Frequently Asked Questions
Although the answers to most of your questions may be found throughout the BBS website, below are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions. The Yale Graduate School also has an extensive list of frequently asked questions related to the online application. Please see the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Admissions FAQs website. If you have additional questions not answered below or on the Graduate School website, please send an email to us at bbs@yale.edu.
Application Process
GPA, GRE, TOEFL
Interviews & Decisions
Each Track has a slightly different timeline in reviewing applications and making admissions decisions. Applicants may receive a decision as early as January or as late as April.
The interview schedule for 2018 is as follows:
February 2nd - 4th: CBB, MCGD, MMPP Tracks
February 9th - 11th: BQBS, Microbiology, Neuroscience Tracks
February 16th - 18th: Immunology, MCGD, PMB Tracks
Invitations to attend our recruiting weekends will be made by phone or email beginning in early January. International applicants who are considered for admission will be interviewed by phone in February and March.
Funding
Degrees Offered
The BBS Program is intended only for students pursuing a doctoral degree. Computational Biology and Bioinformatics does offer a Terminal Masters degree, but this degree program is separate from and unaffiliated with BBS.