Overview

Bioengineering Graduate Program Berkeley/UCSF / Bioengineering Graduate Program Berkeley/UCSF is located in Berkeley, CA, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	0
Doctoral Degrees	24

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Doctoral Degrees	Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

600

Applied

68

Accepted

34

Enrolled

Applying

70

Application Fee - Domestic

90

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 10th	December 10th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Minimum GPA of 3.0

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 570 TOEFL IBT score: 68

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	January 3
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Traineership Graduate Assistantships Federal Work-Study

Student Body

169

Total Graduate Students

13%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	6.51%
Black or African American	4.14%
White or Caucasian	28%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.59%
Asian	20.71%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.59%
Two or more races	Not Reported
Unknown	Not Reported

Gender

Male (65%)

Female (34%)

Faculty

91

Total faculty

Full-time - 91

Part-time - 0

Male (69)

Female (22)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Biomaterials, biomechanics, biomedical imaging and instrumentation, computational biology, drug delivery systems and pharmacogenomics, neural systems engineering and vision science, systems and synthetic biology, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	50,000,000

Location & Contact

Address 306 Stanley Hall
Berkeley, CA  94720-1762
United States

Contact Prof. Sanjay Kumar
Chair
Phone: 510-642-5833

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