Admissions

To request an application, you must contact the GSAS Admissions Office. Please refer to the GSAS Admissions Page for further important information on applying to programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard.

• You can make an online Request for an Application here.
• Request an application by phone by calling (617) 495-5315.
• Request an application by writing to:

  Harvard University,
  Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,
  Admissions Office ­ Byerly Hall,
  8 Garden Street,
  Cambridge, MA 02138

Information on the programs participating in the Harvard Integrated Life Sciences Programs, can be found here.

Online applications for a given year are updated and become available during the late summer months prior to the December admissions deadline. The admissions deadline for the 2008-2009 academic year is Friday, December 7, 2007. Please note that application materials are not available through the Biophysics Program Administrative Office.

**This year's Biophysics Program Recruitment Weekend will be held from March 12th through March 16th, 2008 (these dates include travel to and from Boston).**

The Harvard Program in Biophysics received 109 applications for the 2004-2005 academic year.

The average GRE scores for applicants to the Biophysics Program were:

• Analytical : 732
• Verbal: 622
• Quantitative: 777

• Analytical: 753
• Verbal: 658
• Quantitative: 785

We recommend that foreign nationals take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to demonstrate English proficiency. The average TOEFL score for those applicants who took the test was 628 based on the paper-test scoring scale.