Application Deadlines
MS Degree
*Submission deadline: Feb 15
Departmental decision: March 15
Expected date for student notification: April 1
Earliest start date: Spring
Usual start date: Fall
PhD Degree
*Submission deadline: Jan 15
Departmental decision Feb 1
Expected date for student notification: Feb 15
Earliest start date: Spring
Usual start date: Fall
*Date by which all application materials must be submitted to have application be considered as complete. Submit at Graduate Studies website
(https://gradstudies.byu.edu/admissions/applying).
** International students must begin Fall Semester
Acceptance Criteria
Before acceptance, applications are screened by the Department Graduate
Committee, and approved by the Department Faculty, Chair, and BYU Graduate
Office. The following items are considered in the evaluation of each application to the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology for entrance into the MS or PhD program:
- Grade Point Average in upper division classes over last 60 semester hours
- (3.0 minimum)
- Scores on national standardized examinations
- Specific grades in science and math courses
- (including the listed prerequisite courses; see section I.C, above)
- Letters of Recommendation (one from a research mentor, if available, that highlights the applicants ability to do high level research)
- Letter of Intent (containing field of interest and career goals)
- Application Addendum summarizing interest level, likely fit, and desire to conduct graduate research with at least 5 specific faculty members in the
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
- Availability of a graduate student position with a faculty member in the focal area of research interest
- Academic credentials and accompanying recommendations in comparison
- with those of other applicants to our department for the same date of entry
