Printer FriendlyThis program is offered jointly by the University of Massachusetts campuses at Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester.
- Admissions Criteria
- Application Package
- Campus Graduate Admissions Offices
- Faculty Advising by Campus
The program will be open to a wide range of baccalaureate degree recipients with strong quantitative skills and engineering/physical science, life/clinical science and related backgrounds.
Applicants who have earned degrees in the following fields will be strong candidates for the program: biology, chemical engineering, chemistry, clinical laboratory science, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering, physics, plastics engineering and polymer science.
Applicants will be admitted directly into the Ph.D. Program. A Master’s of Science degree will be awarded along the way to the doctorate after successful completion of 31 credits including a capstone project/directed study.
Although individuals will apply to and conduct their dissertation research on one of the four UMass campuses, intercampus faculty mentoring of dissertations, enrollment in any of the nearly 300 relevant graduate courses across the campuses (on campus or online) and resource sharing/library access will be available and encouraged.
The over 600 biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceutical, and related companies in eastern Massachusetts create a resource that will be approached for research opportunities as well as career placement and graduate internship development.
To Apply
Interested students may apply for the Ph.D. program in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology to any ONE of the four participating UMass campuses, depending upon their research interests. Please be aware that Worcester is not currently accepting applications as a home campus. Please review the database of faculty research to identify potential dissertation topics. Upon degree completion, all campuses will be listed on the student’s diploma.
Students holding bachelor’s degrees (or a U.S. equivalent from a foreign institution) and master’s degree recipients with strong quantitative skills in the majors listed above may apply.
Applicants should have an overall undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Applicants must also have completed courses in calculus. Successful applicants will normally have had undergraduate coursework in statistics/experimental design and in life science/biomedical science.
Campus Graduate Admissions Offices
UMass Boston
Graduate Admissions, 100 Morrisey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125-3393
http://www.umb.edu/academic_programs/graduate/
Tel: 617-287-6400 | Fax: 617-287-6236 | Email: bos.gadm@umb.edu
UMass Dartmouth
Office of Graduate Studies, 285 Old Westport Road, N. Dartmouth, MA 02747
http://www.umassd.edu/graduate/
Tel: 508-999-8604 | Fax: 508-999-8183 | Email: graduate@umassd.edu
UMass Lowell
Graduate School Admissions - Dugan Hall, 883 Broadway Street, Lowell, MA 01854
http://www.uml.edu/grad
Tel: 978-934-2380 | Fax: 978-934-3010 | Email: Graduate_School@uml.edu
UMass Medical School
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655
http://www.umassmed.edu
Tel: 508-856-4135 | Fax: 508-856-3659 | Email: gsbs@umassmed.edu
[NOTE: UMass Medical School has an application deadline of January 2nd]
The application package must include
Early applications are encouraged and an interest in the need for financial aid (Teaching/Research Assistantships) should be indicated.
Facutly Advising by Campus
The following faculty members/program directors are available to answer any additional questions:
UMass Boston
Dr. Manickam Sugumaran
617-287-6698
manickam.sugumaran@umb.edu
UMass Dartmouth
Dr. Alex Fowler
508-999-8542
afowler@umassd.edu
Dr.Sankha Bhowmick
508-999-8619
sbhowmick@umassd.edu
Dr.David Goodson
508-999-8420
dgoodson@umassd.edu
UMass Lowell
Dr. Bryan Buchholz
978-934-3241
Bryan_Buchholz@uml.edu
UMass Medical School
Michael Cole, Director of Recruitment and Admission
(508) 856-4779
Michael.Cole@umassmed.ed