Yale Biological and Biomedical Sciences

The Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) is the admissions gateway to a Ph.D. specializing in many bioscience disciplines* at Yale. Upon admission, you will spend your first year of training within BBS and then concentrate in a specialized area for your second year and beyond. BBS is part of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and spans the entire university campus including the main campus, Yale School of Medicine, and West Campus. As a BBS student you will have access to courses, seminars, and faculty labs on all 3 campuses.

Within BBS you will receive a thorough, interdisciplinary, cutting edge education, and you will develop career skills necessary to excel in academia, industry, business, and the many other exciting career paths our graduates pursue.

Please explore our website for more information about becoming a BBS student. Also, download our viewbook and our Graduate School's viewbook.

*Students in the BBS PhD Program are eligible for specializations from the following programs: Cell Biology / Cellular & Molecular Physiology / Computational Biology & Biomedical Informatics / Genetics / Immunobiology / Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program / Microbiology / Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry / Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology / Pathology and Molecular Medicine / Pharmacology / Translational Biomedicine. Please visit our Graduate School of Arts & Sciences website to learn about other doctoral programs at Yale.