Admissions

You can request a program booklet here.

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:

    Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
    Admissions Office
    Harvard University
    Holyoke Center, Room 350
    1350 Massachusetts Avenue 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 2009-2010 academic year is Monday, December 8, 2008. 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 February 25th through March 1st, 2009 (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
The average GRE scores for those applicants admitted to the Biophysics Program were:
  • Analytical: 753
  • Verbal: 658
  • Quantitative: 785
We recommend, but do not require, that applicants to the Biophysics program take the GRE Subject test in the area of their undergraduate major. GRE tests (General and/or Subject) should be taken far enough in advance of the admissions deadline to allow the receiving of scores in time for the December application deadline.

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.

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