Engineering program.

Applicants must have knowledge from coursework in the areas of general biology, cell biology, genetics and molecular biology, general and organic chemistry, physics and calculus to satisfy the prerequisites of calculus-based physical or biophysical chemistry. Students with deficiencies in any of these areas may be admitted only conditionally pending remedy of the deficiencies. A graduate admissions committee for the program will screen the applications for admission criteria. This committee will consist of the program coordinator and a representative from each of the three academic departments in the program