OpenFieldPh.D. in Bioengineering - UC Berkeley & UCSF Joint Graduate Program
University of California, San Francisco · San Francisco, California, United States
Academic Overview & Description
Joint doctoral program combining Berkeley's engineering excellence with UCSF's premier clinical medical environment to pioneer biomedical imaging, bioMEMS, and synthetic biology.
Funding & Financial Support
- Funding Award
- Full 5-year joint fellowship $48,000/year stipend, complete tuition and healthcare
- Tuition Rate
- Covered by joint fellowship
- Application Fee
- $135
Admission & Candidate Requirements
- Academic GPA
- BS or MS in Bioengineering, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Math with GPA 3.5+
- English Language
- TOEFL 100+
- Standardized Exam
- GRE not accepted
- Application Materials
- Joint research proposal and faculty mentor interests
- Letters of Recommendation
- Three letters of recommendation
Institutional Guidance
For official application submission procedures, portal logins, and faculty matching, consult University of California, San Francisco's detailed profile or visit the department application portal.
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